This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2028.
NASA plans to launch the Artemis IV mission, which will land astronauts near the south pole of the Moon. It is expected to be the first mission to land humans on the Moon since 1972.
NASA also plans to launch Dragonfly, a robotic rotorcraft probe which will explore Saturn's moon Titan, and Space Reactor‑1 Freedom (SR-1 Freedom), a nuclear electric propulsion spacecraft which will send Skyfall—three Ingenuity-class helicopters—to Mars.
Russia expects to launch the Luna 26 lunar orbiter in 2028.
Chang'e 8, the last mission before China’s moon base begins construction, is planned to launch.
The first uncrewed flight of Orel, Russia's replacement for the crewed Soyuz spacecraft, is scheduled for 2028.
India plans to launch the first module for the Bharatiya Antariksha Station in 2028. India also plans to launch the Chandrayaan-4 and LUPEX lunar missions.
ESA expects to launch the Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars on an American commercial launch vehicle.
Orbital launches
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Suborbital flights
Deep-space rendezvous Date (UTC)SpacecraftEventRemarks 18 April 2028 Lucy Flyby of asteroid 11351 Leucus Target altitude 1000 km 23 June Juno 117th perijove On the day of this perijove, Juno flew by Amalthea at a distance of 18,495 km. June 2028 Hayabusa2 Flyby of Earth Gravity assistJuly 2028MBR ExplorerFlyby of VenusGravity assist 11 November 2028 Lucy Flyby of asteroid 21900 Orus Target altitude 1000 km
Extravehicular activities (EVAs) Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks
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 World 0 0
By rocket
By family Family Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Angara 0 0 0 0 Ariane 0 0 0 0 Atlas 0 0 0 0 Delta 0 0 0 0 Energia / 0 0 0 0 Includes Zenit Falcon 0 0 0 0 H-II 0 0 0 0 ILV 0 0 0 0 Kuaizhou 0 0 0 0 Long March 0 0 0 0 R-7 0 0 0 0 R-36 0 0 0 0 Safir 0 0 0 0 Shavit 0 0 0 0 Universal Rocket 0 0 0 0 Vega 0 0 0 0 -->
By type Rocket Country Family Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Angara A5 Angara 0 0 0 0 Ariane 5 Ariane 0 0 0 0 Atlas V Atlas 0 0 0 0 Delta II Delta 0 0 0 0 Delta IV Delta 0 0 0 0 Dnepr R-36 0 0 0 0 Falcon 9 Falcon 0 0 0 0 GSLV ILV 0 0 0 0 Kuaizhou Kuaizhou 0 0 0 0 PSLV ILV 0 0 0 0 H-IIA H-II 0 0 0 0 Long March 2 Long March 0 0 0 0 Long March 3 Long March 0 0 0 0 Long March 4 Long March 0 0 0 0 Proton Universal Rocket 0 0 0 0 Safir Safir 0 0 0 0 Shavit Shavit 0 0 0 0 Soyuz R-7 0 0 0 0 UR-100 Universal Rocket 0 0 0 0 Vega Vega 0 0 0 0 -->
By configuration Rocket Country Type Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Ariane 5 ECA Ariane 5 0 0 0 0 Atlas V 421 Atlas V 0 0 0 0 Atlas V 551 Atlas V 0 0 0 0 Delta II 7320 Delta II 0 0 0 0 Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) Delta IV 0 0 0 0 Dnepr-1 R-36 0 0 0 0 Falcon 9 v1.1 Falcon 9 0 0 0 0 H-IIA 202 H-II 0 0 0 0 Long March 3C/YZ-1 Long March 3 0 0 0 0 Proton-M/Briz-M Proton 0 0 0 0 PSLV XL PSLV 0 0 0 0 Rokot/Briz-KM UR-100 0 0 0 0 Safir-1B Safir 0 0 0 0 Soyuz-2.1a Soyuz 0 0 0 0 Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat Soyuz 0 0 0 0 Soyuz-FG Soyuz 0 0 0 0 Soyuz-U Soyuz 0 0 0 0 Vega Vega 0 0 0 0 -->
By spaceport Site Country Launches Successes Failures Partial failures Remarks Baikonur 0 0 0 0 Cape Canaveral 0 0 0 0 Dombarovsky 0 0 0 0 Jiuquan 0 0 0 0 Kennedy 0 0 0 0 Kourou 0 0 0 0 Mahia 0 0 0 0 MARS 0 0 0 0 Palmachim 0 0 0 0 Plesetsk 0 0 0 0 Satish Dhawan 0 0 0 0 Semnan 0 0 0 0 Sohae 0 0 0 0 Taiyuan 0 0 0 0 Tanegashima 0 0 0 0 Uchinoura 0 0 0 0 Vandenberg 0 0 0 0 Vostochny 0 0 0 0 Wenchang 0 0 0 0 Xichang 0 0 0 0 -->
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
Expected maiden flights Dauntless - Vaya Space - USA
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