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76 matching records

1. 2016 10 years ago

   Juno enters orbit around Jupiter

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Orbit insertion

   Mission: Juno

   Juno entered Jupiter orbit after its journey from Earth.

2. 2019 7 years ago

   New Horizons flies past Arrokoth

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

   Mission: New Horizons

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

3. 2019 7 years ago

   Chang'e 4: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

   Mission: Chang'e 4

   Moon landing.

4. 2019 7 years ago

   Chandrayaan-2 enters lunar orbit

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Orbit insertion

   Mission: Chandrayaan-2

   ISRO inserted Chandrayaan-2 into orbit around the Moon.

5. 2019 7 years ago

   Vikram separates from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Spacecraft deployment

   Mission: Chandrayaan-2

   The Vikram lander separated from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter in preparation for descent.

6. 2020 6 years ago

   OSIRIS-REx collects a Bennu sample

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Sample collection

   Mission: OSIRIS-REx

   • Sample return

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

7. 2020 6 years ago

   Chang'e 5: lunar landing

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

   Mission: Chang'e 5

   Moon landing.

8. 2021 5 years ago

   Tianwen-1 enters Mars orbit

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Orbit insertion

   Mission: Tianwen-1

   China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft entered Martian orbit for scientific exploration.

9. 2021 5 years ago

   Perseverance lands on Mars

   Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

   Mission: Perseverance

   Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater.

10. 2022 4 years ago

    Webb reaches its L2 orbit

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Orbit insertion

    Mission: Webb

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

11. 2023 3 years ago

    Chandrayaan-3 lands on the Moon

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: Chandrayaan-3

    India’s Vikram lander reached the Moon’s southern high latitudes.

12. 2024 2 years ago

    SLIM: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: SLIM

    Moon landing.

13. 2024 2 years ago

    IM-1 Odysseus: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: IM-1 Odysseus

    Moon landing.

14. 2024 2 years ago

    Chang'e 6: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: Chang'e 6

    Moon landing.

15. 2025 1 year ago

    Blue Ghost 1: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: Blue Ghost 1

    Moon landing.

16. 2025 1 year ago

    IM-2 Athena: lunar landing

    Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

    Mission: IM-2 Athena

    Moon landing.