2021 January -
CAPSTONE - NASA lunar halo orbiter, precursor for lunar Gateway
2021 February -
Hope - United Arab Emirates mission goes into Mars orbit
2021 February -
Tianwen 1 - Chinese orbiter, lander, and rover mission reaches Mars
2021 February 18 -
Mars 2020 - NASA rover and rotorcraft land in Jezero crater on Mars
2021 February 20 -
Parker Solar Probe - NASA solar mission makes fourth Venus flyby
2021 July 22 -
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) - Launch of NASA impactor to asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos
2021 August 8 -
Solar Orbiter - ESA solar mission makes second Venus flyby
2021 October 16 -
Lucy - Launch of NASA flyby mission to multiple Trojan asteroids
2021 October 16 -
Parker Solar Probe - NASA solar mission makes fifth Venus flyby
2021 Late -
LunaH-Map - Launch of NASA CubeSat mission to map lunar polar hydrogen
2021 Late -
Lunar Flashlight - Launch of NASA CubeSat mission to find lunar water ice
2021 Late -
Lunar Ice Cube - Launch of NASA CubeSat mission to find lunar water and volatiles
2021 Late -
NEA Scout - Launch of NASA CubeSat mission to fly by a Near-Earth Asteroid
2021 Late -
OMOTENASHI - Launch of JAXA CubeSat lunar lander mission
2021 Late -
EQUULEUS - Launch of JAXA CubeSat L2 orbiter lunar mission
2022 January -
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) - Launch of JAXA lunar lander mission
2022 June -
JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) - Launch of ESA mission to the Jupiter system
2022 July -
Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) - Launch of South Korean mission to the Moon
2022 August -
Psyche - Launch of orbiter mission to main belt asteroid 16 Psyche
2022 August -
Janus - Launch (with Psyche) of dual smallsats to binary asteroids
2022 September 3 -
Solar Orbiter - ESA solar mission makes third Venus flyby
2022 August-October -
ExoMars 2022 - Launch of ESA Mars rover and Russian surface platform
TBD -
EscaPADE - Dual smallsat Mars orbiters
2023 August 21 -
Parker Solar Probe - NASA solar mission makes sixth Venus flyby
2023 September -
OSIRIS-Rex - Returns to Earth with sample of asteroid Bennu
2023-2024 -
Chang'e 6 - Launch of Chinese lunar sample return mission
2023-2025 -
Europa Clipper - Launch of NASA Jupiter Orbiter to study Europa
2024 Fall -
Lunar Trailblazer - Launch of NASA SmallSat mission to study lunar water
2024 -
Hera - Launch of ESA mission to asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos
2026 -
Dragonfly - Launch of NASA quadcopter drone mission to Titan
TBD -
Chang'e 7 - Launch of Chinese lunar survey mission
TBD -
Chang'e 8 - Launch of Chinese lunar technology test
2029 April 13 -
Asteroid Apophis passes Earth at an altitude of 32,000 km
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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