Future Missions

  • Space Shuttle Discovery

    International Space Station

    Learn about the next mission to the International Space Station.

  • conceptual image of LDCM

    Landsat Data Continuity Mission

    The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, will provide moderate-resolution measurements of Earth's terrestrial and polar regions.

  • MAVEN orbiter

    Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN)

    The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, scheduled for launch in late 2013, will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.

  • The two RBSP spacecraft will help study the Van Allen Radiation belts that surround Earth.

    Radiation Belt Storm Probes

    The Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, will study two extreme and dynamic regions of space known as the Van Allen Radiation Belts that surround Earth.