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Flyby
Proposed crewed Venus flyby
A manned Venus flyby is a proposed crewed space mission in which astronauts would travel to Venus, fly past the planet without landing, and return to
Manned_Venus_flyby
Flight event at some distance from the object
A flyby (/ˈflaɪbaɪ/) is a spaceflight operation in which a spacecraft passes near another body, which is usually a target of the space exploration mission
Flyby_(spaceflight)
NASA space mission to Jupiter and Europa
Europa Clipper (previously known as the Europa Multiple Flyby Mission) is a mission to send a space probe developed by NASA to study Europa, a Galilean
Europa_Clipper
NASA spacecraft (2006–present)
becoming the first spacecraft to perform a flyby study of the Pluto system in 2015. A secondary mission contained a flyby and study of one or more other Kuiper
New_Horizons
Second NASA orbiter mission to Jupiter (2011–Present)
moons area which is not well explored; this phase will also include close flybys of the moons Thebe, Amalthea, Adrastea, and Metis. Juno's mission is to
Juno_(spacecraft)
Unexplained observed excessive energy during Earth flybys of spacecraft
the unexpected change in acceleration for flybys of spacecraft? More unsolved problems in physics The flyby anomaly is a discrepancy between current scientific
Flyby_anomaly
ESA/JAXA mission to study Mercury in orbit (2018–present)
orbit insertion planned for November 2026, after a flyby of Earth, two flybys of Venus, and six flybys of Mercury. The total cost of the mission was estimated
BepiColombo
NASA space probe launched in 1977
The probe made flybys of Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan. NASA had a choice of either conducting a Pluto or Titan flyby. Exploration of
Voyager_1
Spacecraft maneuver
A spacecraft designed for a flyby is also known as a "flyby bus" or "flyby spacecraft". One application of a Mars flyby is for a human mission, where
Mars_flyby
DC Comics superhero adaptations
Petersen's Batman vs. Superman; and the J. J. Abrams-scripted Superman: Flyby which went between directors Joseph "McG" Nichols and Brett Ratner. In 2004
Superman_in_film
Astronomy phenomenon
Stellar flyby refers to the close passage of two or more stars, which remain unbound after their passage. The Sun resides in a region of relatively low
Stellar_flyby
Sending a space probe past a planet or dwarf planet
A planetary flyby is the act of sending a space probe past a planet or a dwarf planet close enough to record scientific data. This is a subset of the
Planetary_flyby
Proposed Chinese interstellar space probes
flyby was also planned to occur in 2040. Earth (2x gravity assist) Jupiter (flyby) Quaoar and Weywot (flyby) Earth (2x gravity assist) Jupiter (flyby)
Shensuo
Kuiper belt object
given the permanent minor planet number 486958 on 12 March 2017. Before the flyby on 1 January 2019, NASA invited suggestions from the public on a nickname
486958_Arrokoth
First crewed mission of the Artemis program
Artemis II (April 1–11, 2026) was a crewed flyby of the Moon. It was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972, the first
Artemis_II
Largest moon of Jupiter
and 2000 made six close flybys of Ganymede. These flybys were denoted G1, G2, G7, G8, G28 and G29. During the closest flyby (G2), Galileo passed just
Ganymede_(moon)
Proposed concepts
flights of the Apollo program from 1968 to 1972 and the Artemis II lunar flyby in 2026, both of which were operated by NASA. Conceptual proposals for missions
Human_mission_to_Mars
NASA probe of the Sun's outer corona
work. Inbound indicates that the Venus flyby will take place after Parker's aphelion (in the case of the first flyby, after its launch), on its way to perihelion
Parker_Solar_Probe
includes planetary probes, solar probes, and probes to asteroids and comets. Flybys (such as gravity assists) that were incidental to the main purpose of the
List_of_Solar_System_probes
Ongoing NASA interstellar program
transmission back to Earth. After Voyager 1 successfully completed its flyby of Saturn and its moon Titan, it was decided that Voyager 2 would continue
Voyager_program
List of cases where spacecraft incidentally performed Earth flybys
List of Earth flybys is a list of cases where spacecraft incidentally performed Earth flybys, typically for a gravity assist to another body. List of Solar
List_of_Earth_flybys
Mission to Saturn (1997–2017)
system after entering orbit on July 1, 2004. The voyage to Saturn included flybys of Venus (April 1998 and July 1999), Earth (August 1999), the asteroid 2685
Cassini–Huygens
Photograph of Earth from the Artemis II mission
Christina Koch on April 6, 2026 at 22:41 UTC during the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon. It is visually similar to Earthrise, a 1968 photograph taken
Earthset
