Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on September 2, 2030. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus …
Space Events
Lucy Earth Flyby
Third and final Earth flyby of NASA’s Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids….
Hayabusa2 Asteroid 1998 KY26 Rendezvous
As part of its mission extension, JAXA’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft will rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26….
Juice Jupiter Orbit Insertion
Orbital insertion of ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission around Jupiter, using a Ganymede gravity assist flyby to reduce its velocity, followed by two engine burns….
Lucy Trojan Asteroids (617) Patroclus & Menoetius Flyby
Flyby of the Trojan binary asteroid pair (617) Patroclus and Menoetius by NASA’s Lucy mission….
Juice Ganymede Orbit Insertion
Orbital insertion of ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission around Ganymede….
Juice Ganymede Impact
After running out of propellant to maintain its trajectory, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft will impact Ganymede due to orbital perturbations….
