List of Solar System Probes - Cancelled Probes and Missions

Cancelled Probes and Missions

Target Spacecraft Organization Date Type Status Notes Image Ref
Mercury BepiColombo Mercury Surface Element ESA lander cancelled
Moon LUNAR-A JAXA orbiter, penetrators cancelled originally scheduled for 2004, cancelled 2007
Mars Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander NASA 2001 lander cancelled
Mars Beagle 2: Evolution UK 2004 lander cancelled
Mars NetLander CNES/
ESA		 lander cancelled
Mars Mars Telecommunications Orbiter NASA 2010 orbiter cancelled
Phobos Aladdin NASA sample return not selected
Europa Europa Orbiter NASA orbiter cancelled
Europa Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter NASA orbiter cancelled
Ganymede Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter NASA orbiter cancelled
Callisto Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter NASA orbiter cancelled
Pluto Pluto Fast Flyby NASA 2010 flyby cancelled Now known as New Horizons
Pluto Pluto Kuiper
Express		 NASA 2012 flyby cancelled Now known as New Horizons
4660 Nereus Hayabusa ISAS sample return cancelled rerouted to 25143 Itokawa
3840 Mimistrobell Rosetta ESA 2006 flyby cancelled rerouted
4979 Otawara Rosetta ESA 2006 flyby cancelled rerouted
4660 Nereus Near Earth Asteroid Prospector SpaceDev sample return cancelled
46P/Wirtanen Rosetta ESA 2011 orbiter cancelled rerouted to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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