Crew: NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (Commander), Jack Hathaway (Pilot); ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (Mission Specialist); Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev (Mission Specialist) Destination: International Space Station Duration: ~9 months in orbit...
Artemis II test flight: NASA’s first crewed Space Launch System (SLS) mission with Orion spacecraft. Crew: NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch; Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy...
Chang'e 7 robotic lunar exploration mission featuring an orbiter, a lander, a mini-hopping probe, and a rover. Launch date: August 2026
Demonstration of large-scale orbital refueling of SpaceX's Starship, a precursor to SpaceX's travel beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO). Launch date: Not yet scheduled; may occur in 2026
Test flight of SpaceX Starship Version 3 Launch date: Not yet scheduled; expected to occur in 2026
Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 will deliver science and technology to the lunar South Pole Launch date: Not yet scheduled but may occur in 2026
Test flight of Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket Launch date: Not yet scheduled but may occur in 2026
Inaugural flight of Stoke Space's Nova reusable rocket Launch date: Not yet scheduled but may occur in 2026
Inaugural launch of China's Long March 10A rocket with their larger, lunar-capable Mengzhou spacecraft which has flown before and is intended to replace the Shenzhou spacecraft. Launch date: Unknown, but...
Launch of the first crewed habitat of the world's first commercial space station prior to the International Space Station's retirement in 2030 Launch date: Not scheduled, but may occur in...
