Look Forward - Events

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Adding your own events lets you see and plan your personal engagements alongside your chosen public events.

People and news stream

Main events

My events

Planets and targets

EVENTS COMING UP	When	Events	Where	Home
Solar Orbiter fly by of Venus as a gravity assist	UTC 1 2029-06-10 00:00:00 2029-06-10 23:59:00 Sun June 10 2029	Fly-by!	Passing Venus	Venus
Near-Earth Object Surveyor launches - NEO Surveyor	2026	Planetary defence!	Near-Earth (millions of miles)	Asteroids
Hera	Planned December 2024	Impact! + follow-ups	Asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos	Asteroids
Dragonfly arrives at Saturn's moon Titan	2034	Major landing	Titan, Saturn's moon	Saturn
BepiColombo - begins Mercury orbit	UTC 1 2025-12-05 00:00:00 2025-12-05 23:59:00 Fri December 5	Orbit begins	Orbiting Mercury	Mercury
Europa Clipper enters into Jupiter orbit to fly by and study its moon Europa	2030	Orbit begins	Orbiting Jupiter, flying by Europa	Jupiter
JUICE enters into launch around Jupiter	2031	Orbit begins	Jupiter's moons Ganymede, Callisto and Europa	Jupiter
Parker Solar Probe close approach of the Sun	UTC 1 2025-06-15 00:00:00 2025-06-15 23:59:00 Sun June 15	Close approach	Within 4m km of the Sun	Sun
Solar Orbiter fly by of Venus as a gravity assist	UTC 1 2026-12-24 00:00:00 2026-12-24 23:59:00 Thu December 24 2026	Fly-by!	Passing Venus	Venus
Lucy - Asteroid flyby! 3548 Eurybates and its small satellite Queta	UTC 1 2027-08-12 00:00:00 2027-08-12 23:59:00 Thu August 12 2027	Fly-by!	Flying by asteroid 3548 Eurybates and its small satellite Queta	Asteroids
Lucy - Asteroid flyby! 15994 Polymele and small satellite	UTC 1 2027-09-15 00:00:00 2027-09-15 23:59:00 Wed September 15 2027	Fly-by!	Flying by asteroid 15994 Polymele and small satellite	Asteroids
Solar Orbiter fly by of Venus as a gravity assist	UTC 1 2028-03-17 00:00:00 2028-03-17 23:59:00 Fri March 17 2028	Fly-by!	Passing Venus	Venus
Lucy - Asteroid flyby! 11351 Leucus	UTC 1 2028-04-18 00:00:00 2028-04-18 23:59:00 Tue April 18 2028	Fly-by!	Flying by asteroid 11351 Leucus	Asteroids
Lucy - Asteroid flyby! 21900 Orus	UTC 1 2028-11-11 00:00:00 2028-11-11 23:59:00 Sat November 11 2028	Fly-by!	Flying by asteroid 21900 Orus	Asteroids
EnVision launches, for Venus	Launch window May-June 2032	Launching to orbit + study	Heading to Venus	Venus
Solar Orbiter fly by of Venus as a gravity assist	UTC 1 2030-09-02 00:00:00 2030-09-02 23:59:00 Mon September 2 2030	Fly-by!	Passing Venus	Venus
Lucy - Earth flyby! - navigation	UTC 1 2030-12-26 00:00:00 2030-12-26 23:59:00 Thu December 26 2030	Fly-by!	Flying by Earth	Earth
Lucy - Asteroid flyby! Patroclus binary pair.	UTC 1 2033-03-02 00:00:00 2033-03-02 23:59:00 Wed March 2 2033	Fly-by!	Flying by Patroclus binary pair asteroids	Asteroids
Juno's extend study of Jupiter's atmosphere from orbit	Continuing, extended mission	Still working away! - on or orbiting	Orbiting Jupiter	Jupiter
Voyager 2	Going strong since 1977	Still working away! - in space	12 billion miles from Earth and counting	Beyond
Voyager 1	Going strong since 1977	Still working away! - in space	14 billion miles from Earth and counting	Beyond
Hubble Space Telescope	Going strong since 1990	Still working away! - in space	350 miles above the ground	Beyond
James Webb Space Telescope - JWST	The years ahead	Still working away! - in space	Orbiting the Sun 1m miles from Earth	Beyond
Dragonfly launches	2026	Launching to land + study	Destination Titan, Saturn's moon	Saturn
Euclid	2023	Launching to survey + explore	A million miles or so from Earth	Beyond
International Space Station - ISS	Orbitng since 1998	Astronauts aboard!	Spot it! See spotthestation.nasa.gov	ISS
VERITAS launches - Venus Emissivity, Radio science, Insar, Topography, And Spectroscopy	Earliest 2028	Launching to orbit + study	Heading to Venus	Venus
DAVINCI+ launches - Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging Plus	2029 or 2030	Launching to orbit + study	Heading to Venus	Venus

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