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Mission name Launch date Description Ref(s) Nova-C IM-2: February 2025 Lunar lander [1] Odin (Brokkr-2) February 2025 First commercial asteroid fly-by mission by AstroForge, rideshare of the IM-2 mission. The target is 2022 OB5. [2] [3] Lunar Trailblazer: February 2025 Lunar orbiter, a secondary payload on the IM-2 mission [4] EscaPADE: Spring 2025
Dwarf planet 90377 Sedna will reach its perihelion of 76 AU from the Sun. [34] 2079 August 11 Mercury occults Mars, the first since at least 1708. [31] 2083 A star system known as "V Sagittae" is expected to go nova this year (+/- 11 years). 2084 November 10 Transit of Earth as seen from Mars, the first and the only one in this century. 2085 ...
This is a list of space probes that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed), organized by their planned destination. It includes planetary probes, solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets, but excludes lunar missions, which are listed separately at List of lunar probes and List of Apollo missions.
Planetary alignment is an astronomical term used to describe when several planets gather closely on one side of the sun. The planets will form a line, but it is almost never a straight line as the ...
Catching a glimpse of the planets will depend on the time of day and their relative distance from the planet at the time. For example, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter are best viewed after sunset at ...
The list of proposed missions to the outer planets is a listing of concept studies for an uncrewed or crewed mission to gas giants. Proposed missions to gas giants are typically based on engineering and scientific assessments of technological capabilities at the time of study.
Get ready for a parade of planets this winter. During the month of January, sky gazers will be able to see four planets in one view — and come February, the parade will only expand. NASA says ...
The emphasis of the mission is on Earth-like planets in the habitable zone around Sun-like stars where water can exist in liquid state. [24] It is the third medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme and named after the influential Greek philosopher Plato, the founding figure of Western philosophy, science and mathematics. A ...