Timeline of Solar System Exploration - Planned or Scheduled

Planned or Scheduled

2013

  • IRIS - Early 2013 - Solar observations
  • Astrosat - 2013 - Space observatory
  • LADEE – May 2013 – Lunar orbiter
  • Mangalyaan - November 2013 - Mars orbiter
  • MAVEN – November/December 2013 – Mars orbiter
  • Chang'e 3 – Lunar lander and rover (first lander since Russian Luna 24 in 1976)

2014

  • Hayabusa 2 – July 2014 – Asteroid lander and sample return
  • Luna-Grunt 1 – Lunar orbiter, lander and rover
  • Chandrayaan-2 and Luna-Glob 2 – Lunar orbiter (India), lander (Russia) and rover (India).

2015

  • BepiColombo – August 2015 – Mercury orbiters
  • ISRO Extraterrestrial Exploration - May 2015 - Venus orbiter
  • Astrobotic Technology – October 2015 – First private lunar lander and rover mission
  • Don Quijote – 2013 or 2015 – Asteroid orbiter, impactor
  • Luna-Glob 1 – Lunar orbiter, lander and penetrators
  • Luna-Grunt 2 – Lunar lander and sample return
  • SELENE-2 – <2015 – Lunar lander and penetrator
  • Chang'e 4 – Lunar lander
  • Aditya - 2015/2016 - Solar observations

2016

  • InSight – March 2016 – Mars lander
  • ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and EDM lander – Mars orbiter and lander
  • OSIRIS-REx – Asteroid sample return mission
  • Venera-D – Venus orbiter
  • ISRO Orbital Vehicle – First Indian manned orbiter

2017

  • SOLO – January 2017 – Solar Orbiter
  • Chang'e 5 – Lunar sample return mission

2018

  • Solar Probe Plus – 30 July 2018 – Solar Orbiter, Closest solar approach (0.04 AU)
  • ExoMars rover and Russian static lander – Mars rover and lander
  • MoonNext – Lunar Lander
  • International Lunar Network – Lunar lander

2019

  • Chang'e 6 – Lunar sample return mission

2020

  • MarcoPolo-R – Asteroid sample return mission
  • Manned landing on Moon
  • Mars sample return mission
  • Lunnyj Poligon – Russian robotic lunar base

2022

  • Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer – Mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons.

2025

  • Manned landing on an Asteroid
  • Manned landing on Moon (2020–30?)
  • Manned lunar mission

2035

  • Manned Mars Mission

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