Future Missions
Future Missions
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Launch Date: December, 2023
ASTHROS (short for Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths) is a high-altitude balloon mission for studying astrophysical phenomena.ASTHROS
ASTHROS
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Launch Date: 2022
Euclid, a planned mission to investigate the profound cosmic mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, has passed its preliminary design review.Euclid
Euclid -
Launch Date: TBD (2020's)
NASA's Europa Clipper will conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa and investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life.Europa Clipper
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Launch Date: To be determined
The Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) project will demonstrate the revolutionary capability of deep space CubeSats by placing a nanospacecraft in Earth-escape orbit.
INSPIRE
Interplanetary Nano-Spacecraft Pathfinder in Relevant Environment
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Launch Date: To be determined
Iris Version 2 is a CubeSat compatible transponder developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a low volume and mass, lower power and cost, software/firmware defined telecommunications subsystem for deep space technology demonstration missions.
IRIS
Iris V2 CubeSat Deep-Space Transponder
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Launch Date: 2020 (as a secondary payload on Artemis I)
Roughly the size of a briefcase, Lunar Flashlight is a very small satellite being developed and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will use near-infrared lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon's south pole.
Lunar Flashlight
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Launch Date: 2021
Designed to play a key role in NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, will image stars and galaxies in infrared light.MIRI
Mid-Infrared Instrument
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Launch Date: 2022
Currently in development, MAIA will make radiometric and polarimetric measurements needed to characterize the sizes, compositions and quantities of particulate matter in air pollution.
MAIA
Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols
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Launch Date: 2022
Using advanced radar imaging that will provide an unprecedented, detailed view of Earth, the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, satellite is designed to observe and take measurements of some of the planet's most complex processes.NISAR
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Launch Date: 2020
NEA Scout is an exciting new mission that was recently selected by NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) by a team from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Marshall Space Flight Center.
NEAScout
Near Earth Asteroid Scout
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Launch Date: 2022
The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
Psyche
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Launch Date: 2024
The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission is a planned two-year mission funded at $242 million (not including launch costs).SPHEREx
SPHEREx
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Launch Date: 2022
Designed to make the first-ever global survey of Earth's surface water, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography, or SWOT, satellite will collect detailed measurements of how water bodies on Earth change over time.SWOT
Surface Water and Ocean Topography
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Launch Date: 2025
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly the Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST), is a NASA observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics.The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope