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JANUARY 10
Long March 4B; Ziyuan 3 launch
from Taiyuan, China.
A Chinese Long March 4B rocket will launch the Ziyuan 3 high-resolution remote sensing satellite.
The mission will also orbit the VesselSat 2 asset-tracking communications satellite for Orbcomm Inc.
JANUARY
19/20
Delta 4; WGS 4 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-37B.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket will launch the
fourth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft, formerly known as the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite. Built by Boeing, this geostationary
communications spacecraft will serve U.S. military forces. The rocket will fly in the Medium+ (5,4) configuration with four
solid rocket boosters.
JANUARY 21
Proton; SES 4 launch from Baikonur.
An International
Launch Services Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will deploy the SES 4 satellite to provide telecommunications services
over the Americas, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
JANUARY 25
Soyuz; Progress 46P
launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 46th Progress cargo
delivery ship to the International Space Station.
JANUARY 26
First launch of the European
Vega rocket, from Kourou ELA-1, carrying Italy's LARES (Laser Relativity Satellite), ALMAsat and 9 European Cubsats.
JANUARY
Proton; Sirius FM6 launch from Baikonur.
An International Launch Services Proton rocket with a
Breeze M upper stage will deploy the Sirius FM6 satellite for Sirius XM Radio.
JANUARY
PSLV;
RISAT 1 launch from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India.
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will
launch the RISAT 1 Earth observation satellite. RISAT 1 carries a radar payload for all-weather, day-and-night observations
for national security and environmental applications.
JANUARY
Long March 3A; Fengyun 2F launch from Xichang,
China.
A Chinese Long March 3A rocket will launch the Fengyun 2F geostationary weather satellite.
FEBRUARY
07/08
Falcon 9; Dragon C2 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-40.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second Dragon
spacecraft, called Dragon C2, to demonstrate rendezvous and berthing with the International Space Station for cargo-delivery.
The company is building the Dragon to fly on operational resupply missions to the orbiting lab.
FEBRUARY
16
Atlas 5; MUOS 1 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket
will launch the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for the U.S. Navy. Built by Lockheed Martin, this U.S.
military spacecraft will provide narrowband tactical communications designed to significantly improve ground communications
for U.S. forces on the move. The rocket will fly in the 551 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, five solid rocket
boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
FEBRUARY 17
Proton; Yahsat 1B launch from Baikonur.
An
International Launch Services Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will deploy the Yahsat 1B satellite. Yahsat 1B will
provide commercial and government services to the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Southwest Asia for Al Yah Satellite Communications
Co. of Abu Dhabi.
FEBRUARY
Planned
first (demonstration) flight of the OSC Antares (Taurus 2) rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia.
The first Orbital Sciences
Taurus 2 rocket will launch a simulated Cygnus spacecraft on a demonstration flight.
FEBRUARY
H-2A;
GCOM W1 & Kompsat 3 launch from Tanegashima, Japan.
The Japanese H-2A rocket will launch the GCOM W1 and Kompsat 3
satellites. GCOM W1 is the first Global Change Observation Mission dedicated to tracking precipitation and the water cycle
around the world. Kompsat 3 is a South Korean Earth observation satellite.
FEBRUARY
Soyuz; 6 Globalstar satellites
launch from Baikonur.
An Arianespace Soyuz rocket will launch six second-generation Globalstar mobile communications satellites.
The Soyuz rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. Arianespace will oversee the commercial launch.
MARCH
09
Ariane 5; ATV 3 'Edoardo Amaldi' launch from Kourou ELA-3 to the ISS.
Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ES rocket
to launch the European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Edoardo Amaldi. The ATV is a cargo-carrying
spacecraft to deliver supplies and equipment to the orbiting International Space Station.
MARCH 14
Pegasus XL; NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) launch from Kwajalein.
The air-launched Orbital Sciences
Pegasus XL rocket will deploy NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) spacecraft. NuSTAR will study high energy
X-rays in the universe.
MARCH 29
Delta 4; NROL-25 launch from Vandenberg SLC-6.
