In 2025, the Japanese-European BepiColombo probe will carry out the most detailed exploration of Mercury. (Here you see it examining its own antenna, preparing for the mission ahead.) https://t.co/4pomSLfyok pic.twitter.com/Z3wf6iwg9b

— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) March 17, 2020

Launching this July, the Perseverance rover (aka "Vera") will collect Mars samples to bring home to Earth, where we can do a much more thorough search for traces of Martian life. https://t.co/Cp6PJZ4ZS8 pic.twitter.com/ZbTI7fac5o

— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) March 18, 2020

ESA’s Comet Interceptor will launch in 2028 & then lie in wait for a fresh comet to approach the Sun. This could be our first mission to an interstellar object! https://t.co/EjnKRL05Ct pic.twitter.com/HD6QmM24w0

— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) March 18, 2020

In 2030, the European Space Agency’s JUICE mission will tour Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, a hybrid world of water and ice. https://t.co/fCWqKdvmKH pic.twitter.com/wCINzpa8cX

— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) March 18, 2020

Lots of cool, smaller space missions are coming, too! Like Japan’s Destiny+ mission to a rock comet, and the DART mission that will slam into a near-Earth asteroid to change its course. https://t.co/hJrLkRO28k and https://t.co/Uadb4smkxl pic.twitter.com/w2hTWh6tYy

— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) March 18, 2020