The InSIGHT mission announced the downselection to one candidate landing site on Mars. The site is the one named E09 in this 2014 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference abstract, an ellipse 130 kilometers east-west and 27 kilometers north-south, centered at 4.46°N, 136.04°E. The InSIGHT launch period opens in a year, on March 4, 2016.
Finally, the OSIRIS-REx mission has received permission to proceed with spacecraft assembly. The mission is aiming for a September 2016 launch.
The Planetary Society publishes a graphic like this every month that tracks all of the active spacecraft traveling outside of Earth orbit. It also lists upcoming events in the crafts' missions, including flybys, landings, and end of mission dates. (Image credit: Olaf Frohn, the Planetary Society).
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| Solar System Diagram-Nov2015 |
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| Solar System Diagram-Oct2015 |
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| Solar System Diagram-Sept2015 |
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| Solar System Diagram-Aug2015 |
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| Solar System Diagram-July2015 |
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| Solar System Diagram-June2015 |
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