There are currently various proposed space probes to focus on the exploration of the Solar System. For planned missions to the Moon see the dedicated list of missions to the Moon, with its section future missions. Launched probes are in the List of Solar System probes and the List of active Solar System probes.
Mission name | Launch date | Description | Ref(s) |
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![]() | 29 September 2025 | Two Mars orbiters | [1] |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 2026 | Martian moon sample return mission | [2] |
![]() ![]() | NET summer 2026 | Private Venus atmospheric probe by Rocket Lab and MIT | [3] |
![]() | 2027 | Cubesat mission to a near-Earth asteroid | [4] |
![]() | 2028 | Asteroid 3200 Phaethon flyby | [5] |
![]() | July 2028 | Titan rotorcraft lander | [6] |
![]() | 2028 | Mars rover, ExoMars | [7] [8] |
![]() | 2028 | Mars sample return mission | [9] |
![]() | 2028 | Flyby mission to seven asteroids | [10] |
![]() | 2028 | Venus orbiter | [11] |
![]() | September 2029 | Jupiter and Callisto orbiter, Uranus flyby | [12] [13] |
![]() ![]() | 2029 | Flyby of an Oort Cloud comet | [14] [15] |
![]() | 2029 | Venus orbiter | [16] |
![]() | 2031 | Venus orbiter | [17] |
![]() | 2031 | Mars orbiter and lander | [18] [19] |
![]() | 2032 | Venus orbiter and atmospheric probe | [20] |
Mission name | Preliminary launch date estimate | Description | Ref(s) | ||
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Estimated launch date | Estimate by | Estimate as of | |||
![]() | 2024[ needs update ] | Scientia Sinica Informationis | 2019 | "Voyager-like" mission to outer planets | [21] [22] |
![]() ![]() | The original mission plan is under review due to cost constraints; NASA "is expected to confirm the program – and its design – in the second half of 2026". | Mars sample return mission | [23] [24] | ||
![]() | 2027 | CNSA | 2025 | Asteroid deflection mission; one possible target is 2015 XF261 | [25] [26] |
![]() | 2028 | ESA | 2024 | Asteroid orbiter | [27] [28] |
![]() | 2029 | National Space Science Center | 2025 | High-inclination solar orbiter, Jupiter flyby | [29] |
![]() | Mars orbiter and lander | [30] [31] | |||
![]() | NET 2031 | NASA | 2023 | Uranus orbiter and probe | [32] [33] |
![]() | 2033 | DSEL/CNSA | 2025 | Return atmospheric samples from Venus | [34] |
![]() | 2036 | NASA | 2022 | "Voyager on steroids" | [35] |
![]() | 2036 | Russian Academy of Sciences | 2025 | Venus orbiter and lander | [36] |
![]() | 2038 | NASA | 2023 | Enceladus orbiter/lander | [37] |
![]() | 2038 | DSEL/CNSA | 2025 | Mars surface research station for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) | [34] |
![]() | 2039 | DSEL/CNSA | 2025 | Exploration of Neptune and its moon Triton | [34] |
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) |
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![]() | 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. | [38] |
The current schedule has a launch date in JFY 2026, followed by Martian orbit insertion in JFY 2027 and the spacecraft will return to Earth in JFY 2031.