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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 ...
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.
Spaceflight in 2025 promises to follow the 2020s trend of record breaking orbital launches (with at least 300 expected) and increased developments in lunar, Mars and low-earth orbit exploration. ESA plans to conduct an orbital test flight of the Space Rider uncrewed spaceplane in the third quarter of the year.
The mission will take it closer than any previously scheduled or planned future approaches. If all goes to plan, the uncrewed spacecraft will come within 3.8 million miles of the solar surface.
Comparison of NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles. This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. [1]
"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
Other national-level scientific space missions included NASA's Europa Clipper probe to Europa, and ESA's Hera probes both launched in October 2024. NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars ended operation in January due to reported damages to its rotor blades subsequently after its 72nd flight. This year also saw multiple lunar landing attempts.
Earth's new mini-moon belongs to a group of promising targets for future asteroid miners trying to send humans on deep-space missions Morgan McFall-Johnsen Updated October 1, 2024 at 12:41 PM