The
United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket will launch a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government
agency that develops and owns spy satellites. The rocket will fly in the Medium+ (5,2) configuration with two solid rocket
boosters.
MARCH 30
Soyuz 30S launch to the ISS from Baikonur.
A
Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of
the next Expedition crew. The capsule will remain at the station for about six months, providing an escape pod for the crew.
APRIL 25
Soyuz; Progress 47P launch from Baikonur
to the ISS.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 47th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space
Station.
APRIL 27
Atlas 5; AEHF 2 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas
5 rocket will launch the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. Built by Lockheed Martin, this U.S. military
spacecraft will provide highly-secure communications. Under the Air Force's new slot manifest concept, the military's second
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is the backup payload for this flight. The rocket will fly in the 531 vehicle configuration with
a five-meter fairing, three solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
MAY 01
Antares
(Taurus 2); Cygnus 1 launch to the ISS, from Wallops Island OA.
The Orbital Sciences Taurus 2 rocket will launch
the first Cygnus cargo freighter on a test flight to the International Space Station. Orbital Sciences is developing the Cygnus
spacecraft to deliver supplies to the space station.
MAY 23
Soyuz; MetOp B launch from Plesetsk, Russia
A Starsem Soyuz rocket will launch the MetOp B weather
satellite for the European Space Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, or
Eumetsat. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz 2 configuration with a Fregat upper stage.
MAY 30
Soyuz ISS 31S
launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International
Space Station with members of the next Expedition crew. The capsule will remain at the station for about six months, providing
an escape pod for the crew.
JUNE 26/28
H-2B; HTV 3 launch from Tanegashima Space Center
to the ISS.
The Japanese H-2B rocket will launch the third H-2 Transfer Vehicle. The HTV serves as an
unmanned cargo vehicle to deliver equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.
JUNE
Delta
4-Heavy; NROL-15 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-37B.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified
spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features
three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket.
JUNE
Atlas 5; NROL-38 launch from
Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch a classified spacecraft payload for the U.S.
National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket
boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
JULY 25
Soyuz; Progress 48P launch from Baikonur to the
ISS.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 48th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.
JULY
Planned launch of Canada's M3MSat micro-satellite project.
JULY
Dawn will leave
Vesta orbit.
AUGUST 05/06
NASA's nuclear-powered MSL will land on Mars. The
Mars Science Laboratory rover 'Curiosity' will test soil and rock samples for traces of biological activity.
AUGUST 30
Atlas 5; 2 NASA
RBSP (Radiation Belt Storm Probes) launch on an Atlas 5 401 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas
5 rocket will launch the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission for NASA. Built and managed by the Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory, this mission includes two spacecraft to fly in highly elliptical orbits to study Earth's radiation
belts and probe the influences of the sun. The rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing,
no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
AUGUST
Atlas 5; NROL-36 launch from
Vandenberg SLC-3E.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch a classified spacecraft payload for the U.S. National
Reconnaissance Office.
SEPTEMBER 26
Soyuz ISS 32S launch from Baikonur to the ISS.
A Russian government
Soyuz rocket will launch the manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the next Expedition
crew. The capsule will remain at the station for about six months, providing an escape pod for the crew.
SEPTEMBER
Delta
4; GPS 2F-3 launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-37B.
The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket will deploy the Air Force's third
Block 2F navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The rocket will fly in the Medium+ (4,2) configuration with
two solid rocket boosters.
OCTOBER
Planned launch of DMSP F19.
DECEMBER
Orbital Sciences Pegasus; IRIS solar
observatory launch.
Planned launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement satellite (2).
Planned suborbital launch of the Italian Pollux FTB-X on a European
Vega rocket.
India hopes to begin demonstration flights of a reusable launch vehicle.
Russia plans to launch two Resonance magnetospheric observation
satellites on a Soyuz 2 Fregat from Baikonur.
Russia plans to launch the first OKA T microgravity laboratory on
a Soyuz 2 from Baikonur. Possible docking with the ISS.
