This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2024.

NASA plans to launch the Artemis 2 mission on the Space Launch System, sending astronauts around the Moon on a ten-day lunar flyby.

2024 in spaceflight

NASA also plans to launch the Europa Clipper in October, which will study the Jovian moon Europa while in orbit around Jupiter.

2024 in spaceflight

China plans to send Chang'e 6 in May, which will conduct the first lunar sample return from the far side of the Moon.

2024 in spaceflight

Japan plans to launch the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) spacecraft to collect and bring back samples from one of the moons of Mars, Phobos.

The maiden flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn is planned for 2024.

Orbital launches

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Suborbital flights

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Deep-space rendezvous

Extravehicular activities (EVAs)

Expected Maiden Flights

Ariane 6 – Arianespace – Europe (ESA) – Q1 2024

Aurora – Reaction Dynamics – Canada

Eris Block 2 – Gilmour Space Technologies – Australia

Gravity-2 – Orienspace – China

Hanbit-Nano – Innospace – South Korea

Miura 5 – PLD Space – Spain

Nebula-1 – Deep Blue Aerospace – China

Neutron – Rocket Lab – USA

Pallas-1 – Galactic Energy – China

RFA One – Rocket Factory Augsburg – Germany – April 2024

Rocket 4 – Astra Space – USA – 2024

Skyrora XL – Skyrora – United Kingdom – May 2024

Tianlong-3 – Space Pioneer – China

Zephyr – Venture Orbit – France

Volans – Equatorial Space Systems – Singapore

Darwin-II – Rocket Pi – China

Notes

References

External links

Spaceflight by year