Plotting trajectories…
Curated dossiers on the most important active and upcoming missions across the solar system.
NASA
First crewed mission of the Artemis program — a lunar flyby with four astronauts aboard Orion.
First crewed landing on the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in 1972, targeting the lunar south pole.
NASA / ESA / CSA
The most powerful space telescope ever built, observing the universe in infrared from L2.
Searching for ancient microbial life in Jezero crater, caching samples for future return.
Investigating whether Jupiter's moon Europa harbors conditions suitable for life beneath its ice.
ISRO
India's first soft landing on the Moon — and first ever near the lunar south pole.
India's first human spaceflight programme — three astronauts to LEO for three days.
SpaceX
The largest, most powerful rocket ever built — designed for full reusability and Mars.
Visiting a metal-rich asteroid that may be the exposed core of an early planetesimal.
An octocopter that will fly through Titan's dense atmosphere, sampling diverse landscapes.
NASA / ESA
Returning Perseverance's cached samples to Earth — humanity's first samples from Mars.
First mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids — a 12-year tour of eight ancient bodies.