Planned lunar mission of the Odyssey Moon MoonOne (M-1), landing
on the lunar equator.
Planned launch of the next-generation Landsat Data Continuity Mission.
China plans to launch 2 manned flights, Shenzou 9 and Shenzou
10, to the Tiangong 1 space module for temporary stays.
Launch of ESA's GAIA astronomy satellite on a Soyuz Fregat to
the L2 point.
PSLV-C20; planned launch of Sapphire, a Canadian military satellite,
and NEOSsat (Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite), also from Canada.
Armadillo Aerospace hopes to fly the first manned mission
of their suborbital spaceship.
Planned lauch of the Canadian scientific Cassiope satellite on a SpaceX
Falcon 9 rocket.
First suborbital test flights of the XCOR Lynx.
Armadillo Aerospace plans to launch a protoype suborbital space tourism
vehicle on a 'Stig' rocket.
Proton; Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA) launch to the ISS
(3R).
Soyuz; Galileo IOV launch from Kourou.
An Arianespace Soyuz rocket, designated VS03, will launch on its third
mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz will carry two Galileo in-orbit validation satellites for
Europe's Galileo navigation constellation. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. Arianespace will oversee the
launch.
Atlas 5; TDRS K launch from Cape Canaveral SLC-41.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch
the TDRS K communications and delay relay satellite for NASA. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) connects
mission control with the International Space Station and other orbiting satellites.
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JANUARY 15
Planned launch of NASA's LADEE probe
to the Moon on a Minotaur 5, from Wallops Island.
FEBRUARY
OCO-2 launch from Vandenberg.
FEBRUARY
Ariane 5; ATV 4 launch from Kourou to the ISS.
AUGUST
Bepi-Colombo (ESA) spacecraft (2 orbiters) launch to Mercury. Using solar-electric propulsion
the journey will take about 6 years.
OCTOBER 09
Juno - Earth flyby.
NOVEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 07
Planned launch of NASA's
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) probe to Mars on an Atlas 5 401.
DECEMBER
Planned first
(unmanned) test flight (OFT-1) of the new Lockheed Orion/MPCV spacecraft, possibly on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket, into HEO.
India hopes to launch a small Mars orbiter on a GSLV.
Possible first flight of Starchaser Industries Thunderstar rocket
from Spaceport America (the Southwest Regional Spaceport).
Planned test launch of the Starchaser Nova 2 rocket from the UK.
Possible first flight of EADS Astrium's suborbital tourist Space Plane.
Possible launch of the Russian Gamma 400 space observatory.
Possible launch of a Russian MKA FKI satellite to study solar-terrestrial
interactions and the relationships between the sun and the small bodies in the solar system.
Planned launch of ESA's EarthCARE satellite, possibly on a Soyuz rocket.
Japan's new Epsilon rocket will launch the small astronomical
observatory Sprint-A into orbit to observe Venus, Mars and Jupiter.
Epsilon will replace the M-5 rocket.
China plans to launch the Chang'e 3 lunar lander & rover to
the Moon, on a Long March 3B.
First demonstration flight of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, from
Vandenberg Launch Complex 4, Ca.
Planned launch of ESA's Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV). The
lifting body will be launched from Kourou by a Vega rocket on a suborbital trajectory and after a controlled atmospheric reentry
will parachute into the Pacific Ocean, where it will be retrieved.
Excalibur Almaz plans to test launch an unmanned
RRV reusable capsule.
China plans to launch the Tiangong 2 space station module.
Planned
First commercial launch of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.
(/2014)
China will possibly launch
a Mars orbiter.
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JANUARY
ESA will wake up its Rosetta probe, en-route
to comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
FEBRUARY
Ariane 5; ATV 5 launch from Kourou to the ISS.
MARCH
Planned
flight test of the Orion/MPCV abort system from Cape Canaveral Complex 46 on a converted Peacekeeper missile.
MAY
22
Rosetta rendezvous with comet Churmuyov-Gerasimenko. A lander (Philae) will be dropped on the comet in November
2014.
