Future Events

• 2004
  • Genesis [return:2004]
• 2005
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [launch:08/10/2005]
  • Venus Express [launch:10/2005]
• 2006
  • New Horizons [launch:01/11/2006]
  • Stardust [return:01/15/2006]
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [arrive:03/2006]
  • Dawn Mission [launch:06/2006]
  • SELENE (Japan) [launch:?/2006]
• 2007
  • Phoenix Mars Lander [launch:08/2007]
  • Chandrayan lunar orbiter (India) [launch:2007 or 2008]
  • Chang'e lunar rover (China) [launch:2007]
• 2008
  • MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging [arrive:2008]
  • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to provide higher-resolution lunar maps [launch:2008]
  • Kepler Space Observatory [launch:06/2008]
• Rosetta space probe (Europe) [arrive:2014]
• ISEE-3 [arrive:2104] (
• The new redesigned Space Shuttle will launch for the first time [2008-2014]

Ongoing Data Collection

• Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)
• Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)