May 1, 2026 NET May — Launch Falcon 9 Block 5/ Haven-1 TBD Organizer: SpaceX NET May — First commercial space station, built by Vast Space, planned for insertion into LEO.
July 1, 2026 NET Q3 — Launch Falcon 9 / Intuitive Machines IM-3 Nova-C Lander SLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center FL, USA Organizer: SpaceX NET Q3 — Under US$77.5M NASA CLPS contract, IM 3rd mission using Nova-C, to Reiner Gamma ‘lunar swirl’ 7.5°N, 59.0°W with 4...
July 1, 2026 NET Q3 — Launch Long March 5 / Chang’E-7 Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Island, China (19° N) Organizer: China National Space Administration (CNSA) CNSA to launch Long March 5 with Chang’E-7 lander from Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Island, China (19° N); CE-7...
September 1, 2026 NET Sep — Launch Ariane 6-2 / PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) Guiana Space Centre Kourou, French Guiana Organizer: European Space Agency (ESA) ESA plans to launch Ariane 6-2 with PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) spacecraft with array of 26 cameras to...
December 1, 2026 NET Dec — Launch Starship / Venturi Astrolab FLEX C Starbase, 25.9°N, Boca Chica TX, USA Organizer: SpaceX SpaceX to launch Starship with Venturi Astrolab FLEX C rover from Starbase, Boca Chica TX. Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX-C)...
January 1, 2027 NET 2027 — Launch Falcon 9 / APEX 1.0 Lunar Lander Mission 1, SLC-39A, Kennedy Space Center FL, USA Organizer: SpaceX SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 with APEX 1.0 Lunar Lander Mission 1. Lunar lander built by ispace, Draper (mission lead) and...
January 1, 2027 NET 2027 — Launch Luna-26 Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia Organizer: Roscosmos State Corporation NET 2027 — Roscosmos State Corporation, Launch Luna-26, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia: Roscosmos hopes to launch the Luna-Resurs O (Luna-Resurs Orbiter) to...
January 1, 2027 NET 2027 — Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) / Chandrayaan-4 Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India Organizer: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) NET 2027 — ISRO to launch its Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3) with Chandrayaan-4 lunar lander from Satish Dhawan Space Center,...
January 1, 2027 NET 2027 — Launch Long March 5 / Xuntian Telescope Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Island, China (19° N) Organizer: China National Space Administration (CNSA) NET 2027 — CNSA to launch Long March 5 with Xuntian space telescope from Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Island,...
July 1, 2027 NET July — Launch SLS / Orion / Artemis 3 / Humans Land on the Moon SLC-39B, Kennedy Space Center FL, USA Organizer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Projected date for 1st crewed lunar landing since 1972, planning to land 1st Woman & 1st Person of Color on...
January 1, 2028 NET 2028 — Launch Starship / Venturi Astrolab FLEX LTV Starbase, 25.9°N, Boca Chica TX, USA Organizer: SpaceX SpaceX to launch Starship with Venturi Astrolab FLEX LTV from Starbase, Boca Chica TX. Under NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV)...