Astronomy: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

Mission name Launch date Description Ref(s)
United States IM-1 Lunar lander [1][2]
China Chang'e 6 Lunar south pole sample return mission [3][4]
United States Blue Ghost M1 Lunar lander [5][6]
Japan France Germany MMX Martian moon sample return mission [7][8][9]
United States Europa Clipper Jupiter orbiter, Europa multiple flyby [10][11][12]
European Union Hera Asteroid 65803 Didymos rendezvous [13]
United States VIPER Lunar rover [14][15][16]
United States Rocket Lab Venus Probe Venus atmospheric probe [17]
Japan DESTINY+ Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby [18][19]
Japan Tera-hertz Explorer Mars orbiter and lander [20][21]
China Tianwen-2 Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa sample return, comet 311P/PanSTARRS orbiter [22]
United States Artemis II 4-person lunar flyby [23][24]
United States Artemis III September 2026 4-person lunar flyby, 2-person lunar landing [23][25]
China Chang'e 7 Lunar south pole lander, rover and flying probe [26]
Russia Luna 26 Lunar orbiter [27]
United States Dragonfly Titan rotorcraft lander [28][29]
Russia Luna 27 Lunar lander [27]
China Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission [30]
United States DAVINCI June 2029 Venus orbiter and atmospheric probe [31]
China Tianwen-4 Jupiter and Callisto Orbiter, Uranus flyby [32][33]
European Union Japan Comet Interceptor Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet [34][35][36]
United States VERITAS 2029 Venus orbiter [31]
Russia Luna 28 Lunar sample return mission [37]

Long-term proposals

Mission name Preliminary launch date estimate Description Ref(s)
Estimated launch date Estimate by Estimate as of
Japan Hakuto-R Mission 2 ispace 2019 Private lunar lander and rover [38]
India Shukrayaan-1 SpaceNews 2020 Venus orbiter [39]
India Mars Orbiter Mission 2 Business Standard 2019 Mars orbiter [40]
United States Europa Lander SpaceNews 2019 Europa lander [41][42]
Russia Orel spacecraft RIA Novosti 2018 Uncrewed lunar orbit [43][44]
United States European Union NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return The Space Review 2020 Mars sample return mission [45]
European Union ExoMars European Space Agency 2022 Rosalind Franklin, Mars rover [46][47][48]
Russia Venera-D Russian Space Research Institute 2021 Venus orbiter and lander [49]

See also

References

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    2025 Chang'e-6 lunar sample return from far side
    2026 Chang'e-7 lunar landing in south pole
    2028 Chang'e-8 basic model of lunar research station"
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