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Juice Ganymede Impact	Spacecraft Event	Ganymede	2035 Approximate	After running out of propellant to maintain its trajectory, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft will impact Ganymede due to orbital perturbations.
Juice Ganymede Orbit Insertion	Orbital Insertion	Ganymede	Dec 2034 Approximate	Orbital insertion of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission around Ganymede.
Lucy Trojan Asteroids (617) Patroclus & Menoetius Flyby	Flyby	(617) Patroclus & Menoetius	3 Mar 2033	Flyby of the Trojan binary asteroid pair (617) Patroclus and Menoetius by NASA's Lucy mission.
Hayabusa2 Asteroid 1998 KY26 Rendezvous	Spacecraft Event	1998 KY26	Jul 2031 Approximate	As part of its mission extension, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will rendezvous with asteroid 1998 KY26.
Juice Jupiter Orbit Insertion	Orbital Insertion	Jupiter	Jul 2031 Approximate	Orbital insertion of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission around Jupiter, using a Ganymede gravity assist flyby to reduce its velocity, followed by two engine burns.
Lucy Earth Flyby	Flyby	Earth	25 Dec 2030	Third and final Earth flyby of NASA's Lucy mission to the Trojan asteroids.
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby	Flyby	Venus	3 Sep 2030	Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on September 2, 2030. 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.
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby	Flyby	Venus	10 Jun 2029	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.
Juice Earth Flyby	Flyby	Earth	Jan 2029 Approximate	Fourth flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system.
Lucy Trojan Asteroid (21900) Orus Flyby	Flyby	(21900) Orus	11 Nov 2028	Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (21900) Orus by NASA's Lucy mission.
Hayabusa2 Earth Flyby	Flyby	Earth	Jun 2028 Approximate	As part of its mission extension, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will fly by Earth on its way to asteroid 1998 KY26.
Lucy Trojan Asteroid (11351) Leucus Flyby	Flyby	(11351) Leucus	18 Apr 2028	Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (11351) Leucus by NASA's Lucy mission.
Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby	Flyby	Venus	18 Mar 2028	Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on March 17, 2028. 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.
Hayabusa2 Earth Flyby	Flyby	Earth	Dec 2027 Approximate	As part of its mission extension, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will fly by Earth on its way to asteroid 1998 KY26.
Lucy Trojan Asteroid (15094) Polymele Flyby	Flyby	(15094) Polymele	15 Sep 2027	Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (15094) Polymele by NASA's Lucy mission.
Lucy Trojan Asteroid (3548) Eurybates & Queta Flyby	Flyby	(3548) Eurybates	12 Aug 2027	Flyby of the Trojan asteroid (3548) Eurybates and its satellite Queta by NASA's Lucy mission.
Boeing Starliner-1 Docking	Docking	International Space Station	2026 Approximate	The Starliner-1 spacecraft will dock autonomously to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.
Boeing Starliner-1 Landing	Spacecraft Landing	White Sands Missile Range	2026 Approximate	Following its deorbit burn, the Boeing CST-100 Starliner will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the White Sands Missile Range using its parachutes.
Boeing Starliner-1 Undocking	Spacecraft Undocking	International Space Station	2026 Approximate	The Boeing CST-100 Starliner will undock from the International Space Station and conduct a deorbit burn as part of its first operational mission. Following the deorbit burn the capsule will renter the Earth's atmosphere and land at the 'White Sands Missile Range' using its parachutes.
Europa Clipper Earth Flyby	Flyby	Earth	Dec 2026 Approximate	NASA’s Europa Clipper will fly by Earth for a second and final gravity assist on its way to Jupiter.

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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.