Moon landings, asteroid hunters, and Titan: 7 upcoming NASA missions

Left image: Rendering of the Dragonfly spacecraft – June 2025. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Right photo: The Moon is seen shining over the SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher on February 1, 2026. Credit: NASA/Sam Lott. Public Domain. Article by Kaif Shaikh. Interesting Engineering – July 7, 2026.

NASA has an ambitious lineup of future missions, including Artemis, Dragonfly, and the Roman Space Telescope.

NASA’s exploration roadmap extends far beyond the International Space Station. Over the next several years, the agency plans to return humans to the Moon, launch next-generation space telescopes, search for hazardous asteroids, and even send a nuclear-powered rotorcraft to Saturn’s largest moon. Rather than focusing on a single destination, these missions span the Moon, deep space, planetary defense, and the outer Solar System, each tackling a different scientific or technological challenge. Here are seven of NASA’s most exciting upcoming missions. […]

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