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The future of space exploration involves both telescopic and physical explorations of space by robotic spacecraft and human spaceflight. Near-term physical exploration missions, focused on obtaining new information about the Solar System , are planned and announced by both national and private organisations.
NASA: Artemis 5: NASA: Selenocentric Crewed lunar landing ESPRIT Refueling Module (ERM) ESA: Selenocentric Lunar Gateway component Lunar Terrain Vehicle: NASA: Selenocentric to lunar surface: Crewed lunar rover November (TBD) [2] TBA: TBA: TBA: Sentinel-6 NG A (Sentinel-6C) NASA / NOAA / EUMETSAT / ESA: Low Earth: Earth observation Sentinel-6 ...
NASA announced the selection of Dragonfly on 27 June 2019, which is expected to be built and launched by July 2028. [30] Dragonfly is the fourth in NASA's New Frontiers portfolio, a series of principal investigator-led planetary science investigations that fall under a development cost cap of approximately US$850 million, and including launch ...
This list contains proposals for space telescopes, space-based (situated in space) astronomical observatories. It is a list of past and present space observatory plans, concepts, and proposals. For observatories in orbit, see list of space telescopes. Unlike that list, this one includes concepts and proposals that are unlikely ever to be ...
Europa Clipper (previously known as Europa Multiple Flyby Mission) is a space probe developed by NASA to study Europa, a Galilean moon of Jupiter.It was launched on October 14, 2024. [15]
"NASA stated cost increases, delays to the launch date, and the risks of future cost growth as the reasons to stand down on the mission." NASA announced they would consider "expressions of interest" from industry to use the "VIPER rover system at no cost to the government". In October 2024, VIPER passed all pre-launch tests. [51] [52] Janus: 2023
It is the largest spacecraft NASA has built for a planetary mission, at about 100 feet (30.5 meters) long and about 58 feet (17.6 meters) wide with its antennas and solar arrays fully deployed ...
Spacecraft propulsion [note 1] is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. Orbital launch systems are rockets and other systems capable of placing payloads into or beyond Earth orbit. All launch vehicle propulsion systems employed to date have been chemical rockets falling into one of three main categories: