2030s in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the 2030s.

Orbital launches 2030

2031

2032

2033

2034

2035

2036

2038

2039 and beyond

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarksFebruary 2030MBR ExplorerFlyby of asteroid 10253 Westerwald 11 April 2030 Europa Clipper Jupiter orbit insertionJune 2030MBR ExplorerFlyby of asteroid 623 Chimaera 26 December 2030 Lucy Third gravity assist at Earth Target altitude 660 kmJanuary 2031MBR ExplorerFlyby of asteroid 13294 Rockox July 2031 Hayabusa2 Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26 11 April 2030 Europa Clipper First flyby of Europa July 2031 JUICE Flyby of Ganymede July 2031 JUICE Jupiter orbit insertionSeptember 2031MBR ExplorerGravity assist at MarsJuly 2032MBR ExplorerFlyby of asteroid (88055) 2000 VA28 July 2032 JUICE Flyby of Europa 16 July 2032 Europa Clipper & JUICE Flyby of Europa Clipper & Juice fly by Europa within 4 hours of each other.December 2032MBR ExplorerFlyby of asteroid (23871) 1998 RC76 2 March 2033 Lucy Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius Target altitude 1000 kmAugust 2033MBR ExplorerFlyby of asteroid (59980) 1999 SG6October 2034MBR ExplorerArrival at asteroid 269 Justitia December 2034 JUICE Ganymede orbit insertion Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's 24 January 2035 Tianwen-2 Rendezvous with 311P/PanSTARRSMay 2035MBR ExplorerLanding at asteroid 269 Justitia -->

The United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea and China plan to return samples from Mars by around 2031 or 2032. A joint NASA/ESA project plans to return samples from Mars by 2033. Dragonfly is expected to reach Titan in 2036. The Solar Polar Orbit Observatory is planned to have gravity assists off Earth and Jupiter throughout the decade.

Expected maiden flights

Siraya – TASA – Taiwan Amur – Roscosmos – Russia Tianwen-3 – CASC – China Tronador II-250 – CONAE – Argentina – 2029 Yenisei – Roscosmos – Russia Long March 9 – CASC – China Ariel Space Mission – UK Space Agency – United Kingdom KSLV-III – KARI – South Korea NGLV - ISRO - India

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