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ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) is an astrobiology programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) composed of the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), the Schiaparelli lander, and a future rover Rosalind Franklin. The goals of ExoMars are to search for signs of past life on Mars, investigate how the Martian water and geochemical environment varies, investigate atmospheric trace gases and their sources and, by doing so, demonstrate the technologies for a future Mars sample-return mission.

mission planned by NASA to explore Saturn's moon Titan with a robotic aircraft

Artemis IV is planned to be the third crewed mission and the first moon landing in NASA's Artemis lunar exploration program, marking the first moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.

planned robotic Mars rover

Russian reusable space capsule

fifth orbital flight of the Artemis program

planned orbiter by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the atmosphere of Venus

planned Russian lunar orbiter

first fast mission of Cosmic Vision; multi-spacecraft reconnaissance of long-period comets or interstellar objects

ESA uncrewed space vehicle

planned Chinese lunar exploration mission

planned India/Japan lunar mission

Tianwen-3 () is a planned Mars sample-return mission by China which would send two spacecraft (an orbiter/Earth-returner and a lander/ascent-vehicle) via two separate launches to Mars. Together, the two spacecraft will seek to obtain samples of Martian rocks and soil and then return the cached samples to Earth. The mission is scheduled to launch in 2028. The primary goal of the mission is to search for signatures of life on Mars.

DESTINY+ (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science) is a planned mission to fly by the Geminids meteor shower parent body 3200 Phaethon, and sample dust originating from the "rock comet". The spacecraft is being developed by the Japanese space agency JAXA and will demonstrate advanced technologies for future deep space exploration. As of October 2024, DESTINY+ is planned to be launched in fiscal year 2028.

The ClearSpace-1 (ClearSpace One) mission is an ESA Space debris removal mission led by ClearSpace SA, a Swiss startup company. The mission's objective is to remove the PROBA-1 satellite from orbit. The mission aims to demonstrate technologies for rendezvous, capture, and deorbit for end-of-life satellites and to build a path to space junk remediation. Destructive reentry will destroy both the captured satellite and itself. It is expected to launch in 2028. thumb|300x300px|Proposed ESA Space Safety Fleet, 2025

planned low-Earth-orbit space station developed by Starlab Space

command and communications center of Lunar Gateway

Chandrayaan-4 (; from Sanskrit: , "Moon" and , "craat, vehicle") is an upcoming lunar sample return mission of ISRO underdevelopment now and the fourth iteration in its Chandrayaan programme. As of January 2025, the conceptualisation phase has been completed, and the design phase is nearing completion. The mission is expected to launch around 2028. It is planned to return up to of lunar regolith.

ESA mission to asteroid 99942 Apophis