Space Missions Planned for 2018

other · 2018-02-08

Several space missions are planned for 2018 including India's Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission in March, Japan's Hayabusa 2 asteroid mission arriving in July, China's Chang'e 4 mission to the far side of the Moon in June, Russia testing a nuclear engine, ESA's mission to Mercury in October, NASA's InSight Mars lander launching in May, and OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission in August. Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launch is also planned with a Tesla Roadster as payload.

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• “It’s going to be a good year in space... Indian Space Research Organization intends to send Chandrayaan-2... Japan’s Hayabusa 2... China will launch Chang’e 4... Russia is testing a nuclear engine... ESA will launch a mission to Mercury... NASA’s InSight Mars lander will launch in May... OSIRIS-REx vehicle... Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy vehicle from Cape Canaveral...” — The Islands Grapevine – February 8th, 2018 (February 8th, 2018)

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