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Deep Space Rendezvous in 2014-2019
[edit]Deep Space Rendezvous 2014
[edit]| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| May | Rosetta | Enters orbit of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko | |
| November | Rosetta's lander Philae | Landing on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko | First soft landing on a comet |
| TBD Fall | MAVEN | Areocentric orbit injection |
Deep Space Rendezvous 2015
[edit]| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | Dawn | Enters orbit of Ceres | 1st visit to a dwarf planet |
| 14 July | New Horizons | First flyby of Pluto and Charon | 2nd visit to a dwarf planet |
| 25 July[1] | BepiColombo | Flyby of the Earth | Gravity Assist |
| November[2] | Akatsuki | Rendezvous with Venus | Akatsuki's 2nd flyby of Venus |
Deep Space Rendezvous 2016
[edit]| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 January[3] | BepiColombo | First Venus flyby | Gravity assist |
| July | Juno | Jovian orbit injection | First solar powered Jovian probe (2nd orbiter) |
| 29 August | BepiColombo | Second Venus flyby | Gravity assist |
Deep Space Rendezvous 2017
[edit]| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September[4] | BepiColombo | First Mercury flyby | Gravity assist |
Deep Space Rendezvous 2018
[edit]| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May[5] | BepiColombo | Second Mercury flyby | Gravity assist |
Deep Space Rendezvous 2019
[edit]| Date (UTC) | Spacecraft | Event | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August[6] | BepiColombo | Third Mercury flyby | Gravity assist |
| 25 September | BepiColombo | Fourth Mercury flyby | Gravity assist |
| TBA | OSIRIS-REx | Asteroid 1999 RQ36 | Sample collected with harpoon[7] |
- ^ ESA/ESTEC BepiColombo Mission, page 3
- ^ "Crippled space probe bound for second chance at Venus". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ ESA/ESTEC BepiColombo Mission, page 3
- ^ ESA/ESTEC BepiColombo Mission, page 3
- ^ ESA/ESTEC BepiColombo Mission, page 3
- ^ ESA/ESTEC BepiColombo Mission, page 3
- ^ Stiles, Lori. "Astronomers Plan Last Look at Asteroid Before OSIRIS-REx Launch". University of Arizona News. Retrieved 20 December 2011.