October 19, 2030 Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Marks Another Year in Space High Earth Orbit (HEO) Organizer: 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 Organizer: 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 Organizer: 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 Organizer: NASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.
January 1, 2040 Hubble Space Telescope Expected to Operate into 2040s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Organizer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NASA veteran spacecraft with 2.4-meter mirror could continue operations into this decade and beyond; launched April 24, 1990.