List of proposed Solar System probes

This is a list of proposed space probes that are planned to focus on the exploration of the Solar System, ordered by date of spacecraft launch. Launched probes are in the List of Solar System probes and the List of active Solar System probes.

Planned or scheduled missions

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Mission name Launch date Description Ref(s)
Japan Hakuto-R Mission 2 December 2024 Private lunar lander and rover [1]
United StatesNew Zealand Venus Life Finder 30 December 2024 Private Venus atmospheric probe by Rocket Lab [2]
United States Blue Ghost M1 Q4 2024 Lunar lander [3][4][5]
United States Nova-C IM-2 January 2025 Lunar lander [6]
United States AstroForge's Odin (Brokkr-2) January 2025 First commercial asteroid fly-by mission, rideshare of the IM-2 mission [7]
United States Lunar Trailblazer January 2025 Lunar orbiter, a secondary payload on the IM-2 mission [8]
United States EscaPADE Spring 2025 Two Mars orbiters [9]
China Tianwen-2 May 2025 Asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa sample return, comet 311P/PanSTARRS orbiter [10]
United States Artemis II September 2025 4-person lunar flyby [11][12]
United States Artemis III September 2026 4-person lunar flyby, 2-person lunar landing [11][13]
JapanFranceGermany Martian Moons eXploration 2026 Martian moon sample return mission [14]
China Chang'e 7 2026 Lunar south pole lander, rover and flying probe [15]
IndiaJapan Lunar Polar Exploration Mission 2026-2028 Lunar lander and rover [16]
India Chandrayaan-4 2027 Lunar sample return mission [17]
Russia Luna 26 2027 Lunar orbiter [18]
Japan DESTINY+ 2028 Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby [19]
United States Dragonfly July 2028 Titan rotorcraft lander [20][21]
Europe Rosalind Franklin 2028 Mars rover, ExoMars [22][23]
Japan DESTINY+ 2028 Mission to an asteroid [24]
Russia Luna 27 2028 Lunar lander [18]
China Tianwen-3 2028 Mars sample return mission [25]
United Arab Emirates MBR Explorer 2028 Flyby mission to seven asteroids [26]
India Venus Orbiter Mission 2028 Venus orbiter [27]
China Tianwen-4 September 2029 Jupiter and Callisto orbiter, Uranus flyby [28][29]
EuropeJapan Comet Interceptor 2029 Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet [30][31][32]
United States VERITAS 2029 Venus orbiter [33]
Russia Luna 28 2030 Lunar sample return mission [34]
Europe EnVision 2031 Venus orbiter [35]
India Mangalyaan-2 2031 Mars orbiter and lander [36][37]
United States DAVINCI 2032 Venus orbiter and atmospheric probe [38]

Proposed missions

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Mission name Preliminary launch date estimate Description Ref(s)
Estimated launch date Estimate by Estimate as of
China Shensuo (Interstellar Express) 2024[needs update] Scientia Sinica Informationis 2019 "Voyager-like" mission to outer planets [39][40]
Israel Beresheet 2 2025 Ramon.Space 2022 Lunar lander [41]
United StatesEurope NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return 2027[needs update] ESA 2023 Mars sample return mission [42]
Europe Ramses 2029 ESA 2024 Asteroid orbiter [43]
Japan Tera-hertz Explorer 2020s[citation needed] Mars orbiter and lander [44][45]
Russia Venera-D 2031 Russian Space Research Institute 2023 Venus orbiter and lander [46]
United States Uranus Orbiter and Probe NET 2031 NASA 2023 Uranus orbiter and probe [47][48]
United States Interstellar Probe 2036 NASA 2022 "Voyager on steroids" [49]
United States Enceladus Orbilander 2038 NASA 2023 Enceladus orbiter/lander [50]

Suspended missions

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The following missions were suspended or cancelled because of political, budgetary, or other reasons. The spacecraft were already assembled at the time of suspension/cancellation, so these missions can be resumed.

Mission name Cancellation date Description Status and reason Ref(s)
United States VIPER 2024 Lunar rover "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]
United States Janus 2023 Dual asteroids probe Was expected to be a secondary payload on the Psyche launch. After the delay, it was assessed that Janus wouldn't be able to reach the required trajectory. Both spacecraft were placed into long-term storage. [53]
Russia Kazachok 2022 Mars lander Originally part of the joint ExoMars mission with ESA, planned to deliver Rosalind Franklin rover. Mission was cancelled because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Spacecraft was returned to Roscosmos; officials stated that they will launch it without the rover, but no date was given. [54]

See also

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References

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