Upcoming Planetary Events and Missions

All launch dates should be considered "No Earlier Than" dates, as launches can be delayed for many reasons from their planned times.

2025 May 6-14 - Cosmos 482 - Failed Soviet Venus mission expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere
2025 Fall - Griffin Mission 1 - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander
2025 - Lunar Pathfinder - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar orbiter
2025 - Intuitive Machines 3 (PRISM) - Launch of lunar lander and rovers
2025 - EscaPADE - Launch of dual smallsat Mars orbiters

2026 November 21 - Bepi-Colombo - ESA mission goes into orbit around Mercury
2026 December 1 - Europa Clipper - NASA Jovian satellite mission flies by Earth
2026 - Blue Ghost 2 (Firefly) - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander
2026 - Chang'e 7 - Launch of Chinese lunar survey mission
2026 - Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) - Launch of JAXA mission to return sample from Phobos
2026 - Draper Lunar Lander - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander

2027 January/February - Hera - ESA asteroid mission enters orbit around Didymos/Dimorphos
2027 August 12 - Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes flyby of Trojan asteroid Eurybates
2027 September 15 - Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes flyby of Trojan asteroid Polymele
2027 - Intuitive Machines 4 (CP-22) - Launch of lunar lander

2028 - Dragonfly - Launch of NASA quadcopter drone mission to Titan
2028 - ExoMars Rover - Launch of ESA Mars rover, Rosalind Franklin
2028 April 18 - Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes flyby of Trojan asteroid Leucus
2028 November 11 - Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes flyby of Trojan asteroid Orus
2028 - Chang'e 8 - Launch of Chinese lunar technology test

2029 April 13 - Asteroid Apophis passes Earth at an altitude of 32,000 km
2030 April 11 - Europa Clipper - NASA mission reaches Jupiter and goes into orbit
2030 December 26 - Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes third Earth flyby
2031 - DAVINCI - Launch of NASA Venus flyby and atmospheric probe
2031 - VERITAS - Launch of NASA Venus orbiter
2031 - ENVISION - Launch of ESA Venus orbiter
2033 March 2 - Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes flyby of Trojan asteroid binary pair Patroclus-Menoetius

2231 April 5 - Pluto - is passed by Neptune in distance from the Sun for the next 20 years

4,000,000 - Pioneer 11 - NASA flyby of star Lambda Aquila

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NASA Official: Dave Williams, david.r.williams@nasa.gov
Last Updated: 1 May 2025, DRW