Upcoming missions


Upcoming missions

Many exciting missions are flying at the moment, will soon fly, or will fly in many years. These missions are discussed in the Missions section of the page, however big news regarding these missions will be posted here. Not all parachute missions are included, only missions that are special or unique. 


Legend:

  • Missions in flight
  • Proposed, not (yet) selected or confirmed, or uncertain


Crewed missions

Planned crewed missions, or missions in support of a crewed platform. Not all crewed missions are displayed here, only missions that are experimental, new or unique. 


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NASA Artemis 2

Status - Planned

Launch date - September 2025

Landing date -

Notes:

  • First crewed launch of Orion

NASA Artemis 3

Status - Planned

Launch date - 2026

Landing date -

Notes:

  • First crewed moon landing

Mengzhou

Status - Planned

Launch date - ?

Landing date

Notes:


Boeing CTF

Status - Planned

Launch date - May 2024

Landing date

Notes:

  • First crewed flight of the Starliner

Starliner - 1

Status - planned

Launch date - 2025

Landing date

Notes:

  • First operational flight of Starliner

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Gaganyaan - 1

Status - planned

Launch date - July 2024

Landing date

Notes:

  • First orbital flight of Gaganyaan capsule 

Gaganyaan - 2

Status - Planned

Launch date - December 2024

Landing date

Notes:



Gaganyaan - 4

Status - Planned

Launch date - 2025 (TBA)

Landing date

Notes:

  • First crewed flight of the Gaganyaan


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Orel - 1

Status - planned

Launch date - 2028

Landing date

Notes:

  • Uncrewed

Orel - 2

Status - Planned

Launch date - 2028

Landing date

Notes:

  • First crewed flight

Orel - 3

Status - Planned

Launch date - 2030

Landing date

Notes:

  • Uncrewed lunar flight

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Uncrewed missions

Planned uncrewed missions. 


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SNC demo-1

Status - Planned

Launch date - June 2024

Landing date - None

Notes:

  • First launch of Dream chaser

Bion-M No.2

Status - Planned

Launch date - September 2024

Landing date - None

Notes:


Bion-M No.3

Status - Planned

Launch date - 2027

Landing date - None

Notes:


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Planetary missions

Missions set to land on the planet Mars. These do not include missions to orbit the red planet. More information on Mars missions can be found on the Mars mission page


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ExoMars

Status - Planned

Target: Mars

Organisation: ESA

Type: Rover, lander

Launch date - 2028

Landing date - 

Note:


Mars sample return

Status - Proposed

Target: Mars Sample Return

Organisation - NASA/ESA

Launch date - Various

Landing date - ??

Earth return date - 2040

Notes:

  • Retrieve Perseverance samples

Venera-D

Status - Proposed

Target: Venus

Organisation - Roscosmos

Launch date - November 2029

Landing date - ??

Notes:


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Dragonfly

Status - In development

Target: Titan

Organisation: NASA

Type:  lander

Launch date - july 2028

Landing date - 2036

Note:


DAVINCI+

Status - In development

Target: Venus

Organisation: NASA

Type:  lander

Launch date - 2032

Landing date - 2034

Note:


Tianwen-3

Status - Planned

Target: Mars

Organisation: CASA

Type:  Mars sample return

Launch date - 2030

Landing date - 

Note:


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Comets, asteroids and other moons

Missions that aim to land on comets, asteroids, or moons. All these missions operate and land in low gravity environments


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Tianwen-2

Status - Planned

Target: Astroid

Organisation: CASA

Type:  Sample return

Launch date - May 2025

Landing date - 2025

Note:


HERA - Juventas

Status - Planned

Target: Dimorphous

Organisation: NASA

Type:  Impactor

Launch date - October 2024

Landing date - 2027

Note:

  • Follow up of the DART mission

Martian Moons eXploration

Status - In development

Type - Sample Return

Target -  Phobos (moon)

Organisation - JAXA

Launch date - 2026

Landing date - 2027

Earth return date - 2031

Notes:


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Lunar missions

Missions to the earth's moon


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Viper

Status - Cancelled

Type - Lander

Target - Moon (Earth)

Organisation - Astrobotic Technology 

Rocket - Falcon Heavy

Launch date - November 2024

Landing date - 

Notes:


Intuitive Machines Mission 2

Status - Planned

Type - Lander

Target - Moon (Earth)

Organisation - NASA, Intuitive 

Rocket - Falcon 9

Launch date - Q1 2024

Landing date - 

Notes:

  • CLPS-3

LUPEX

Status - Planned

Type - Lander

Target - Moon (Earth)

Organisation - ISRO/JAXA 

Rocket - H3

Launch date - 2026

Landing date - 

Notes:


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Luna 27

Status - Proposed

Type - Lander

Target - Moon (Earth)

Organisation - Roscosmos

Rocket - Angara A5

Launch date - 2028

Landing date - 

Notes:

  • Has a back up capsule

Chandrayaan-4

Status - Planned

Type - Lander

Target - Moon (Earth)

Organisation - ISRO 

Rocket - GSLV Mk3

Launch date - 2028

Landing date - 

Notes:


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Entry demonstrators and test missions

Missions to test a new technology during atmospheric reentry on Earth.


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ReFEX

Status - Planned

Organisation - DLR

Launch date - 2025 (?)

Notes:



ASPIRE 2

Status - Planned

Organisation - NASA

Launch date - 2025

Notes:



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Amateur space missions

Space missions planned by an amateur organisation. Amateur missions are done in the engineers spare time and are not funded by governments.


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Spica

Status - Planned

Organisation - Copenhagen Suborbital

Launch date - TBD

Notes:

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