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NETMay

Chandrayaan-2

Vehicle	GSLV Mk III
Location	Satish Dhawan Space Centre SLP
Time	TBD

India's second robotic mission to the Moon will be launched by a GSLV Mk II rocket. The Chandrayaan-2 mission will include an orbiter, lander and rover. Once in orbit around the Moon, the lander/rover combo will detach from the orbiter to descend to the surface. Once landed, the six-wheeled rover will be deployed. Meanwhile, the orbiter will perform remote-sensing activities.

NETJun 27

Meteor M2-2

Vehicle	Soyuz-2
Location	Vostochny Cosmodrome LD1
Time	TBD

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch with the Russian Meteor M2-1 polar-orbiting weather satellite.

NETJul 6

Soyuz MS-13

Vehicle	Soyuz-FG
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-1
Time	TBD

A Roscosmos Soyuz-FG rocket will launch a crewed Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the next Expedition crew members--Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvorzov, Luca Parmitano, and Andrew R. Morgan. The capsule will remain at the station for about six months, providing an escape pod for the station's residents.

NETJul 31

Progress MS-12

Vehicle	Soyuz-2
Location	Baikonur Cosmodrome LC-31
Time	TBD

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 73rd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.

NETJul

Shijian 20

Vehicle	Long March 5
Location	Wenchang Space Center LA-1
Time	TBD

A Chinese Long March 5 rocket will launch the Shijian 20 communications satellite which will replace the Shijian 18 satellite lost in a launch failure in 2017.

NETSep

HTV 8

Vehicle	H-IIB
Location	Tanegashima Space Center Pad 2
Time	TBD

A Japanese H-2B rocket will launch the eighth H-2 Transfer Vehicle. The HTV serves as an automated cargo vehicle to deliver equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.

Missions No Earlier Than 2019

NET2019

Chang’e 5

Vehicle	Long March 5
Location	Wenchang Space Center LA-1
Time	TBD

Chang'e 5 is a Chinese robotic mission to collect at least 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of lunar soil and rock samples from Earth's moon and return them to Earth. This would be the first lunar sample return mission attempted by any nation since 1976.