List of proposed Solar System spacecraft

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 Peregrine Mission One June 2023 Lunar lander [1][2][3]
India Aditya-L1 July 2023 Solar observation spacecraft [4][5]
Russia Luna 25 13 July 2023 Lunar south pole lander [6][7]
United States Psyche October 2023 Asteroid orbiter [8]
Japan France Germany MMX September 2024 Martian moon sample return mission [9][10][11]
United States Europa Clipper 10 October 2024 Jupiter orbiter, Europa multiple flyby [12][13][14]
European Union Hera October 2024 Asteroid 65803 Didymos rendezvous [15]
United States Artemis II November 2024 4-person lunar flyby [16]
United States VIPER November 2024 Lunar rover [17][18][19]
Japan DESTINY+ 2024 Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby [20][21]
China Queqiao 2 2024 Relay satellite to support future Chinese Lunar Exploration Program missions. [22]
Japan Tera-hertz Explorer 2025 Mars orbiter and lander [23][24]
China Chang'e 6 May 2024 Lunar south pole sample return mission [22][25]
China Tianwen-2 May 2025 Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa sample return, comet 311P/PanSTARRS orbiter [26]
United States Artemis III December 2025 4-person lunar orbit with 2-person lunar landing
China Chang'e 7 2026 Lunar south pole lander, rover and flying probe [27]
China Chang'e 8 2027 South pole lander [22][28]
Russia Luna 26 2027 Lunar orbiter [29]
United States Dragonfly June 2027 Titan rotorcraft lander [30][31]
China Tianwen-3 2028 Mars sample return mission [32]
European Union Japan Comet Interceptor 2029 Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet [33][34][35]
China Tianwen-4 2029 Jupiter and Callisto Orbiter, Uranus flyby [36]

Long-term proposals
Mission name Preliminary launch date estimate Description Ref(s)
Estimated launch date Estimate by Estimate as of
India Chandrayaan-3 2023 The Times of India 2022 Lunar lander and rover [37]
Japan Hakuto-R Mission 2 2023 ispace 2019 Private lunar lander and rover [38]
India Shukrayaan-1 2024 SpaceNews 2020 Venus orbiter [39]
India Mars Orbiter Mission 2 2024 Business Standard 2019 Mars orbiter [40]
United States Europa Lander 2025 SpaceNews 2019 Europa lander [41][42]
Russia Orel spacecraft 2026 RIA Novosti 2018 Uncrewed lunar orbit [43][44]
United States European Union NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return 2026 The Space Review 2020 Mars sample return mission [45]
European Union ExoMars 2028 European Space Agency 2022 Rosalind Franklin, Mars rover [46][47][48]
Russia Venera-D 2029 Russian Space Research Institute 2021 Venus orbiter and lander [49]

See also

References
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