2027 in spaceflight explained

Programme:	Timeline of spaceflight
Previous Mission:	2026
Next Mission:	2028

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2027.

In 2027, NASA is expected to launch the Artemis III mission, which will land astronauts near the south pole of the Moon. It is expected to be the first mission to land humans on the Moon since 1972.

NASA also plans to launch the first two components of the Lunar Gateway, a key part of its efforts to return to the Moon and a stepping stone for crewed missions to Mars in the 2030s.^[1]

China plans to launch the eXTP X-ray observatory.

A DARPA program aims to launch the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) nuclear thermal rocket.^[2]

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aims to launch.^[3]

Orbital launches

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Suborbital flights

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Orbital launch statistics

By country

For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.

Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0	Includes Soyuz launches from Kourou
		0	0	0	0
World	0	0	0	0	-->

By rocket

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
Atlas		0	0	0	0
Delta		0	0	0	0
	/	0	0	0	0	Includes Zenit
		0	0	0	0
H-II		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
Kuaizhou		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
R-7		0	0	0	0
R-36		0	0	0	0
Safir		0	0	0	0
Shavit		0	0	0	0
Universal Rocket		0	0	0	0
Vega		0	0	0	0	-->

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Angara A5		Angara	0	0	0	0
Ariane 5		Ariane	0	0	0	0
Atlas V		Atlas	0	0	0	0
Delta II		Delta	0	0	0	0
Delta IV		Delta	0	0	0	0
Dnepr		R-36	0	0	0	0
Falcon 9		Falcon	0	0	0	0
		ILV	0	0	0	0
Kuaizhou		Kuaizhou	0	0	0	0
		ILV	0	0	0	0
H-IIA		H-II	0	0	0	0
		Long March	0	0	0	0
		Long March	0	0	0	0
		Long March	0	0	0	0
Proton		Universal Rocket	0	0	0	0
Safir		Safir	0	0	0	0
Shavit		Shavit	0	0	0	0
Soyuz		R-7	0	0	0	0
UR-100		Universal Rocket	0	0	0	0
Vega		Vega	0	0	0	0	-->

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
		Ariane 5	0	0	0	0
Atlas V 421		Atlas V	0	0	0	0
Atlas V 551		Atlas V	0	0	0	0
Delta II 7320		Delta II	0	0	0	0
Delta IV Medium+ (4,2)		Delta IV	0	0	0	0
		R-36	0	0	0	0
		Falcon 9	0	0	0	0
H-IIA 202		H-II	0	0	0	0
Long March 3C/YZ-1		Long March 3	0	0	0	0
		Proton	0	0	0	0
		PSLV	0	0	0	0
		UR-100	0	0	0	0
		Safir	0	0	0	0
		Soyuz	0	0	0	0
		Soyuz	0	0	0	0
		Soyuz	0	0	0	0
		Soyuz	0	0	0	0
		Vega	0	0	0	0	-->

By spaceport

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
Dombarovsky		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
Kennedy		0	0	0	0
Kourou		0	0	0	0
Mahia		0	0	0	0
MARS		0	0	0	0
Palmachim		0	0	0	0
Plesetsk		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
Semnan		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
Tanegashima		0	0	0	0
Uchinoura		0	0	0	0
Vandenberg		0	0	0	0
Vostochny		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0
		0	0	0	0	-->

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	0	0	0	0
Low Earth	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0
Medium Earth	0	0	0	0
High Earth	0	0	0	0
Heliocentric orbit	0	0	0	0	Including planetary transfer orbits

Expected maiden flights

• Vega-E – Arianespace – Europe
• VLM-1 – IAE – Brazil^[5]
• Daytona II – Phantom Space Corporation – USA^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gebhardt . Chris . NASA finally sets goals, missions for SLS – eyes multi-step plan to Mars . . 6 April 2017 . 19 September 2018.
2. Web site: NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions - NASA . 2024-04-13 . en-US.
3. Web site: Eller . Cynthia . Technology . California Institute of . Prepping for data from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope . 2024-04-13 . phys.org . en.
4. News: September 13, 2020 . はやぶさ２、次のミッションは小惑星「１９９８ＫＹ２６」…ＪＡＸＡ . ja . . 2020-09-14 . 5 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201205174454/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/20200913-OYT1T50040/ . dead .
5. Web site: Nogueira. Salvador. 20 anos após tragédia de Alcântara, Brasil segue longe de ter lançador próprio. 2023-11-11. 2024-02-17. Folha de S.Paulo. pt-BR.
6. Web site: Daytona II – Phantom Space .