MAY
Planned launch of DMP F20.
SEPTEMBER 16
NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere
and Volatile EvolutioN) will enter Mars orbit.
NOVEMBER
ESA's Rosetta, in orbit around Churmuyov-Gerasimenko,
will drop a small lander (Philae) on the comet.
Russia plans to launch the 2nd OKA T microgravity laboratory on a Soyuz 2 from Baikonur. Possible docking with the
ISS.
Sierra Nevada Corp. / SpaceDev Dream Chaser could be ready for a first test launch (on an Atlas
5 rocket), under NASA's CCDev plan.
Planned launch of the first NASA/NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System weather satellite.
China
plans to launch the Chang'e 4 lunar lander/rover to the Moon, on a Long March 3B.
Space Expedition Curacao
/ XCOR Lynx will possibly start flying suborbital tourism and research flights out of Space Port Curacao.
Planned
launch of 2 Bigelow Aerospace 'Sundancer' human-rated orbital habitats on Atlas 5 rockets from Cape Canaveral.
After launching the larger BA 330, the three inflatable modules will be combined to form an orbital space complex.
Virgin
Galactic will possibly start to also fly its suborbital Spaceship Two from the new Spaceport Sweden at Kiruna.
Planned
first (unmanned) test flight of the Liberty crew launcher, from KSC.
Planned 2nd unmanned launch of the Liberty crew
launcher, from KSC.
Possible first flight of the Blue Origin New Shepard CTS, a reuasable manned biconic-shaped
capsule, on an Atlas 5 rocket.
Possible first flight of a crewed SpaceX Dragon capsule.
Planned
launch of a Canadian RADARSAT satellite.
XCOR plans to begin commercial flights of the Lynx manned suborbital
vehicle.
Planned unmanned Exploration Flight Test of the US Orion MPCV spacecraft. Launched on a Delta 4 Heavy
from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 37, the EFT-1 mission will fly 2 high-apogee orbits followed by a high-energy re-entry
and a water landing.
GSLV; Possible launch of the Russian Luna-Resurs polar lander & the Indian Chandrayaan
2 lunar orbiter and rover from from Satish Dhawan Space Center.
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FEBRUARY
Dawn will enter orbit around Ceres.
MARCH
Possible first orbital flight test of the Boeing CST-100
reusable capsule. The unmanned launch will be on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral Complex 41.
JUNE
SpaceLinq
plans to start manned suborbital flights from Lelystad Airport in The Netherlands.
JULY 14/15
New Horizons - Pluto/Charon/Nix/Hydra flyby.
NOVEMBER
Japan's Akatsuki probe will make a 2nd attempt
to enter orbit around Venus.
DECEMBER
Possible first manned launch
of a Boeing CST-100 capsule on an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Complex 41. The flight will rendezvous with the ISS.
Commercial
manned orbital missions and Space Station dockings are planned for future flights of the 7-seat Crew Space Transportation-100
capsule.
According to its Aurora program, ESA is planned to make a
decision to go ahead with an international human mission to Mars and, possibly, the Moon.
Planned first launch from the new Russian Vostochny cosmodrome. The
first manned launch is planned for 2018.
Possible launch of a Russian MKA FKI satellite to study solar-terrestrial
interactions and the relationships between the sun and the small bodies in the solar system.
Planned launch of NASA's ICESat 2.
Planned launch of Bigelow Aerospace's full-scale inflatable commercial
space habitat, the BA 330. This module will be combined with the two Sundancer modules to form an orbital space complex.
Possible first tourist flight to orbit the Moon.
The
Deep Space Exploration - Alpha mission will use a Soyuz TMA and a 2nd habitation module plus an additional Block DM propulsion
module launched separately.
Possible first manned launch of the Liberty crew launcher,
from KSC.
Possible first manned launch of the Sierra Nevada DreamChaser,
a 7-seat reusable winged lifting-body spacecraft, on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral.
Planned launch
of a Canadian RADARSAT satellite.
Planned first manned test flight of the Excalibur Almaz RRV manned reusable
capsule.
