List of proposed Solar System spacecraft
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) |
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James Webb Space Telescope | 25 December 2021 | Orbital space telescope | [1] |
Artemis 1 | February 2022 | Uncrewed lunar orbital test of Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System | [2][3] |
CAPSTONE | March 2022 | Lunar orbiter | [4][5] |
JUICE | June 2022 | Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa flyby; Ganymede orbiter | [6][7][8] |
Luna 25 | July 2022 | Lunar south pole lander | [9][10] |
Aditya-L1 | Mid 2022 | Solar observation spacecraft | [11][12] |
Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter | 1 August 2022 | Lunar orbiter | [13] |
Psyche | August 2022 | Metallic asteroid 16 Psyche orbiter | [14][15] |
ExoMars 2022 | September 2022 | Mars lander and rover | [16][17][18] |
SatRevolution | Q3 2022 | Mars orbiter | [19][20] |
SLIM | 2022 | Lunar lander | [21] |
Peregrine Mission One | 2022 | Lunar lander | [22][23][24] |
VIPER | November 2023 | Lunar rover | [25][26][27] |
MMX | September 2024 | Martian moon sample return mission | [28][29][30] |
Europa Clipper | October 2024 | Jupiter orbiter, Europa multiple flyby | [31][32][33] |
Hera | October 2024 | Asteroid 65803 Didymos rendezvous | [34] |
Luna 26 | 13 November 2024 | Lunar orbiter | [35][36][37][38] |
DESTINY+ | 2024 | Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby | [39][40] |
Tera-hertz Explorer | Mid 2020s | Mars orbiter and lander | [41][42] |
Luna 27 | August 2025 | Lunar south pole lander and rover | [35][36][37][43] |
Dragonfly | June 2027 | Titan rotorcraft lander | [44][45] |
Comet Interceptor | 2029 | Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet | [46][47][48] |
Long-term proposals[]
Mission name | Preliminary launch date estimate | Description | Ref(s) | ||
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Estimated launch date | Estimate by | Estimate as of | |||
Chandrayaan-3 | 2022 | The Times of India | 2021 | Lunar lander and rover | [49][50] |
Hakuto-R Mission 2 | 2023 | ispace | 2019 | Private lunar lander and rover | [51] |
Chang'e 6 | 2024 | Xinhua News Agency | 2021 | Lunar sample return mission | [52] |
Shukrayaan-1 | 2024 | SpaceNews | 2020 | Venus orbiter | [53] |
Mars Orbiter Mission 2 | 2024 | Business Standard | 2019 | Mars orbiter | [54] |
Europa Lander | 2025 | SpaceNews | 2019 | Europa lander | [55][56] |
Orel spacecraft | 2026 | RIA Novosti | 2018 | Uncrewed lunar orbit | [57][58] |
2026 | The Space Review | 2020 | Mars sample return mission | [59] | |
Venera-D | 2029 | Russian Space Research Institute | 2021 | Venus orbiter and lander | [60] |
M1 | 2031 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing | [61][58] |
M2 | 2032 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing with lunar rover | [61] |
M3 | 2033 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing with lunar rover | [61] |
M4 | 2034 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing; construction of lunar base | [61] |
M5 | 2035 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing; completion of lunar base | [61] |
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "CAPSTONE". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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- ^ "JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE)". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
- ^ "In Depth | JUICE". NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ "JUICE's journey to Jupiter". sci.esa.int. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
- ^ "Дмитрий Рогозин сообщил о завершении сборки аппарата для миссии «Луна-25»" [Dmitry Rogozin announced the completion of the assembly of the apparatus for the Luna-25 mission]. Roscosmos (in Russian). 16 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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- ^ "Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO)". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Psyche". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
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- ^ "ExoMars 2022". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "ExoMars Mission (2022)". exploration.esa.int. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "The way forward to Mars". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
The weather at Mars, the type of launcher and the laws of physics governing the planets determined a 12-day launch window starting on 20 September 2022.
- ^ "Virgin Orbit Is Planning An Ambitious Mission To Mars In 2022". forbes.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Henry, Caleb (24 October 2019). "Virgin Orbit to add extra rocket stage to LauncherOne for interplanetary missions". SpaceNews. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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Vulcan launch delayed until 2022. During an appearance on a podcast with Aviation Week, ULA chief Tory Bruno acknowledged the company's Vulcan rocket will not debut until 2022. The first launch will carry the Peregrine lunar lander for Astrobotic, Bruno said, and the spacecraft will not be ready for this year. As for the rocket, it still has a chance to be ready for flight in 2021, but Bruno said pretty much everything would have to go right for that to happen.
- ^ "Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER)". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mission Overview・Mission Flow". MMX - Martian Moons eXploration. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Industry starts work on Europe's Hera planetary defence mission". ESA. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b ""Роскосмос" назвал причину переноса запуска российских лунных станций". РИА Новости (in Russian). 13 January 2019.
- ^ a b "A Soviet-Era 'Moon Digger' Program Is Being Revived To Hunt For Water At The Moon's South Pole". Forbes. 26 July 2019.
- ^ a b ""Роскосмос" объявил о переносе запусков станций "Луна-26" и "Луна-27"". Известия (in Russian). 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Россия запустит аппарат для съемки Луны в 3D в ноябре 2024 года". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "NASA New Frontiers 5: Third Community Announcement". NASA Science Mission Directorate. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-14 – via SpaceRef.
The launch date for Dragonfly, the fourth mission in the New Frontiers Program, has been delayed to June 2027.
- ^ "Ariel moves from blueprint to reality". ESA. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "ESA's new mission to intercept a comet". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- ^ "Comet Interceptor". www.cometinterceptor.space. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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The Isro chief also told TOI that launches of Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya L1 solar missions will happen in the first half of next year as these "missions have a limited and specific launch window within which we have to launch them".
- ^ "ispace alters Moon mission timelines for greater response to customer needs". NASASpaceFlight.com. 23 August 2019.
- ^ "China aims to launch Chang'e-6 lunar probe around 2024". Xinhua News Agency. 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
China aims to launch the Chang'e-6 probe to collect samples in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon around 2024, said a space expert on Saturday.
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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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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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