October 14, 2030 Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer (CHASE) Marks Another Year in Space Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) First solar observatory for China known as CHASE or Xihe / 羲和 surpasses another full year in space since launching ...
October 19, 2030 Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Marks Another Year in Space High Earth Orbit (HEO) NASA spacecraft mapping boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space surpasses another full year in space; launched on this ...
October 20, 2030 BepiColombo (Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter) Marks Another Year in Space Mercury Trajectory European Space Agency / JAXA Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (dubbed Mio ‘waterway or fairway’) surpasses another ...
October 24, 2030 Mars Odyssey Marks Another Year in Mars Orbit Mars Orbit NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit ...
October 26, 2030 Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO A & B) Mark Another Year in Space Heliocentric Orbit NASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.
December 25, 2030 Lucy Spacecraft 3rd Earth Flyby (660 km) Jupiter Trajectory NASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids, including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, to perform Earth flyby / gravity ...
January 1, 2031 NET 2031 — International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) to Reapproach Earth Heliocentric Orbit ISEE-3 (International Sun-Earth Explorer-3) craft, presumably in safe mode, is traveling around Sun & predicted to return to vicinity of ...
January 1, 2031 NET 2031 — Launch Luna-30 Lander Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia Roscosmos State Corporation planning to launch Launch Luna-30 lander to deliver a reusable cargo delivery spacecraft with supplies for human ...
January 1, 2031 NET 2031 — Launch Ariane 6-4 / Argonaut Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana European Space Agency planning to launch the Argonaut Lunar Descent Element -- lunar lander built by Thales Alenia Space to the ...
June 5, 2031 Tiangong Space Station Marks 9th Year of Continuous Human Occupation Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Today marks 9th full year / starts 10th year of continuous Human occupation of TSS; Shenzhou 14 three-member crew launched ...
July 1, 2031 NET Jul — Hayabusa 2, Asteroid 1998 KY26 Rendezvous Asteroid 1998 KY26 ☆ NET Jul — JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26, after returning samples from (162173) Ryugu ...
July 1, 2031 NET July — JUICE Spacecraft to Insert into Jupiter Orbit Jupiter Orbit NET July — ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to reach Jupiter this month if launched April 2023; will ...
August 12, 2031 Parker Solar Probe Marks 13th Full Year in Space Heliocentric Orbit NASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of ...
August 20, 2031 243rd Galactic Tick Day Highlighting Galaxy awareness by celebrating the Solar System traveling around Milky Way Galaxy Center every ~225 million Earth years, one ...
January 1, 2032 Launch Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2 / Moon Lander & Rover Naro Space Center, South Jeolla, South Korea South Korea planning to launch Moon lander & rover to look for signs of rare minerals on Moon surface.
July 1, 2032 NET Jul — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Flyby Europa Jupiter Orbit ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to perform flyby of moon Europa this month.
November 12, 2032 Transit of Mercury Global / Inter-Global Mercury to pass directly between Earth and Sun; observers see distant planet as small dot gliding slowly across face of ...
January 1, 2033 NET 2033 — Launch Long March 9 Test Flight Wenchang Space Launch Center, Hainan Island, China (19° N) Tentative date for China to test launch its next-gen rocket intended to carry people and cargo to the Moon.
January 1, 2033 NET 2033 — Launch Luna-31 Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia Roscosmos hoping to launch lander to deliver a heavy lunar rover weighing up to 5,000 kg, capable of mining / ...
January 1, 2033 NET 2033 — Türkiye Hopes to Have Space Launch Capabilities Ankara, Türkiye Türkiye hopes to have space-launch capabilities and more than 20 operational satellites by this date.
March 1, 2033 Lucy to Flyby Asteroids 617 Patroclus and Menoetius Jupiter Trojan camp at L5 NASA Lucy mission to come within 1,000 km of 113-km diameter 617 Patroclus and 104-km diameter Menoetius, p-type binary asteroids; ...
April 1, 2033 Lucy Spacecraft End of Primary Mission, Continues Orbit Around Sun Heliocentric Orbit End of primary mission for NASA Lucy mission, future science and mission plan extension TBD; mission is a twelve-year journey ...
June 5, 2033 Tiangong Space Station Reaches 10 Years of Continuous Human Occupation Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Today marks 10th full year / starts 11th year of continuous Human occupation of Tiangong Space Station; Shenzhou 14 three-member ...
December 1, 2034 NET Dec — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Enter Ganymede Orbit Ganymede Orbit ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to achieve Ganymede elliptical orbit insertion this month.
January 1, 2035 NET 2035 — Launch Luna-32 Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia Roscosmos hopes to launch Luna-32 to deliver heavy modules weighing up to 5,000 kg for the construction of the International Lunar ...
January 1, 2035 NET 2035 — Launch Luna-33 Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia Roscosmos hopes to launch Luna-33 orbiter to be used for communication and navigation for Human Moon Missions and lunar base.
January 1, 2035 NET 2035 — Launch of International Lunar Research Station (ILRS-5) Mission Moon South Pole International Lunar Research Station ILRS-5 mission to occur by this date; final mission before human occupation of ILRS will include ...
January 1, 2035 NET 2035 — Launch Soorya / Final Bharatiya Antariksh Space Station Module Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India planning to launch Soorya for final module completing space station Bharatiya Antariksh in LEO.
January 24, 2035 Tianwen-2 to Rendezvous with Comet 311/P PanSTARRS Comet 311/P PanSTARRS Orbit China asteroid sample return mission, having returned at least 100 grams from Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3), to rendezvous with and begin ...
December 1, 2035 NET Dec — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Impact Ganymede Ganymede Orbit ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is planned to be deorbited and impact Ganymede at the end of 2035, having ...