Excalibur Almaz plans to fly the first commercial mission of the RRV manned reusable capsule.
Planned
launch on a Soyuz 2 rocket of Russia's Luna-Glob mission; 1 orbiter & 4 Japanese seismic penetrators.
RBS
Pathfinder launch.
The experimental reusable winged rocket-powered flight test vehicle will demonstrate the Reusable Booster
Systems' 'rocketback' maneuver.
(/2016)
Stratolaunch hopes to begin testing of their air-launch system.
Stratolaunch
Systems will build a mobile launch system with three primary components: A carrier aircraft, developed by Scaled Composites.
It will be the largest aircraft ever flown. A multi-stage booster, manufactured by Space Exploration Technologies. A
mating and integration system allowing the carrier aircraft to safely carry a booster weighing up to 490,000 pounds, built
by Dynetics.
(/2016)
Possible unmanned transonic abort test launch of a Boeing CST-100 capsule on an Atlas 5 from
Cape Canaveral Complex 41.
(/2017)
Planned launch of NASA's SIM Lite (Space Interferometry Mission).
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JULY 04
NASA's Juno probe will reach the Jupiter
system.
SEPTEMBER
NASA plans to launch the OSIRIS-REx sample return probe on an Atlas V to Asteroid
1999 RQ36. Up to 4 pounds of rock and dust will be returned to Earth in September 2023.
Planned launch of NASA's Constellation-X satellites.
TPF-C (Terrestrial Planet Finder coronograph) possible launch.
[will possibly be delayed due to NASA's budget]
Possible launch of the Russian Venera-D mission (orbiter, balloons
and lander) to Venus.
Russia plans to launch the Vozvrat-MKA microgravity satellite, equipped
with an Earth return/landing vehicle.
Possible launch of the International Lunar Network; a series of
seismological lunar landers.
Planned launch of the (NASA/)ESA TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter) and EDM landing demonstration
probe.
[will likely be delayed because of NASA's budget]
China will
possibly launch the Tiangong 3 space station module.
(/2017)
Planned first Stratolaunch air-launch. A modified multi-stage
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will be dropped from a giant 6-engine carrier aircraft developed by Scaled Composites. The Stratolaunch
system will be able to put cargo and manned Dragon capsules into orbit.
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JANUARY
Planned launch of ESA's Solar Orbiter
on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral.
DECEMBER
Possible first launch of NASA's new heavy-lift SLS (Space
Launch System), from KSC Pad 39A.
The unmanned SLS-1 flight will launch an Orion MPCV around the Moon.
South Korea hopes to launch a lunar orbiter on a rocket developed from homegrown technology.
India plans to launch its first manned capsule, carrying 2
astronauts into orbit for a 7 day mission.
(/2018)
China
plans to launch the Chang'e 5 lunar sample return mission, on a Long March 5 from the new near-equatorial spaceport on Hainan
Island.
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AUGUST
Planned launch of NASA's Solar
Probe Plus.
Planned launch of an ESA Aurora technology precursor mission to demonstrate aerobraking/aerocapture, solar electric propulsion
and soft landing.
Planned launch of ESA (/NASA) ExoMars rover. It will search
for traces of life and characterize the nature of the surface environment.
Russia plans to launch the Spektr M (Millimetron) space observatory.
Possible launch of the Russian Astrometriya space astrometry spacecraft.
Possible launch of the Russian Terion F2 satellite to observe
the Earth's ionosphere and thermosphere.
ESA will possibly test its new Advanced Re-entry Vehicle, which will
be able to bring cargo back from the ISS.
Planned first manned launch from the new Russian Vostochny
cosmodrome.
Planned first flight of the Reaction Engines Skylon.
Service entry
of the British spaceplane is expected to take place in 2020.
Planned launch of the NASA/ESA LISA (Laser Interferometer Space
Antenna).
Possible launch of ESA's Lunar Lander (MoonNext).
Planned
launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to the L2 point, on an Ariane 5 ECA. The infrared observatory is built by
Northrup Grumman Space Technology.
