List of proposed Solar System spacecraft

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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[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]
United States Rocket Lab Venus Probe 30 December 2024 Venus atmospheric probe [11]
Japan DESTINY+ 2025 Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby [12]
Japan Tera-hertz Explorer 2025 Mars orbiter and lander [13][14]
China Tianwen-2 May 2025 Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa sample return, comet 311P/PanSTARRS orbiter [15]
United States Artemis II September 2025 4-person lunar flyby [16][17]
United States Artemis III September 2026 4-person lunar flyby, 2-person lunar landing [16][18]
Japan France Germany MMX 2026 Martian moon sample return mission [19]
China Chang'e 7 2026 Lunar south pole lander, rover and flying probe [20]
Russia Luna 26 2027 Lunar orbiter [21]
United States Dragonfly July 2028 Titan rotorcraft lander [22][23]
European Union Rosalind Franklin 2028 Mars rover, ExoMars [24][25]
Russia Luna 27 2028 Lunar lander [21]
China Tianwen-4 September 2029 Jupiter and Callisto orbiter, Uranus flyby [26][27]
European Union Japan Comet Interceptor 2029 Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet [28][29][30]
United States VERITAS 2029 Venus orbiter [31]
China Tianwen-3 2030 Mars sample return mission [32]
Russia Luna 28 2030 Lunar sample return mission [33]
United States DAVINCI 2032 Venus orbiter and atmospheric probe [34]

Long-term proposals[edit]

Mission name Preliminary launch date estimate Description Ref(s)
Estimated launch date Estimate by Estimate as of
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 Europa Lander 2025-2030 SpaceNews 2019 Europa lander [43][44]

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References[edit]

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  22. ^ "Dragonfly". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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