Future Timeline
Actual Events
- 2021: Lucy space probe (NASA) launches
- 2022, Nov: Artemis 1 spacecraft (NASA) uncrewed lunar orbit and return
- 2023: Psyche space probe (NASA) launches
- 2024: Hera space probe (ESA) launches
- 2024: DESTINY+ space probe (JAXA) launches
- 2024: Europa Clipper space probe (NASA) launches
- 2024, Mar: Starship vehicle (SpaceX) test flight 3.
- 2024, July: Gaganyaan crew capsule (ISRO) launches unmanned test flight
- 2024, Nov: VIPER rover (NASA) lands on the Moon
- 2024, Dec: Gaganyaan crew capsule (ISRO) launches unmanned test flight
- 2025: Tianwen-2 space probe (CNSA) launches
- 2025, Sept: Artemis 2 spacecraft (NASA) 4 person lunar flyby
- 2025, Dec: BepiColombo space probe (ESA) inserts into Mercury orbit
- 2026: Mars Orbiter Mission 2 (ISRO) launches on LVM3
- 2026: PLATO space telescope (ESA) launches
- 2026, Sept: Artemis 3 spacecraft (NASA) 4 person lunar orbit, 2 person lunar landing using Starship HLS
- 2028: Rosalind Franklin Mars rover (ESA) launches
- 2028: Dragonfly space probe (NASA) launches
- 2028, Sept: Artemis 4 spacecraft (NASA) 4 person lunar orbit and landing using Starship HLS
- 2028, Sept: Lunar Gateway space station (NASA) in lunar orbit
- 2029: 99942 Apophis asteroid passes by Earth at an altitude of 32,000km
- 2029: Rosalind Franklin Mars rover (ESA) lands at Oxia Planum
- 2029: Psyche space probe (NASA) arrives at 16 Psyche
- 2029, Sept: Artemis 5 spacecraft (NASA) 4 person lunar orbit and landing using Starship HLS
- 2030: Europa Clipper space probe (NASA) arrives at Europa
- 2030, Sept: Artemis 6 spacecraft (NASA) 4 person lunar orbit and landing using Starship HLS