NET 2030 — Europe "Moon Village" Planned to be Built by this Date
2030-01-01 | Shackleton Crater Ridge, Moon Surface
NET 2030 — Europe hopes to have built a sustainable Moon Village by this date, while working toward Mars missions.

NET 2030 — NASA Launch First Human Mars Missions
2030-01-01 | Mars Orbit
NET 2030 — Projected date / decade for NASA to send Humans to Mars.

NET 2030 — Launch Angara A5 / Luna-29
2030-01-01 | Vostochny Cosmodrome, ~52°N, Russia
NET 2030 — Roscosmos hoping to launch Angara A5 with Luna-29 (Luna-Resurs 3) Moon South Pole lander and rover; mission goals / landing site TBD, will support future Human base.

NET 2030 — Launch Millimetron (Spektr-M)
2030-01-01 | TBD
NET 2030 — Russia hopes to launch Millimetron (Spektr-M) space observatory with a diameter of 10 meters to Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point to study black holes, formation of stars, planets, galaxies.

255th Meeting of the AAS
2030-01-09 - 2030-01-14 | National Harbor MD, USA
At Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.

Pōwehi Day
2030-04-10 | Statewide Hawai’i, USA
Recognized proclamation to celebrate the first-ever imaged black hole M87* by Event Horizon Telescope collaboration involving Mauna Kea Observatories, given the Hawaiian name Pōwehi; imaged in April 2017 and released Apr 10, 2019.

Europa Clipper to Insert into Jupiter Orbit
2030-04-11 | Jupiter Orbit
Europa Clipper mission to insert into Jupiter orbit on this day to study Galileo moon Europa through a series of 44 close flybys (25 to 2,700 km); launched 10 October 2024.

69th Commemoration of Human Spaceflight / Cosmonautics Day
2030-04-12 | Worldwide
Celebrating Yuri Gagarin, the 1st human to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 spacecraft in 1961; the flight lasted 108 minutes at 27,400 kph and 327 km above Earth.

Yuri’s Night Celebrations
2030-04-12 | Worldwide
Launching parties around the world every year on or around April 12th, in commemoration of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961, and the inaugural launch of the first Space Shuttle on April 12, 1981. We use space to bring the world together, to empower the greatest parts of who we are, and give vision to where we are going.
Yuri’s Night was inaugurated April 12, 2001.

National Day of Space Flight
2030-04-24 | China (Zhongguo)
Commemorating the launch of China’s first satellite, Dongfanghong-1 on April 24, 1970.

International Space Day
2030-05-03 | Worldwide
First Friday in May, events and presentations to promote STEM education and inspire people to continue the work of Space explorers; originally began as ‘National Space Day’ in 1997 by Lockheed Martin Corp.

Tiangong Space Station (TSS) Begins Next Year of Continuous Human Occupation
2030-06-05 | Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Today marks 8th full year / starts 9th year of continuous Human occupation of TSS; Shenzhou 14 three-member crew launched on this day in 2022, beginning occupation.

Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun (ARTEMIS) P1, Begins Next Year in Space
2030-06-27 | Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange point
NASA ARTEMIS P1 craft surpasses another year in lunar orbit since 2011; it was 1 of 5 satellites launched 2007 to study Earth magnetosphere.

Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun (ARTEMIS) P2 Begins Next Year in Space
2030-07-17 | Earth-Moon L1 Lagrange point
NASA ARTEMIS P2 craft surpasses another full year in lunar orbit since 2011; 1 of 5 satellites launched 2007 to study Earth magnetosphere

International Moon Day (Annual)
2030-07-20 | Global / Inter-Global
Celebrating the 1st people walking on the Moon / another celestial body – International Moon Day has been a recognized / endorsed declaration by the United Nations since 2022.

Viking 1 Mars Lander 54th Landing Observation Anniversary
2030-07-20 | Nationwide USA
First USA spacecraft to successfully land on another planet commemorated today for its accomplishment 54 years ago; originally scheduled for July 4, landing was delayed until this day in 1976 due to rough landing site.

NET Aug — Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) to Depart Mars for Earth Return
2030-08-01 | Earth Trajectory
NET Aug — Japan Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, now with Phobos sample, to begin its return to Earth this month, and planned to arrive at Earth by July 2029 to deliver Sample Return Capsule.

Parker Solar Probe Begins Next Year in Space
2030-08-12 | 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.

Chandrayaan-3 Commemorated for Moon Landing (2023)
2030-08-23 | Statio Shiv Shakti, 69.373°S 32.319°E, Moon Surface
Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander and Pragyan rover celebrated today after successfully landing on Moon in 2023; marking India as the 4th country to land on Moon, and 1st near the Moon South Pole.

Van Allen Probes Mark Another Year in Space
2030-08-30 | Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2012; adding to the understanding of Earth radiation belt environment and its variability.

X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) Begins Next Year in Space
2030-09-06 | Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Japan’s X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), studying galactic plasma, surpasses another full year in space today at ~550-km LEO, having launched 2023.

Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Begins Next Year in Mars Orbit
2030-09-21 | Mars Orbit
NASA Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft surpasses another full year of operations in Mars orbit after insertion on this day 2014; continuing to study upper atmosphere.

Astrosat Begins Next in Space
2030-09-28 | Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2015.

Chinese H-alpha Solar Explorer (CHASE) Begins Next Year in Space
2030-10-14 | Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
First solar observatory for China known as CHASE or Xihe / 羲和 surpasses another full year in space since launching on this day via Long March 2D in 2021.

Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) Begins Next Year in Space
2030-10-19 | High Earth Orbit (HEO)
NASA spacecraft mapping boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space surpasses another full year in space; launched on this day 2008.

BepiColombo (Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter) Begins Next Year in Space
2030-10-20 | Mercury Trajectory
European Space Agency / JAXA Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (dubbed Mio ‘waterway or fairway’) surpasses another full year in space today, launched 2018; expected to reach Mercury polar orbit in Nov 2026 to map planet, investigate magnetosphere.

Mars Odyssey Begins Next Year in Mars Orbit
2030-10-24 | Mars Orbit
NASA spacecraft surpasses another full year in orbit around Mars today, holds record for longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth; launched 2001.

Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO A & B) Mark Another Year in Space
2030-10-26 | Heliocentric Orbit
NASA craft imaging Sun and solar phenomena surpasses another full year in space today; launched 2006.

Lucy Spacecraft 3rd Earth Flyby (660 km)
2030-12-25 | Jupiter Trajectory
NASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids, including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, to perform Earth flyby / gravity assist today coming within 660 km after reaching Jupiter orbit and returning to the vicinity of the Earth.

NET 2031 — International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) to Reapproach Earth
2031-01-01 | Heliocentric Orbit
ISEE-3 (International Sun-Earth Explorer-3) craft, presumably in safe mode, is traveling around Sun & predicted to return to vicinity of Earth this year – may be able to reestablish contact; launched August 12, 1978.
