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2000s

14 records

  1. 2000

    1. 2000-02-14 orbital insertion

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      Mission:

      NEAR entered Eros orbit at 15:33 UT, beginning sustained close-range observations.

  2. 2001

    1. 2001-02-12 landing

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      Mission:

      NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros at 19:44 UT and continued returning data.

    2. 2001-02-28 mission end

      Controllers received the final communication from NEAR Shoemaker on Eros.

  3. 2003

    1. 2003-02-01 accident

      Category: Type:

      Mission:

      Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during atmospheric reentry, killing seven astronauts.

    2. 2003-09-21 mission end

      The Galileo orbiter entered Jupiter's atmosphere at the end of its mission.

  4. 2004

    1. 2004-01-04 landing

      Category: Type:

      Mission:

      Spirit landed at Gusev Crater.

    2. 2004-01-25 landing

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      Mission:

      Opportunity landed at Meridiani Planum.

    3. 2004-07-01 orbital insertion

      Category: Type:

      Mission:

      Cassini became the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn.

    4. 2004-12-16 mission operations

      Voyager 1 entered the heliosheath beyond the solar wind’s termination shock.

  5. 2005

    1. 2005-01-14 planetary landing

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      Mission:

      ESA’s Huygens probe descended through Titan’s atmosphere and transmitted from its surface.

  6. 2006

    1. 2006-01-15 sample return

      Category: Type:

      Mission:

      Stardust delivered collected material from comet Wild 2 to Earth.

  7. 2007

    1. 2007-02-28 planetary flyby

      Category: Type:

      Mission:

      New Horizons used a Jupiter encounter to accelerate toward Pluto.

    2. 2007-08-30 mission operations

      Voyager 2 entered the heliosheath.

  8. 2009

    1. 2009-05-19 deployment

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      Mission:

      The STS-125 crew released Hubble back into free flight after servicing.

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