Upcoming Events
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
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.
| Category | Flyby |
|---|---|
| Location | Venus |
| Date |
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Provenance
| Source | Launch Library 2 — Upcoming events |
|---|---|
| Feed | ll2/events/upcoming |
| Provider data as of | not stated |
| First observed here | 9 Oct 2026, 20:47 EDT |
| Last observed here | 8 Nov 2026, 17:29 EST |
| In latest snapshot | Yes |
| Record identifier | e884c46d-9653-533a-b796-5c5cb749339f |
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Acronyms and Terminology
- CSA
- Canadian Space Agency
- docking
- Joining two spacecraft in orbit.
- ESA
- European Space Agency
- EVA
- Extravehicular Activity (spacewalk)
- ISS
- International Space Station
- JAXA
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- reentry
- A spacecraft's return into the atmosphere.
- SLS
- Space Launch System
- static fire
- A test firing of engines with the vehicle held down.