| Missions | Agency | Class | Launch | Target | PI or CoPI | Participating institutes | Instruments |
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| Giotto | ESA | | 1985 | Komet | 3 | MPAe (now MPS), Uni Köln, Uni Bochum | Kameras, Magnetometer, Giotto Radio Science; Camera ended 1986 |
| Mars rover Sojourner | NASA | | 1996 | Mars | 1 | MPI für Chemie | Alpha Proton X-ray Spektrometer (APXS); endet 1997 |
| Cluster | ESA | | 2000 | Erd-Magnetosphäre | | TU Braunschweig | RAPID spektrometer |
| MarsExpress | ESA | | 2003 | Mars | 2 | DLR WR, FU Berlin, MPS, RIU-PF | HRSC camera, RSI Radio Science |
| Rosetta | ESA | | 2004 | Komet | 2 | DLR, MPS | Kameras, Lander, Radiometer; ended 2016 |
| NASA-Rover Spirit und Opportunity | NASA | | 2004 | Mars | 2 | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, MPI für Chemie | Mössbauer-Spektrometer MIMOS II, Alpha Particle X-ray Spektrometer (APXS); ended 2010 and 2018 |
| Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) | NASA | | 2005 | Mars | | TU Berlin | science |
| Venus Express | ESA | | 2005 | Venus | 2 | UniBw München, RIU-PF, MPS | VeRa Radio Science, re-use Mars-Express & Rosetta EM/FS |
| Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) | NASA | | 2009 | Mond | | DLR WR, Uni Münster | science |
| Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) | NASA | | 2011 | Mars | 1 | Uni Kiel | Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) |
| Hayabusa2/Hayabusa2# | JAXA | | 2014 | Asteroid | 2 | DLR WR, RS | DLR Lander mit Kamera und Radiometer |
| TGO ExoMars | NASA | ESA Exploration | 2016 | Mars | DLR WR | science |
| InSight | NASA | Discovery | 2018 | Mars | 1 | DLR PF, DLR RS, MPS | HP3 thermal probe, SEIS seismometer |
| BepiColombo | ESA | Conerstone | 2018 | Mercury | 2 | DLR PP, DLR WR, Uni Münster, MPS | imaging spectrometer (PI in Münster, Co-PI DLR WR) |
| CHEOPS | ESA | S1 | 2019 | exoplanets | | DLR WR | focal plane electronics |
| Chang'e4 | China | | 2019 | Mond | 1 | Uni Kiel | Lunar Neutron and Radiation Dose Detector; LND |
| Mars2020 rover | NASA | | 2020 | Mars | 1 | TU Dresden | Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) |
| JWST | NASA | Flagship | 2021 | facility, exoplanets | | MPIA | |
| DART | NASA | Exploration | 2021 | Asteroid | | DLR WR | science |
| LUCY | NASA | NASA Discovery | 2021 | Asteroid | 1 | RIU-PF, DLR WR | radio science, science analysis |
| PSYCHE | NASA | NASA Discovery | 2023 | Asteroid | | DLR WR | science |
| CLPS BLUE GHOST 1 | Firefly Aerospace | NASA CLPS | 2022 | Mond | | DLR WR | science |
| JUICE | ESA | L1 | 2023 | Jupiter system | 2 | DLR WR, RIU-PF, MPS | GALA laser altimeter, JANUS camera, 3GM radio occultation, SWI, PEP |
| Euclid | ESA | M2 | 2023 | dark energy, exoplanets | | | |
| CLPS Draper | Draper | NASA CLPS | 2023 | Mond | | DLR WR | science |
| M-42 | Astrobotic | Peregrin Misssion One | 2024 | Mond | 1 | DLR RM | Strahlungssensor |
| Europa Clipper | NASA | NASA Flagship | 2024 | Jupiter system | | DLR WR | science |
| HERA | ESA | ESA Exploration | 2024 | NEO | | DLR WR | science |
| CLPS Nova-C | Intuitive Machines | NASA CLPS | 2025 | Mond | 1 | DLR PF, FU Berlin | LRAD radiometer |
| Dragonfly | NASA | New Frontiers | 2025 | Titan | 2 | DLR AS, SR, ST COMARS, ESI | Hitzeschildsensorik |
| Nancy Grace Roman | NASA | New Frontiers | 2026 | microlensing, exoplanets | | | |
| MMX | JAXA | | 2026 | Phobos | 2 | DLR WR | DLR/CNES rover (IDEFIX); Radiometer (miniRAD); Raman spectrometer (RAX) |
| PLATO | ESA | M3 | 2026 | exoplanets | 1 | DLR WR, MPS, FU Berlin, RIU | Fast camera h/w+DPS, ground segment (PDC) |
| CLPS CP-22 | Intuitive Machines | NASA CLPS | 2026 | Mond | | DLR WR, MPS | science, Prospa |
| ExoMars rover | NASA | Exploration | 2028 | Mars | 2 | MPS, DLR WR | Mars Organic Molecule Analyser (MOMA, PI in MPS), Panoramic Camera (PanCam, Co-PI in DLR) und Water Ice and Subsurface Deposit Observation On Mars (WISDOM) |
| VERITAS | NASA | NASA Discovery | 2029 | Venus | 1 | DLR WR IR | imaging spectrometer |
| CometInterceptor | ESA | F1 | 2029 | Comet | 1 | DLR WR | camera Co-PI |
| DESTINY+ | JAXA | | 2029 | Venus | 1 | Univ. Stuttgart, Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme (IRS) | dust analyzer (DDA) |
| ARIEL | ESA | M4 | 2029 | exoplanets | | | |
| RAMSES | ESA | Space safety | 2029 | Asteroid | | MPS | RPS - Plasmaspektrometer |
| Vigil | ESA | ESA Space Safety Programm | 2031 | space weather | 1 | MPS | PMI: Vektormagnetograph |
| EnVision | ESA | M5 | 2032 | Venus | 2 | DLR WR, RIU-PF, MPS | IR spectrometer, RSE radio occultation |
| Athena | ESA | L2 | 2033? | Röntgenteleskop | | MPE | |
| LISA | ESA | L3 | 2037? | Gravity Waves | 1 | MPI | |
