2021 - 2030

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++ Ares V; Altair 3 (for Orion 15) launch from KSC pad 39A.

++ Ares I; Orion 15 launch from KSC pad 39B. Flight to the Moon.

++ Ares I; Orion 17 launch from KSC pad 39B. ISS Crew Rotation Flight.

++ Ares V; Altair 4 launch from KSC pad 39A. Possible direct lunar flight.

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++ China plans to launch a manned mission to the Lunar surface.

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++ Japan hopes to begin manned flights to the Moon.

++ NASA hopes to have a permanent manned lunar base, probably at the lunar south pole.

++ South Korea hopes to launch a lunar lander.

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++ 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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++ 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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++ 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.

Manned Space Missions

Astronomy & Deep Space Missions

To Be Cancelled

All Other Space Missions

FjC | 2009