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70 records

2010s

9 records

  1. 2012

    1. 2012-08-25 mission operations

      Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause and began sampling the interstellar environment.

  2. 2015

    1. 2015-03-06 orbital insertion

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      Mission:

      Dawn reached Ceres orbit after its earlier orbital investigation of Vesta.

    2. 2015-04-30 mission end

      MESSENGER struck Mercury at 19:26 UT after exhausting its propellant.

    3. 2015-07-14 planetary flyby

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      Mission:

      New Horizons completed the first close-range reconnaissance of Pluto and its moons.

  3. 2016

    1. 2016-07-05 orbital insertion

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      Mission:

      Juno entered Jupiter orbit after its journey from Earth.

  4. 2017

    1. 2017-09-15 mission end

      Cassini entered Saturn’s atmosphere in a planned final descent.

  5. 2018

    1. 2018-11-25 mission operations

      Voyager 2 crossed the heliopause into the interstellar environment.

    2. 2018-12-03 asteroid exploration

      NASA’s sample-return spacecraft reached asteroid Bennu.

  6. 2019

    1. 2019-01-01 planetary flyby

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      New Horizons explored the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth at close range.

2020s

11 records

  1. 2020

    1. 2020-10-13 agreement

      The United States and seven other founding nations signed the Artemis Accords.

    2. 2020-10-20 sample collection

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      Mission:

      The spacecraft touched Bennu’s surface and collected rock and dust.

  2. 2021

    1. 2021-02-18 landing

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      Mission:

      Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater.

    2. 2021-04-19 technology demonstration

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      Mission:

      Ingenuity achieved powered, controlled flight in the atmosphere of another planet.

    3. 2021-05-10 sample return

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      Mission:

      The spacecraft departed Bennu carrying collected asteroid material.

  3. 2022

    1. 2022-01-24 orbital insertion

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      Mission:

      An insertion maneuver placed Webb on its planned orbit around the Sun–Earth L2 region.

    2. 2022-07-12 astronomical observation

      NASA and partners released Webb’s first full-color science images and spectra.

    3. 2022-09-26 impact

      NASA's DART spacecraft intentionally struck Dimorphos to test asteroid deflection.

  4. 2023

    1. 2023-09-24 sample return

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      The Bennu sample capsule landed in Utah for recovery and scientific study.

  5. 2024

    1. 2024-10-01 mission operations

      New Horizons passed a heliocentric distance 60 times Earth’s average distance from the Sun.

  6. 2026

    1. 2026-10-11 mission operations

      Perseverance passed Opportunity’s off-Earth driving record, reaching 45.22 kilometers on Mars.

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