2024 in spaceflight
 The Artemis III mission is scheduled to carry astronauts to the Lunar South Pole in 2024 | |
This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2024.
In 2024, NASA's Artemis Program is expected to launch the Artemis III mission which will land Astronauts near the south pole of the Moon.[1] It is planned to become the first mission to land humans on the Moon since 1972.
NASA plans to launch the first two components of the Lunar Gateway,[2] a key part of its efforts to return to the Moon and a stepping stone for crewed missions to Mars in the 2030s.[3]
NASA also plans to launch the Europa Clipper, which will study the Jovian moon Europa while in orbit around Jupiter.
China plans to launch the ZhengHe asteroid and comet probe.
Japan plans to launch the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft to collect and bring back samples from one of the moons of Mars, Phobos.[4]
The first crewed flight of Orel, Russia's replacement for the crewed Soyuz spacecraft, is scheduled for 2024.
Orbital launches
Suborbital flights
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
Deep-space rendezvous
| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 February | Juno | 58th perijove | On the day of this perijove, Juno will fly by Io. Orbital period around Jupiter reduced to 33 days.[92][93] |
| 5 September | BepiColombo | Fifth gravity assist at Mercury | |
| 6 November | Parker Solar Probe | Seventh gravity assist at Venus | |
| 2 December | BepiColombo | Third gravity assist at Mercury | |
| 24 December | Parker Solar Probe | 22nd perihelion, closest approach to the Sun |
Extravehicular activities (EVAs)
| Start Date/Time | Duration | End Time | Spacecraft | Crew | Remarks |
|---|
Orbital launch statistics
By country
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures |
Remarks |
|---|
By rocket
By family
| Family | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By type
| Rocket | Country | Family | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
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By configuration
| Rocket | Country | Type | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|
By spaceport
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial failures | Remarks |
|---|
By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not achieved | Accidentally achieved |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Low Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geosynchronous / transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Medium Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Earth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heliocentric orbit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Including planetary transfer orbits |
Notes
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