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Contents 1 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1974-2015 1.1 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1974 1.2 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1975 1.3 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1976 1.4 1977 is left blank 1.5 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1978 1.6 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1979 1.7 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1980 1.8 1984 is left blank 1.9 1987 is left blank 1.10 1988 is left blank 1.11 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1989 1.12 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1990 1.13 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1991 1.14 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1992 1.15 Deep Space Rendezvous in 1993 1.16 Deep Space Rendezvous in 2011 1.17 Deep Space Rendezvous in 2012 1.18 2013 is left blank 1.19 Deep Space Rendezvous in 2014 1.20 Deep Space Rendezvous in 2015

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1974-2015

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1974

• 5 February — Mariner 10 flyby of Venus (5,768 km)
• 10 February — Mars 4 flyby of Mars, 2,200 km (orbiter mission)
• 12 February — Mars 5 entered Martian orbit
• 9 March — Mars 7 lander missed Mars by 1,300 km
• 12 March — Mars 6 lander lost few seconds before anticipated landing
• 29 March — Mariner 10 1^st flyby of Mercury (703 km)
• 2 June — Luna 22 entered Selenocentric orbit (photographic mission)
• 21 September — Mariner 10 2^nd flyby of Mercury (48,069 km)
• 2 November — Luna 23 landed rough at Mare Crisium (sample return mission)
• 3 December — Pioneer 11 flyby of Jupiter (42,960 km)

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1975

• 16 March — Mariner 10 3^rd flyby of Mercury (327 km)
• 22 October — Venera 9 orbiter and lander arrived to Venus
• 25 October — Venera 10 orbiter and lander arrived to Venus

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1976

• 19 June — Viking 1 entered Martian orbit
• 20 July — Viking 1 landed in Chryse Planitia
• 7 August — Viking 2 entered Martian orbit
• 18 August — Luna 24, 170 g from Mare Crisium (sample return mission)
• 3 September — Viking 2 landed in Utopia Planitia

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[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1978

• 4 December — Pioneer Venus Orbiter entered Venerian orbit
• 9 December — Pioneer Venus Multiprobe's large and three small subprobes entered the Venerian atmosphere
• 21 December — Venera 12 landed on Venus
• 25 December — Venera 11 landed on Venus

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1979

• 5 March — Voyager 1 flyby of Jupiter (280,000 km)
• 9 July — Voyager 2 flyby of Jupiter (645,000 km)
• 1 September — Pioneer 11 flyby of Saturn (20,900 km)

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1980

• 12 November — Voyager 1 flyby of Saturn (124,000 km)

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[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1989

• 23 January — Phobos 1 flyby of Mars (failed orbiter mission)
• 29 January — Phobos 2 entered Martian orbit
• 27 March — Phobos 2 in synchronous orbit with Phobos
• 25 August — Voyager 2 flyby of Neptune (44,800 km)

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1990

• 10 February — Galileo flyby of Venus (16,000 km)
• 19 March — Hiten flyby of the Moon and delivered Hagomoro in Selenocentric orbit
• 10 August — Magellan entered Venerian orbit (radar mapper mission)
• 8 December — Galileo 1^st flyby of the Earth (960 km)

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1991

• 29 October — Galileo flyby of 951 Gaspra (1,600 km)

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1992

• 8 February — Ulysses 1^st flyby of Jupiter
• 15 February — Hiten entered wide lunar orbit
• 14 July — Giotto flyby of 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup (200 km)
• 8 October — Pioneer Venus Orbiter deliberately deorbited into the Venerian atmosphere
• 8 December — Galileo 2^nd flyby of the Earth (305 km)

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 1993

• 10 April — Hiten intentionally crashed on the Moon
• 22 August — Mars Observer lost contact prior to orbit insertion
• 28 August — Galileo flyby of 243 Ida (2,400 km)

1 July 2008 to 1 July 2010:

— Cassini flyby of

• Dione (500 km)
• Helene (1500 km)
• Rhea (100 km)

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 2011

• 14 February — Stardust flyby of 9P/Tempel as a damage assessment from the Deep Impact mission.
• 18 March — MESSENGER enters Mercurial orbit
• October — Dawn enters orbit of 4 Vesta

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 2012

• April — Dawn leaves orbit of 4 Vesta

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[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 2014

• May — Rosetta enters orbit of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
• November — Rosetta's lander Philae lands on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

[edit] Deep Space Rendezvous in 2015

• February — Dawn enters orbit of Ceres
• 14 July — New Horizons flyby of Pluto and Charon

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