NET July — Chang’E-2 to come within 7M km of Earth
NET July — China Chang’E-2 spacecraft expected to come within 7M km of Earth around this date after reaching 300M...
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NET Oct — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Fly by Asteroid 223 Rosa
Jupiter TrajectoryNET Oct — ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to perform flyby of Asteroid 223 Rosa this month, arriving... -
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NET 2030 — Europe “Moon Village” Planned to be Built by this Date
Shackleton Crater Ridge, Moon SurfaceNET 2030 — Europe hopes to have built a sustainable Moon Village by this date, while working toward Mars missions. -
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Europa Clipper to Insert into Jupiter Orbit
Jupiter OrbitEuropa Clipper mission to insert into Jupiter orbit on this day to study Galileo moon Europa through a series of... -
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NET Aug — Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) to Depart Mars for Earth Return
Earth TrajectoryNET Aug — Japan Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, now with Phobos sample, to begin its return to Earth this... -
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Lucy Spacecraft 3rd Earth Flyby (660 km)
Jupiter TrajectoryNASA mission to encounter 11 asteroids, including a main belt and 7 Jupiter Trojans, to perform Earth flyby / gravity... -
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NET 2031 — International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) to Reapproach Earth
Heliocentric OrbitISEE-3 (International Sun-Earth Explorer-3) craft, presumably in safe mode, is traveling around Sun & predicted to return to vicinity of... -
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NET Jul — Hayabusa 2, Asteroid 1998 KY26 Rendezvous
Asteroid 1998 KY26☆ NET Jul — JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission to rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26, after returning samples from (162173) Ryugu... -
NET July — JUICE Spacecraft to Insert into Jupiter Orbit
Jupiter OrbitNET July — ESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to reach Jupiter this month if launched April 2023; will... -
NET July — Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) to Return Phobos Sample to Earth
Earth TrajectoryNET July — Japan Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission with Mars moon Phobos' sample to arrive at Earth this month... -
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243rd Galactic Tick Day
Highlighting Galaxy awareness by celebrating the Solar System traveling around Milky Way Galaxy Center every ~225 million Earth years, one... -
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NET Jul — Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to Flyby Europa
Jupiter OrbitESA Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) expected to perform flyby of moon Europa this month. -
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Transit of Mercury
Global / Inter-GlobalMercury to pass directly between Earth and Sun; observers see distant planet as small dot gliding slowly across face of... -
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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;... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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...