2030s in spaceflight
This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the 2030s.
Orbital launches
2038
Deep-space rendezvous
| Date | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
| 11 April 2030 | Europa Clipper | Jupiter orbit insertion | |
| 26 December 2030 | Lucy | Third gravity assist at Earth | Target altitude 660 km |
| July 2031 | Hayabusa2 | Arrival at asteroid 1998 KY26 | |
| July 2031 | JUICE | Flyby of Ganymede | |
| July 2031 | JUICE | Jupiter orbit insertion | |
| July 2032 | JUICE | Flyby of Europa | |
| 2 March 2033 | Lucy | Flyby of binary asteroid 617 Patroclus-Menoetius | Target altitude 1000 km |
| December 2034 | JUICE | Ganymede orbit insertion | Planned first orbit of a moon other than Earth's |
| 24 January 2035 | Tianwen-2 | Rendezvous with 311P/PanSTARRS |
- The United Kingdom, Russia, South Korea and China plan to return samples from Mars by around 2031 or 2032.
- A joint NASA/ESA project plans to return samples from Mars by 2033.
- Dragonfly is expected to reach Titan in 2036.
- The Solar Polar Orbit Observatory is planned to have gravity assists off Earth and Jupiter throughout the decade.
Expected maiden flights
- Siraya – TASA – Taiwan
- Amur – Roscosmos – Russia
- Tianwen-3 – CASC – China
- Tronador II-250 – CONAE – Argentina – 2029
- Yenisei – Roscosmos – Russia
- Long March 9 – CASC – China
- Ariel Space Mission – UK Space Agency – United Kingdom
- KSLV-III – KARI – South Korea
- NGLV - ISRO - India