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Solar Orbiter ready for close encounter with Venus
The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far. Today's flyby will be the first to significantly "tilt" the ...
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Checking Up On Earth’s Sister Planet: NASA’s Upcoming Venus Missions
The 1960s saw a total of 18 missions from the USA and USSR that targeted Venus, with five successfully completed missions: Mariner 2 (1962, Flyby) Venera 4 (1967, Atmospheric) Mariner 5 (1967 ...
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A Tiny Moon Photo Bombs Mars as Europe’s Hera Mission Swoops Past
The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday. By Robin George Andrews Robin George Andrews wrote ...
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Solar Surface
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, will make its final Venus flyby on Nov. 6. This manoeuvre will bring the spacecraft into a new orbit, allowing it to approach within 3.8 million ...
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The Man Behind the Mission
He held various jobs at JPL, working on missile trajectories and aerodynamics, before landing with a team calculating how to use a gravity assist maneuver for Mariner 10's Venus and Mercury flyby.
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Space Probe
Launched in 2018, the spacecraft has utilised Venus flybys to perfect its orbit ... The Parker Solar Probe achieved the closest-ever sun flyby on Christmas Eve, reaching within 3.8 million ...