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) |
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December 2020 | Lunar sample return mission | [1] | |
end 2020 | Solar observation spacecraft | [2][3] | |
22 July 2021 | Asteroid 65803 Didymos impactor | [4][5] | |
1 October 2021 | First mission of the Luna-Glob Moon exploration programme, lunar south pole lander | [6][7][8] | |
16 October 2021 | Flyby of six Jupiter trojan asteroids | [9][10] | |
31 October 2021 | Orbital space telescope | [11][12] | |
November 2021 | Uncrewed lunar orbital test of Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System | [13][14] | |
10 June 2022 | Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa flyby; Ganymede orbiter | [15][16][17] | |
July 2022 | Lunar orbiter | [18][19] | |
August 2022 | Metallic asteroid 16 Psyche orbiter | [20][21] | |
August–October 2022 | Mars lander and rover | [22] | |
2022 | Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby | [23] | |
2022 | Mars lander | [24] | |
Late 2023 | Lunar rover | [25] | |
2024 | Europa orbiter | [26][27] | |
13 November 2024 | Lunar orbiter | [6][7][28][29] | |
September 2024 | Martian moon sample return mission | [30][31] | |
2024 | Asteroid 65803 Didymos rendezvous | [32] | |
August 2025 | Lunar south pole lander and rover | [6][7][28][33] | |
April 2026 | Titan rotorcraft lander | [34][35][36] | |
2028 | Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet | [37][38] | |
Long-term proposals
Mission name | Preliminary launch date estimate | Description | Ref(s) | ||
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Estimated launch date | Estimate by | Estimate as of | |||
July 2021 | Astrobotic Technology | 2019 | Lunar lander | [39] | |
January 2022 | Businessworld | 2020 | Lunar lander and rover | [40] | |
2023 | Encyclopædia Britannica | 2019 | Lunar sample return mission | [41] | |
2023 | ispace | 2019 | Private lunar lander and rover | [42] | |
2023 | Raman Research Institute | 2016 | Venus orbiter | [43][44][45] | |
NET 2024 | Business Standard | 2020 | Mars orbiter | [46][47][48] | |
2024 | India Today | 2019 | Lunar lander and rover | [49][50][51] | |
2025 | SpaceNews | 2019 | Europa lander | [52][53] | |
2026 | RIA Novosti | 2018 | Uncrewed lunar orbit | [54][55] | |
2026 | The Space Review | 2020 | Mars sample return mission | [56] | |
2026–2031 | Lunar and Planetary Institute | 2017 | Venus orbiter and lander | [57] | |
early 2030s | Business Insider | 2019 | Crewed landing on the Moon | [58] | |
2031 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing | [59][55] | |
2032 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing with lunar rover | [59] | |
2033 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing with lunar rover | [59] | |
2034 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing; construction of lunar base | [59] | |
2035 | RIA Novosti | 2019 | Crewed lunar landing; completion of lunar base | [59] | |
After 2040–2045 | Nikolai Panichkin, TsNIIMash | 2011 | Crewed phase of the Russian Mars exploration program | [60] | |
2040–2060 | Unnamed space experts | 2006 | Crewed phase of the Chinese Mars exploration program | [61] |
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