22 September 2017
OSIRIS-REx makes closest Earth approach today
..., Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer will pass the Earth around 17,000 kilometres above us in order to perform a manoeuvre known as an Earth Gravity Assist. Along with saving fuel, this manoeuvre allows the spacecraft...
07 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission set to launch on 10 February
...Solar Orbiter will perform two gravity-assist manoeuvres around Venus and one around Earth and a series of chemical...to the planet’s vicinity every few orbits so that it use Venus’ gravity to alter or tilt its orbit. Data gathered by Solar Orbiter will...
29 January 2021
NASA is looking at commercial options to launch its Europa Clipper
... be sent directly to Europa, whereas a later launch window using a commercial launch vehicle would require Mars and Earth gravity assists therefore extending the flight time of the Clipper. But, says NASA’s inspector general, the agency could...
