Space Events

Tue • Apr 18th, 2028 12:00 AM UTC

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (11351) Leucus by NASA’s Lucy mission.

Sat • Nov 11th, 2028 12:00 AM UTC

Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (21900) Orus by NASA’s Lucy mission.

Sun • Jun 10th, 2029 12:00 AM UTC

Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on June 10, 2029. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.

Mon • Sep 2nd, 2030 12:00 AM UTC

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 to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles.

Wed • Dec 25th, 2030 12:00 AM UTC

Third and final Earth flyby of NASA’s Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.

Thu • Mar 3rd, 2033 12:00 AM UTC

Flyby of the Trojan binary asteroid pair (617) Patroclus and Menoetius by NASA’s Lucy mission.