Explore active and upcoming space missions by destination. These guides focus on U.S. missions and explain the objective, spacecraft, status, and what to watch next. Dates are targets and can change; each mission page links to primary sources.
Moon & cislunar
Artemis program guide — the sequence of crewed lunar flights.
Artemis III — a 2027 Earth-orbit lander docking test.
Artemis IV — NASA’s first planned crewed lunar landing in this sequence.
Artemis V — another planned lunar surface mission.
Artemis Accords — signatories and partner contributions.
Earth orbit
International Space Station — crew, research, and commercial transition. Mission guide in development.
Commercial Crew — how NASA astronauts reach low Earth orbit. Mission guide in development.
Commercial space stations — planned destinations after the ISS. Guide in development.
Planetary & deep space
Europa Clipper — in flight to Jupiter’s icy moon.
Dragonfly — a rotorcraft mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. Guide in development.
Lucy and Psyche — asteroid exploration. Guides in development.
Space telescopes & observatories
James Webb Space Telescope — infrared astronomy. Guide in development.
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — future wide-field survey. Guide in development.
Hubble Space Telescope — ongoing observations. Updated guide in development.
Where to start: Follow Artemis III through Artemis IV, then use the Accords guide to see how international partners fit in. This directory will grow as full mission explainers are published.