Feature on the moon
April 6, 2026 by the crew of the Artemis II mission during their historic flyby of the Moon. The crater was designated to honor the historic mission by
Integrity_(crater)
Space navigation technique
gravitational slingshot in orbital mechanics, is a type of spaceflight flyby which makes use of the relative movement (e.g. orbit around the Sun) and
Gravity_assist
Soviet space exploration project
a Mars flyby, at which time probes would have been dropped. Expanded project variations, such as the TMK-E, Mavr or KK, including a Venus flyby, electric
TMK
NASA mission to Mercury
a Delta II rocket in August 2004. Its path involved a complex series of flybys – the spacecraft flew by Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury itself three
MESSENGER
NASA space probe launched in 1977
keep apparent lifetime program costs low, the mission would include only flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, but keep the Grand Tour option open. As the program
Voyager_2
NASA space program from 1962 to 1973
number of interplanetary firsts, including the first successful planetary flyby, the planetary orbiter, and the first gravity assist maneuver. Of the 10
Mariner_program
Main belt asteroid target of the Lucy mission
was the first flyby target of NASA's Lucy mission, which approached 425 km (264 mi) from the asteroid on 1 November 2023. During the flyby, the Lucy spacecraft
152830_Dinkinesh
Fifth planet from the Sun
formation. Since 1973, Jupiter has been visited by nine robotic probes: seven flybys and two dedicated orbiters (with two more en route). Jupiter-like exoplanets
Jupiter
Programs by the Soviet Union to land humans on the Moon
competition, but secretly pursued two programs in the 1960s: crewed lunar flyby missions using Soyuz 7K-L1 (Zond) spacecraft launched with the Proton-K
Soviet_crewed_lunar_programs
Soviet spacecraft for crewed lunar flyby
without going into lunar orbit in the context of the Soviet crewed Moon-flyby program in the Moon race. It was based on the Soyuz 7K-OK. Several modifications
Soyuz_7K-L1
Sixth planet from the Sun
In June 2004, it conducted a close flyby of Phoebe, sending back high-resolution images and data. Cassini's flyby of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, captured
Saturn
British actress
Other Bennet Sister and starred as Emily in the premiere of the musical Flyby at Southwark Playhouse. Film & Television Theatre Pryor, Emma (22 January
Poppy_Gilbert
2022 uncrewed Moon-orbiting NASA mission
Orion completed one flyby of the Moon on November 21, entered a distant retrograde orbit for six days, and completed a second flyby of the Moon on December
Artemis_I
Eighth planet from the Sun
and consistently visible weather patterns. At the time of the Voyager 2 flyby in 1989, the planet's southern hemisphere had a Great Dark Spot comparable
Neptune
NASA space probe proposal to study the ice giant planet Neptune and its moon Triton
(flyby) Earth (3x flybys) Jupiter (flyby) Io (flyby) Neptune (targeted flyby) Triton (targeted flyby) Spaceflight portal Argo, a 2009 Triton flyby mission
Trident_(spacecraft)
NASA space probe launched in 2005
the 601 kg (1,325 lb) "Flyby" section, which imaged the comet from a safe distance during the encounter with Tempel 1. The Flyby spacecraft is about 3
Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)
Flight formation to honor people
The missing man formation is an aerial salute performed as part of a flypast of aircraft at a funeral or memorial event, typically in memory of a fallen
Missing_man_formation
Robotic spacecraft missions to the Moon by the Soviet Union (1958–1976)
programme accomplished many firsts in space exploration, including first flyby of the Moon, first impact of the Moon and first photos of the far side of
Luna_programme
Cancelled NASA mission to explore Comet 22P/Kopff
The Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) was a cancelled plan for a NASA-led exploratory mission designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the
Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby
Comet_Rendezvous_Asteroid_Flyby
European mission to study Jupiter and its moons since 2023
Jupiter and Ganymede and the large number of flyby manoeuvres (more than 25 gravity assists, and two Europa flybys) require the spacecraft to carry about 3
Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Explorer
First spacecraft to visit Saturn (1973–1995)
retargeted to fly past Jupiter on a north–south trajectory, enabling a Saturn flyby in 1979. The maneuver used 17 lb (7.7 kg) of propellant, lasted 42 minutes
Pioneer_11
Cancelled NASA flyby mission to Pluto
Mariner Mark II spacecraft to Pluto. Originally conceived as Pluto Fast Flyby, and later briefly named Pluto Express, the mission was inspired by a 1991
Pluto_Kuiper_Express
