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Missions, launches and science that has not happened yet. Dates here are estimates and they shift, so they are always marked as such.

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Artemis: The Plan to Return to the Moon

NASA's programme to put crews back on the lunar surface, this time near the south pole and this time to stay. Dates are targets, and targets have moved before.

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Planetary Defence: We Have Now Moved an AsteroidInternationalest. 20263m

Europa Clipper and the Case for Oceans Under IceInternationalest. 20304m

Mars Sample Return: The Hardest Delivery Ever AttemptedInternationalest. 20303m

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