This is a list of proposed spacecraft that are planned to focus on the exploration of the Solar System, ordered by date of spacecraft launch.

Planned or scheduled

Mission name Launch date Description Ref(s)
China Chang'e 6 May 2024 Lunar south pole sample return mission [1][2]
United States Blue Ghost M1 Q3 2024 Lunar lander [3][4]
Japan France Germany MMX September 2024 Martian moon sample return mission [5][6][7]
United States Europa Clipper 10 October 2024 Jupiter orbiter, Europa multiple flyby [8][9][10]
European Union Hera October 2024 Asteroid 65803 Didymos rendezvous [11]
United States VIPER November 2024 Lunar rover [12][13][14]
United States Rocket Lab Venus Probe 30 December 2024 Venus atmospheric probe [15]
Japan DESTINY+ 2024 Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby [16][17]
Japan Tera-hertz Explorer 2025 Mars orbiter and lander [18][19]
China Tianwen-2 May 2025 Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa sample return, comet 311P/PanSTARRS orbiter [20]
United States Artemis II September 2025 4-person lunar flyby [21][22]
United States Artemis III September 2026 4-person lunar flyby, 2-person lunar landing [21][23]
China Chang'e 7 2026 Lunar south pole lander, rover and flying probe [24]
Russia Luna 26 2027 Lunar orbiter [25]
United States Dragonfly July 2028 Titan rotorcraft lander [26][27]
Russia Luna 27 2028 Lunar lander [25]
China Tianwen-3 2028 Mars sample return mission [28]
United States DAVINCI June 2029 Venus orbiter and atmospheric probe [29]
China Tianwen-4 September 2029 Jupiter and Callisto Orbiter, Uranus flyby [30][31]
European Union Japan Comet Interceptor 2029 Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet [32][33][34]
United States VERITAS 2029 Venus orbiter [29]
Russia Luna 28 2030 Lunar sample return mission [35]

Long-term proposals

Mission name Preliminary launch date estimate Description Ref(s)
Estimated launch date Estimate by Estimate as of
Japan Hakuto-R Mission 2 2023[needs update] ispace 2019 Private lunar lander and rover [36]
India Shukrayaan-1 2024 SpaceNews 2020 Venus orbiter [37]
India Mars Orbiter Mission 2 2024 Business Standard 2019 Mars orbiter [38]
United States Europa Lander 2025 SpaceNews 2019 Europa lander [39][40]
Russia Orel spacecraft 2026 RIA Novosti 2018 Uncrewed lunar orbit [41][42]
United States European Union NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return 2026 The Space Review 2020 Mars sample return mission [43]
European Union ExoMars 2028 European Space Agency 2022 Rosalind Franklin, Mars rover [44][45][46]
Russia Venera-D 2029 Russian Space Research Institute 2021 Venus orbiter and lander [47]

See also

References

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    2024 Queqiao-2 data relay
    2025 Chang'e-6 lunar sample return from far side
    2026 Chang'e-7 lunar landing in south pole
    2028 Chang'e-8 basic model of lunar research station"     (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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