NET Jul — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Flyby Europa
ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to perform flyby of moon Europa this month.
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Jupiter Orbit
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Lucy to Flyby Asteroids 617 Patroclus and Menoetius
Jupiter Trojan camp at L5NASA Lucy mission to come within 1,000 km of 113-km diameter 617 Patroclus and 104-km diameter Menoetius, p-type binary asteroids; Lucy will be in a stable, 6-year orbit between the L4 and L5 -- mission extension may be granted.
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Lucy Spacecraft End of Primary Mission, Continues Orbit Around Sun
Heliocentric OrbitEnd of primary mission for NASA Lucy mission, future science and mission plan extension TBD; mission is a twelve-year journey to eight different asteroids, and craft will continue to orbit the Sun in a stable orbit between the L4 and L5 Trojan swarms around Jupiter.
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Tiangong Space Station: 10 Years of Continuous Human Occupation
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)Today marks 10th full year / starts 11th year of continuous Human occupation of Tiangong Space Station; Shenzhou 14 three-member crew launched on this day in 2022, beginning occupation.
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NET Dec — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Enter Ganymede Orbit
Ganymede OrbitESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to achieve Ganymede elliptical orbit insertion this month.
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Tianwen-2 to Rendezvous with Comet 311/P PanSTARRS
Comet 311/P PanSTARRS OrbitChina asteroid sample return mission, having returned at least 100 grams from Kamo’oalewa (2016 HO3), to rendezvous with and begin orbiting Comet 311/P PanSTARRS for 1 year.
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NET Dec — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Impact Ganymede
Ganymede OrbitESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is planned to be deorbited and impact Ganymede at the end of 2035, having reached Jupiter in 2031.