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NASA launched the Psyche spacecraft on 13 October 2023, an orbiter mission that will explore the origin of planetary cores by studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche, on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. On November 1, NASA's Lucy probe performed a flyby of asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh, revealing it to be a binary pair. [3] [4]
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2023, including launches planned for 2023 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2023 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2023, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2023.
30 May 2023: Launch failure Maiden flight of the Chollima-1 launch vehicle. Launch failed after an abnormal ignition of the second stage. 31 May 06:02:30 [181] Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink Group 2-10 Vandenberg SLC-4E: SpaceX: Starlink × 52 SpaceX: Low Earth: Communications: In orbit: Operational 200th consecutive success of Falcon 9. [180]
NASA Discovery Program mission to Venus. 2028 (TBD) [40] Commercial launch vehicle Cape Canaveral or Kennedy: TBA: Sample Retrieval Lander: NASA / ESA: TMI to Martian surface: Mars sample-return Mars Ascent Vehicle: NASA: Martian surface to TMI: Mars sample-return Lander component of the NASA–ESA Mars sample-return mission. It will carry NASA ...
NASA: Tanker launch for HLS demo. At least one tanker will be needed for most launches beyond LEO. [49] 2026 Unknown HLS: TBA: Uncrewed Lunar Demo [50] Unknown NRHO, Lunar surface: NASA: NASA's demonstration mission for the Human Landing System prior to Artemis 3, announced in April 2021. For this mission, SpaceX attempts to land a Starship HLS ...
The joint NASA-ESA Titan Saturn System Mission proposal envisioned the SLS as an option for launch. [26] On 10 February 2021, it was announced that Europa Clipper would not launch aboard an SLS. [27] In July 2021, NASA booked a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch for Europa Clipper at a price of $178 million. [28]
Comparison of NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles. This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. [1]
Launch date Crew Launch vehicle [a] Launch pad Duration [b] EFT-1: 5 December 2014 — Uncrewed mission: Delta IV Heavy: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, SLC-37B: 4h24m (success) Exploration Flight Test 1, high apogee high reentry test, carrying an uncrewed Orion capsule on its first spaceflight Artemis 1: 16 November 2022 [1] [2 ...