Space Calendar

NET Jul — Hayabusa 2, Asteroid 1998 KY26 Rendezvous
2031-07-01 | Asteroid 1998 KY26
☆ NET Jul — JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26, after returning samples from (162173) Ryugu to Earth in 2020 and flying by asteroid 98943 Torifune in 2026.

NET July — JUICE Spacecraft to Insert into Jupiter Orbit
2031-07-01 | Jupiter Orbit
NET July — ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to reach Jupiter this month if launched April 2023; will perform a flyby of Ganymede 7.5-hours before Jupiter insertion; will spend at least 3.5 years studying Jupiter atmosphere and magnetosphere, moons Ganymede, Europa, Callisto and Io with 10 state-of-the-art instruments plus one experiment that uses spacecraft telecommunication system with Earth-based instruments.

NET July — Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) to Return Phobos Sample to Earth
2031-07-01 | Earth Trajectory
NET July — Japan Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission with Mars moon Phobos’ sample to arrive at Earth this month and deliver Sample Return Capsule.

13 Years in Space: Parker Solar Probe
2031-08-12 | Heliocentric Orbit
NASA craft surpasses another full year in space today, having launched Aug 12, 2018; probe came within ~6.16M km of the Sun on Dec 24, 2024 which is ~7 times closer than any prior spacecraft, traveling faster than any other human-made object at ~692,000 km/hr.

243rd Galactic Tick Day
2031-08-20
Highlighting Galaxy awareness by celebrating the Solar System traveling around Milky Way Galaxy Center every ~225 million Earth years, one Galactic Tick happens every 633.7 days; first Tick Day was one Tick after October 2nd, 1608 when the first telescope patent was filed.

Launch Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2 / Moon Lander & Rover
2032-01-01 | Naro Space Center, South Jeolla, South Korea
South Korea planning to launch Moon lander & rover to look for signs of rare minerals on Moon surface.

NET Jul — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Flyby Europa
2032-07-01 | Jupiter Orbit
ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to perform flyby of moon Europa this month.

Transit of Mercury
2032-11-12 | Global / Inter-Global
Mercury to pass directly between Earth and Sun; observers see distant planet as small dot gliding slowly across face of Sun; starts Nov 12 at 20:41 HST, ends 01:07 Nov 13.

NET 2033 — Launch Long March 9 Test Flight
2033-01-01 | Wenchang Space Launch Center, ~19°N, Hainan Island, China
Tentative date for China to test launch its next-gen rocket intended to carry people and cargo to the Moon.

NET 2033 — Launch Luna-31
2033-01-01 | Vostochny Cosmodrome, ~52°N, Russia
Roscosmos hoping to launch lander to deliver a heavy lunar rover weighing up to 5,000 kg, capable of mining / extracting lunar resources.

NET 2033 — Türkiye Hopes to Have Space Launch Capabilities
2033-01-01 | Ankara, Türkiye
Türkiye hopes to have space-launch capabilities and more than 20 operational satellites by this date.

Lucy Spacecraft Flyby of Asteroids 617 Patroclus and Menoetius
2033-03-01 | Jupiter Trojan camp at L5
NASA Lucy mission to come within 1,000 km of 113-km diameter 617 Patroclus and 104-km diameter Menoetius, p-type binary asteroids; Lucy will be in a stable, 6-year orbit between the L4 and L5 — mission extension may be granted.

Lucy Spacecraft End of Primary Mission, Continues Orbit Around Sun
2033-04-01 | Heliocentric Orbit
End of primary mission for NASA Lucy mission, future science and mission plan extension TBD; mission is a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids, and craft will continue to orbit the Sun in a stable orbit between the L4 and L5 Trojan swarms around Jupiter.

Tiangong Space Station: 9 Years of Continuous Human Occupation
2033-06-05 | Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Today marks 10th full year / starts 11th year of continuous Human occupation of Tiangong Space Station; Shenzhou 14 three-member crew launched on this day in 2022, beginning occupation.

NET Dec — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Enter Ganymede Orbit
2034-12-01 | Ganymede Orbit
ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to achieve Ganymede elliptical orbit insertion this month.

NET 2035 — Launch Luna-32
2035-01-01 | Vostochny Cosmodrome, ~52°N, Russia
Roscosmos hopes to launch Luna-32 to deliver heavy modules weighing up to 5,000 kg for the construction of the International Lunar Research Station by this date.

NET 2035 — Launch Luna-33
2035-01-01 | Vostochny Cosmodrome, ~52°N, Russia
Roscosmos hopes to launch Luna-33 orbiter to be used for communication and navigation for Human Moon Missions and lunar base.

NET 2035 — Launch of International Lunar Research Station (ILRS-5) Mission
2035-01-01 | Moon South Pole
International Lunar Research Station ILRS-5 mission to occur by this date; final mission before human occupation of ILRS will include lunar-based astronomy and Earth observation capabilities.

NET 2035 — Launch Soorya / Final Bharatiya Antariksh Space Station Module
2035-01-01 | Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India
India planning to launch Soorya for final module completing space station Bharatiya Antariksh in LEO.

NET 2035 — Launch Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) "Soorya" / Crewed Moon Mission
2035-01-01 | Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India
NET 2035 — Potential date for India 1st crewed mission to cislunar space with using Soorya rocket.

Tianwen-2 to Rendezvous with Comet 311/P PanSTARRS
2035-01-24 | Comet 311/P PanSTARRS Orbit
China asteroid sample return mission, having returned at least 100 grams from Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3), to rendezvous with and begin orbiting Comet 311/P PanSTARRS for 1 year.

NET Dec — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Impact Ganymede
2035-12-01 | Ganymede Orbit
ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is planned to be deorbited and impact Ganymede at the end of 2035, having reached Jupiter in 2031.
