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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
Long-term proposals
See also
References
^ Alamalhoadei, Aria (6 November 2023).
"Firefly's Blue Ghost lander represents a big bet on a future lunar economy" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 6 November 2023 .
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"Firefly Completes Integration Readiness Review of its Blue Ghost Lunar Lander" .
Firefly Aerospace . 26 April 2022. Archived from
the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022 .
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"Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . Retrieved 2021-05-14 .
^ Yamakawa, Hiroshi; Le Gall, Jean-Yves; Ehrenfreund, Pascale; Dittus, Hansjörg (October 3, 2018).
"Joint Statement with Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and German Aerospace Center (DLR) regarding Martian Moons eXploration" (PDF) (Press release).
JAXA . Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
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"Mission Overview・Mission Flow" . MMX - Martian Moons eXploration . Archived from
the original on 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2019-06-25 .
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"Europa Clipper" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . Retrieved 2021-08-23 .
^ Foust, Jeff (10 February 2021).
"NASA to use commercial launch vehicle for Europa Clipper" .
SpaceNews . Retrieved 14 May 2021 .
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"Cost growth prompts changes to Europa Clipper instruments" . SpaceNews . 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2020-11-21 . Chodas said that Europa Clipper now has a launch readiness date of 2024, a year later than plans announced last year.
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"Industry starts work on Europe's Hera planetary defence mission" .
ESA . 15 September 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021 .
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"Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER)" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . Retrieved 2022-08-04 .
^ Loff, Sarah (2019-10-23).
"New VIPER Lunar Rover to Map Water Ice on the Moon" . NASA . Retrieved 2019-10-28 .
^ Colaprete, Anthony (17 August 2020).
"VIPER: A lunar water reconnaissance mission" (PDF) .
NASA . Retrieved 25 August 2020 .
^ Foust, Jeff (31 October 2023).
"Rocket Lab plans launch of Venus mission as soon as late 2024" . SpaceNews.com . Retrieved 31 October 2023 .
^ Kuninaka, Hitoshi (19 May 2020).
"宇宙科学ミッション打上げ計画について" (PDF) .
JAXA (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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"DESTINY+ : Deep Space Exploration Technology Demonstrator and Explorer to Asteroid 3200 Phaethon" (PDF) . 2017-08-15. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2019-06-25 .
^ Takeshi Kuroda, Yasuko Kasai, Shinichi Nakasuka, Hiroyuki Maezawa, Takayoshi Yamada, Ryohei Takahashi:
TEREX-1: A micro-satellite terahertz lander for the exploration of water/oxygen resources on Mars . 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Abstract B0.5-0006-21 (oral), id.223, January 2021.
^ Kasai, Yasuko (13 June 2018).
"Tera-hertz Explorer, TEREX, Mission" (PDF) .
University of Tsukuba .
NICT . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019 .
^ Jones, Andrew (2022-05-18).
"China to launch Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling mission in 2025" . Space.com . Retrieved 2022-07-31 .
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b Tingley, Brett (9 January 2024).
"Astronauts won't walk on the moon until 2026 after NASA delays next 2 Artemis missions" .
Space.com . Retrieved 9 January 2024 .
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"NASA's Artemis 2 mission set for November 2024" .
Phys.org .
Agence France-Presse . 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023 .
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"Artemis III Launch - NASA" . Retrieved 2023-12-01 .
^ Jones, Andrew (5 August 2020).
"China is moving ahead with lunar south pole and near-Earth asteroid missions" .
SpaceNews . Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
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"Ученый сообщил об активном ходе работ по импортозамещению комплектующих "Луны-27" " [The scientist reported on the active progress of work on import substitution of Luna-27 components]. TASS (in Russian). 19 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
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"Dragonfly" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . Retrieved 2021-05-14 .
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"NASA New Frontiers 5: Third Community Announcement" .
NASA
Science Mission Directorate . 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-14 . The launch date for Dragonfly, the fourth mission in the New Frontiers Program, has been delayed to June 2027.
^ Jones, Andrew (2022-06-20).
"China aims to bring Mars samples to Earth 2 years before NASA, ESA mission" . SpaceNews . Retrieved 2022-09-28 .
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"NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study 'Lost Habitable' World of Venus - NASA" . Retrieved 2023-11-30 .
^ CNSA Watcher [@CNSAWatcher] (December 23, 2023).
"Tianwen-4, launching Sept 2029, will journey to Jupiter using Venus & Earth gravity assists. Targeting Jupiter capture by Dec 2035 & a Uranus flyby in March 2045, the mission includes 2 probes, one exploring Jupiter's system and another flying by Uranus" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
^ Andrew Jones published (2022-09-22).
"China wants to probe Uranus and Jupiter with 2 spacecraft on one rocket" . Space.com . Retrieved 2022-09-28 .
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"Ariel moves from blueprint to reality" .
ESA . 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
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"ESA's new mission to intercept a comet" . www.esa.int . Retrieved 2020-01-06 .
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"Comet Interceptor" . www.cometinterceptor.space . Retrieved 2020-01-06 .
^ @katlinegrey (August 11, 2023).
"Yuri Borisov: Roscosmos plans to launch #Luna26 in 2027, Luna-27 - in 2028, and Luna-28 - in 2030 or later. After that, the next goal will be a crewed mission to the Moon" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
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"ispace alters Moon mission timelines for greater response to customer needs" . NASASpaceFlight.com . 23 August 2019.
^ Mehta, Jatan (2020-11-19).
"India's Shukrayaan orbiter to study Venus for over four years, launches in 2024" .
SpaceNews . Retrieved 2021-05-14 .
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"What is Mars Orbiter Mission or Mangalyaan" . Business Standard India . Retrieved 2019-10-26 . ISRO now plans to develop and launch a follow-up mission called Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (MOM-2 or Mangalyaan-2) in 2024.
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"In Depth | Europa Lander" . NASA Solar System Exploration . Retrieved 2020-05-24 .
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"Final fiscal year 2019 budget bill secures $21.5 billion for NASA" . SpaceNews.com . 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2020-05-24 .
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" "Федерация" без экипажа сможет облететь Луну в 2026 году" . РИА Новости (in Russian). 2018-12-07. Российский корабль "Федерация" без экипажа на борту впервые может облететь Луну в 2026 году [The Russian Federation spaceship without a crew on board may first fly around the moon in 2026]
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"Russia plans to land humans on the Moon in 2031" . SpaceFlight Insider . 20 November 2016.
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"The Space Review: Taking on the challenge of Mars sample return" . www.thespacereview.com . 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2020-05-24 .
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"ExoMars 2022" . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . Retrieved 2020-11-21 .
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"ExoMars Mission (2022)" . exploration.esa.int . Retrieved 2020-04-07 .
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"ExoMars official says launch unlikely before 2028" . SpaceNews . 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-08-04 .
^ Zak, Anatoly (5 March 2021).
"New promise for the Venera-D project" . RussianSpaceWeb . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .