schedule of future solar system exploration

schedule of future solar system exploration

Paolo View Member Profile	Apr 20 2012, 09:37 AM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004	I posted this to the NASAspaceflight forum but it actually belongs to this forum. the schedule comprises a few events that are not yet approved or fully funded (ExoMars launch, Deep Impact 3rd flyby etc.), I have not yet found a schedule of BepiColombo flybys after the recent one-year delay and I have not looked in detail at ESA's Solar Orbiter or NASA's Solar Probe+ June 2012 Discovery 12 selection 6 August 2012 Mars Science Laboratory lands on Mars 26 August 2012 Dawn leaves Vesta March 2013 MESSENGER end of mission 9 October 2013 Juno Earth flyby 18 November 2013 MAVEN launch 20 January 2014 Rosetta exits from hibernation summer 2014 Hayabusa 2 launch August 2014 Rosetta enters orbit around Churyumov-Gerasimenko 10 August 2014 ICE Earth return September 2014 MAVEN enters orbit around Mars November 2014 Philae lands on Churyumov-Gerasimenko February 2015 Dawn enters orbit around Ceres July 2015 Dawn end of mission 14 July 2015 New Horizons flyby of Pluto 15 August 2015 BepiColombo launch November 2015 Akatsuki second attempt at entering Venus orbit December 2015 Rosetta end of mission January 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter launch 5 July 2016 Juno enters orbit around Jupiter August 2016 BepiColombo Earth flyby September 2016 OSIRIS-REx launch 19 October 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter enters orbit around Mars 2017 Solar Orbiter launch June 2017 Trace Gas Orbiter start of the science mission September 2017 OSIRIS-REx Earth flyby 15 September 2017 Cassini plunges in the atmosphere of Saturn 16 October 2017 Juno plunges in the atmosphere of Jupiter 2018 Solar Probe Plus launch April 2018 ExoMars rover launch June 2018 Hayabusa 2 reaches its target asteroid (162173) 1999JU3 16 October 2018 Deep Impact Earth flyby 14 December 2018 ICE flies by comet Wirtanen January 2019 ExoMars rover lands on Mars October 2019 OSIRIS-REx reaches its target asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36 January 2020 Deep Impact flies by asteroid (163249) 2002 GT December 2020 Hayabusa 2 returns to Earth 27 January 2022 BepiColombo enters orbit around Mercury September 2023 OSIRIS-REx returns to Earth

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jsheff View Member Profile	Jan 4 2013, 11:27 PM Post #2
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 14-June 05 From: Cambridge, MA Member No.: 411	Great lists all, folks, thanks! And we'll now have to add to Paolo's list the MSL / Curiosity 2 (or whatever it'll be called) to be launched to Mars in 2020. - John Sheff Cambridge, MA

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Paolo schedule of future solar system exploration Apr 20 2012, 09:37 AM

Phil Stooke That's a very nice list, very useful. I notic... Apr 20 2012, 03:36 PM

Paolo QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Apr 20 2012, 05:36 P... Apr 20 2012, 08:03 PM

elakdawalla Thanks, Paolo, for this summary. I'd add to it... Apr 20 2012, 03:56 PM

Paolo I have updated the list, it now includes the timel... Sep 12 2012, 06:57 PM

climber Any chance to get a .PDF version, Paolo? Sep 12 2012, 08:19 PM

Paolo here you go! Sep 15 2012, 05:07 PM

dombili I imported the list to Google Docs Spreadsheet (be... Sep 15 2012, 08:25 PM

Paolo just a quick reminder of what's in store for s... Dec 31 2012, 03:14 PM

Phil Stooke Many thanks for a very useful list! And best ... Dec 31 2012, 06:40 PM

Eyesonmars I notice that we lose both Cassini and Juno within... Dec 31 2012, 09:24 PM

Explorer1 Predictions of end of mission that far ahead shoul... Jan 1 2013, 07:57 AM

nprev Happy New Year to all as well!!!! ... Jan 1 2013, 10:54 AM

djellison QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 1 2013, 02:54 AM) It... Jan 1 2013, 08:05 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 1 2013, 03:54 AM) Juno... Jan 1 2013, 11:22 PM

Paolo plus, Cassini and Juno will be taking more or less... Jan 1 2013, 11:09 AM

Eyesonmars Yeah. While i'm fully aware of all the issues ... Jan 1 2013, 07:15 PM

nprev Ah; that's a hard constraint for Cassini. then... Jan 1 2013, 09:17 PM

dilo Great list, Paolo! pls, correct Mangalyaan dat... Jan 1 2013, 09:24 PM

elakdawalla Cassini's fate will be determined as soon as t... Jan 1 2013, 11:09 PM

Eyesonmars When Juno and Cassini do their death plunge in a f... Jan 2 2013, 02:04 AM

vjkane QUOTE (Eyesonmars @ Jan 1 2013, 06:04 PM)... Jan 2 2013, 06:55 AM

Paolo according to NASAspaceflight, launch of the Indian... Jan 2 2013, 10:38 AM

elakdawalla I'm trying to come up with a list of future so... Jan 2 2013, 10:45 PM

vjkane MAVEN launches this year, so it's in advanced ... Jan 2 2013, 11:55 PM

Paolo hardware for the TGO is being built, according to ... Jan 3 2013, 12:03 AM

Hungry4info Chang'e 3 is definitely being built. Here... Jan 3 2013, 01:02 AM

elakdawalla OSIRIS-REx's environmental assessment is still... Jan 3 2013, 01:06 AM

jsheff Great lists all, folks, thanks! And we'll ... Jan 4 2013, 11:27 PM

remcook Might be funny to compare with a list I made a lon... Feb 24 2013, 07:24 AM

Explorer1 Here's something unexpected (mods move if a mo... Dec 10 2013, 10:32 PM

vjkane QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Dec 10 2013, 02:32 PM)... Dec 12 2013, 01:47 AM

Paolo we have seen many proposed private lunar and deep ... Dec 12 2013, 06:06 AM

djellison I see nothing in terms of a sound business plan, t... Dec 12 2013, 02:58 PM

nprev Agreed. Furthermore, I doubt very much that Lockhe... Dec 12 2013, 03:37 PM

Paolo this, to the best of my knowledge, are the main so... Dec 19 2013, 08:47 AM

tedstryk The C/2013 A1 Siding Springs Mars flyby is worth m... Jan 3 2014, 10:44 PM

Paolo good suggestion! I have added it Jan 4 2014, 09:32 AM

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