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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 missions[edit]

Mission name Launch date Description Ref(s)
United States Blue Ghost M1 Q3 2024 Lunar lander [1][2]
United States EscaPADE 29 September 2024 Two Mars orbiters [3]
United States Europa Clipper 10 October 2024 Jupiter orbiter, Europa multiple flyby [4][5][6]
European Union Hera October 2024 Asteroid 65803 Didymos rendezvous [7]
United States VIPER November 2024 Lunar rover [8][9][10]
Japan DESTINY+ 2025 Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby [11]
Japan Tera-hertz Explorer 2025 Mars orbiter and lander [12][13]
China Tianwen-2 May 2025 Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa sample return, comet 311P/PanSTARRS orbiter [14]
United States Artemis II September 2025 4-person lunar flyby [15][16]
United States Artemis III September 2026 4-person lunar flyby, 2-person lunar landing [15][17]
Japan France Germany MMX 2026 Martian moon sample return mission [18]
China Chang'e 7 2026 Lunar south pole lander, rover and flying probe [19]
Russia Luna 26 2027 Lunar orbiter [20]
United States Dragonfly July 2028 Titan rotorcraft lander [21][22]
European Union Rosalind Franklin 2028 Mars rover, ExoMars [23][24]
Russia Luna 27 2028 Lunar lander [20]
China Tianwen-4 September 2029 Jupiter and Callisto orbiter, Uranus flyby [25][26]
European Union Japan Comet Interceptor 2029 Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet [27][28][29]
United States VERITAS 2029 Venus orbiter [30]
China Tianwen-3 2030 Mars sample return mission [31]
Russia Luna 28 2030 Lunar sample return mission [32]
United States DAVINCI 2032 Venus orbiter and atmospheric probe [33]

Proposed missions[edit]

Mission name Preliminary launch date estimate Description Ref(s)
Estimated launch date Estimate by Estimate as of
United States Rocket Lab Venus Probe 30 December 2024 Rocket Lab 2023 Private Venus atmospheric probe [34]
China Shensuo 2024 Scientia Sinica Informationis 2019 "Voyager-like" mission to outer planets [35][36]
Japan Hakuto-R Mission 2 2024 ispace 2019 Private lunar lander and rover [37]
India Mars Orbiter Mission 2 2024 Business Standard 2019 Mars orbiter [38]
United States European Union NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return 2026 The Space Review 2020 Mars sample return mission [39]
United Arab Emirates MBR Explorer 2028 The New York Times 2023 Flyby mission to seven asteroids [40]
India Venus Orbiter Mission 2028 India Times 2023 Venus orbiter [41]
Russia Venera-D 2029 Russian Space Research Institute 2021 Venus orbiter and lander [42]
United States Uranus Orbiter and Probe NET 2031 NASA 2023 Uranus orbiter and probe [43][44]
United States Enceladus Orbilander 2038 NASA 2023 Enceladus orbiter/lander [45]

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References[edit]

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