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.
2023 October 12 -
Psyche - Launch of orbiter mission to main belt asteroid 16 Psyche
2023 November 1 -
Lucy - NASA mission flies by asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh
2023 3rd Quarter -
Intuitive Machines 1 (TO 2-IM) - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander
2023 November -
Intuitive Machines 2 (PRIME-1) - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar rover
2023 November -
Lunar Trailblazer - Launch of NASA SmallSat mission to study lunar water
2023 -
Blue Ghost 1 (TO 19D, Firefly) - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander
TBD -
Peregrine Mission 1 (TO 2-AB) - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander
2024 September 5 -
Bepi-Colombo - ESA mission makes its fourth Mercury flyby
2024 September -
Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) - Launch of JAXA mission to return sample from Phobos
2024 October -
Europa Clipper - Launch of NASA Jupiter Orbiter to study Europa
2024 October -
Hera - Launch of ESA mission to asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos
2024 November -
Griffin Mission 1 (TO 20A VIPER) - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander
2024 December 2 -
Bepi-Colombo - ESA mission makes its fifth Mercury flyby
2024 December 13 -
Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes second Earth flyby
2024 -
EscaPADE - Dual smallsat Mars orbiters
2024 -
Chang'e 6 - Launch of Chinese lunar sample return mission
TBD -
Intuitive Machines 3 (TO CP-11 PRISM 11) - Launch of lunar lander and rovers
2025 January 9 -
Bepi-Colombo - ESA mission makes its sixth Mercury flyby
2025 April 20 -
Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes flyby of asteroid Donaldjohanson
2025 December 5 -
Bepi-Colombo - ESA mission goes into orbit around Mercury
2025 -
Draper (TO CP-12) - Launch of NASA CLPS lunar lander
2026 -
Dragonfly - Launch of NASA quadcopter drone mission to Titan
2026 -
Chang'e 7 - Launch of Chinese lunar survey mission
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
TBD (2027?) -
Chang'e 8 - Launch of Chinese lunar technology test
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
2029 April 13 -
Asteroid Apophis passes Earth at an altitude of 32,000 km
2029 June -
DAVINCI - Launch of NASA Venus flyby and atmospheric probe
2030 December 26 -
Lucy - NASA asteroid mission makes third Earth flyby
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
Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Missions
NSSDCA Planetary Home Page
Author/Curator:
Dr. David R. Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov
NSSDCA, Mail Code 690.1
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
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NASA Official: Dave Williams, david.r.williams@nasa.gov
Last Updated: 2 October 2023, DRW