A golden, cylindrical satellite floats in space. In the background, the globe of the Earth is visible, with the sun shining on its left side, while the moon can be seen in the upper right corner.

ARIEL

Ziel: Exoplaneten Start: 2029 Agentur: ESA

A circular section of the sky shows an extremely bright star with six long, thin rays emanating from its center. The celestial object is surrounded by a delicate, irregular gas nebula and countless small background stars.

ARRAKIHS

Ziel: Dunkle Materie Start: 2030 Agentur: ESA

An artist's rendering shows the Comet Interceptor spacecraft in space near a comet. The main spacecraft releases two smaller probes to study the comet and its two-colored dust and gas tail from different angles.

Comet Interceptor

Ziel: Komet Start: 2029 Agentur: ESA

Sketch of Anthena in orbit.

NewATHENA

Ziel: Röntgenastronomie Start: 2035 Agentur: ESA

Artist's rendering of the PLATO satellite with its 26 cameras, which are pointed at a sun-like star and four exoplanets.

PLATO

Ziel: Exoplaneten Start: 2026 Agentur: ESA

A space probe with solar sails floats in space against the backdrop of the glowing sun. In the background, Earth can be seen as a small sphere.

Vigil

Ziel: Weltraumwetter Start: 2029 Agentur: ESA