Will probably be delayed a number of years.
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AUGUST
ESA's Bepi-Colombo mission (2 orbiters)
is expected to arrive at Mercury.
China plans to launch the Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission, on a Long March 5 from the near-equatorial
spaceport on Hainan Island.
Planned launch of ESA's Euclid astronomy mission on a Soyuz
rocket from Kourou to the L2 Lagrange point.
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JANUARY
Deep Impact will possibly flyby asteroid 2002
GT.
FEBRUARY
NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return probe will reach asteroid 1999 RQ36.
OCTOBER
NASA's
OSIRIS-Rex probe will take a sample of asteroid RQ36.
TPF-I (Terrestrial Planet Finder interferometer) possible launch, provided it isn't cancelled or delayed by NASA's
budget.
Possible launch of the US/international Space Ultraviolet Observatory
(SUVO).
China plans to launch a space station into orbit on Long March 5 boosters.
As part of the international Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM)
NASA will possibly launch the JEO (Jupiter Europa Orbiter).
Possible launch of the 1st Icarus Pathfinder. Powered by a VASIMR
engine, the probe could eventually reach a distance of 200 AU in 20 years.
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Planned launch from KSC Pad 39A of the SLS-2 mission, carrying
a manned Orion MPCV around the Moon.
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AUGUST
Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the SLS-3 mission, carrying
a manned Orion MPCV into space.
China will possibly launch a manned mission to orbit the Moon.
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AUGUST
Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the
SLS-4 mission, carrying a manned Orion MPCV into space.
SEPTEMBER
OSIRIS-REx sample return
from asteroid 1999 RQ36.
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AUGUST
Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of SLS-5; the
first Cargo SLS, possibly with newly designed boosters.
China plans to launch a manned mission to the Lunar surface.
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AUGUST
Planned launch from KSC Pad 39A of SLS-6,
possibly carrying a manned Orion MPCV on an exploration mission to an asteroid.
Japan hopes to begin manned flights to the Moon.
South Korea hopes to launch a lunar lander.
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AUGUST
Possible SLS-7 Cargo launch, using the new expendable
RS-25E SSMEs, from KSC Pad 39A.
As part of its Aurora program ESA plans to launch an automatic mission to Mars to test the main phases of a
future human mission to Mars.
The NASA Jupiter Europa orbiter and ESA Ganymede orbiter will
reach the Jupiter system.
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AUGUST
Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the
manned SLS-8 / Orion MPCV mission.
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AUGUST
Possible SLS-9 Cargo launch, from KSC Pad
39A.
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AUGUST
Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the
manned SLS-10 / Orion MPCV mission.
Asteroid Apophis close flyby of Earth on April 13. A very small chance of an Earth impact might occur on April 13
2036 and in 2086.
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AUGUST
Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the Cargo SLS-11
mission, using the first 5-engine core.
ESA will possibly launch a manned mission to the Moon.
Proposed ESA (Aurora) cargo mission to Mars, carrying supplies
for the upcoming manned mission to the Red Planet.
Hypothetical launch of an Icarus Pathfinder probe, reaching
a distance of 1000 AU in about 20 years.
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AUGUST
Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the
manned SLS-12 / Orion MPCV mission.
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AUGUST
Possible launch from KSC Pad 39A of the Cargo
SLS-13; the first Evolved SLS HLV with a full (J-2X powered) Upper Stage.
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ESA, together with Russia, will possibly launch humans
to Mars as part of ESA's Aurora program.
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Possible manned NASA mission to Mars.
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Hypothetical launch of the Icarus Starfinder Mk I. Powered
by fusion based engine technology the probe could reach the Oort Cloud at a distance of 10000 AU in about 50 years.
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Hypothetical launch of the Icarus Starfinder Mk II. Powered
by fusion based engine technology the probe could reach a distance of 50000 AU in about 100 years.
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Asteroid RQ36 has a small chance of colliding with Earth.
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Hypothetical launch of the first interstellar (Daedalus) probe.
It will take approximately 100 years to reach its target star.
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