Crater on the Moon
named on April 6, 2026, by the crew of the Artemis II mission during their flyby of the Moon, after Commander Reid Wiseman's wife Carroll Taylor Wiseman
Carroll_(crater)
launched to explore Jupiter, with two other spacecraft making gravity-assist flybys. New Horizons, although eventually targeting Pluto, used Jupiter for a gravity
List of missions to the outer planets
List_of_missions_to_the_outer_planets
Saturn has been performed solely by crewless probes. Three missions were flybys, which formed an extended foundation of knowledge about the system. The
Exploration_of_Saturn
observations, and then by visiting spacecraft. Spacecraft have performed multiple flybys, orbits, and landings on the planet, including balloon probes that floated
Observations and explorations of Venus
Observations_and_explorations_of_Venus
Second planet from the Sun
with flybys en route to other destinations. In 2010, the first successful interplanetary solar sail spacecraft IKAROS travelled to Venus for a flyby. Between
Venus
Investigation of outer space
1972. The first interplanetary flyby was the 1961 Venera 1 flyby of Venus, though the 1962 Mariner 2 was the first flyby of Venus to return data (closest
Space_exploration
Jupiter-family comet
estimated to be 1.2–1.6 km (0.75–0.99 mi) Hartley 2 was the target of a flyby of the Deep Impact spacecraft, as part of the EPOXI mission, on 4 November
103P/Hartley
Comet that had a close encounter with Mars in 2014
Mangalyaan, reported a healthy status after the comet flyby on 19 October 2014. During the flyby, orbiters around Mars detected thousands of kilograms
C/2013_A1_(Siding_Spring)
Series of Soviet robotic space probes launched between 1964 and 1970
Venus flyby 14 July 1964 Zond 2 Launched 30 November 1964 Communications lost May 1965 Mars flyby 6 August 1965 Zond 3 Launched 18 July 1965 Lunar Flyby 20
Zond_program
NASA's space program intended to explore the outer solar system
Group also called for the development of a new spacecraft to carry out the flyby missions. These probes, called Thermoelectric Outer Planets Spacecraft (TOPS)
Grand_Tour_program
Planned Chinese Jupiter orbiter mission
Jovian system, possibly sharing a launch with a spacecraft which will make a flyby of Uranus. The goals of the planned Tianwen-4 Jupiter mission include: study
Tianwen-4
2009 New York Bay VC-25 flyby
president, Barack Obama, was not on board the aircraft during the incident. The flyby was approved by Louis Caldera, director of the White House Military Office
Air Force One photo op incident
Air_Force_One_photo_op_incident
European mission to study Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (2004–2016)
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). During its journey to the comet, the spacecraft performed flybys of Earth, Mars, and the asteroids 21 Lutetia and 2867 Šteins. It was launched
Rosetta_(spacecraft)
NASA flyby mission to asteroid Braille and Comet Borrelly (1998–2001)
Launched on 24 October 1998, the Deep Space 1 spacecraft carried out a flyby of asteroid 9969 Braille, which was its primary science target. The mission
Deep_Space_1
Telescope resolution. July 14, 2015: Flyby of the Pluto system: Pluto, Charon, Hydra, Nix, Kerberos and Styx. • Flyby of Pluto around 11:49:57 UTC at 12
Timeline_of_New_Horizons
List of space missions by NASA
launched June 1967, completed – flyby of Venus Mariner 10, launched November 1973, completed – flyby of Venus; multiple flybys of Mercury; first spacecraft
List_of_NASA_missions
Ceremonial or honorific aircraft flight
Kingdom and the Commonwealth. In the United States, the terms flyover and flyby are used. Flypasts are often tied in with Royal or state events, anniversaries
Flypast
NASA mission to fly by eight asteroids
orbiting either ahead of or behind the planet. All target encounters will be flyby encounters. The Lucy spacecraft is the centerpiece of a US$981 million mission
Lucy_(spacecraft)
2023). "NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Discovers 2nd Asteroid During Dinkinesh Flyby". NASA. K. Kretke (21 April 2025). "NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid
List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft
List_of_minor_planets_and_comets_visited_by_spacecraft
Fourth planet from the Sun
with Mars 1, but communication was lost en route. The first successful flyby exploration of Mars was conducted in 1965 with Mariner 4. In 1971 Mariner
Mars
1959, which became the first probe to escape Earth's gravity and perform a flyby of another astronomical body, passing near the Moon. Soon after, the first
List_of_missions_to_the_Moon
Asteroid visited by New Horizons
Research in May 2002, and imaged by the New Horizons space probe on its flyby in June 2006, when it was passing through the asteroid belt. The stony S-type
132524_APL
First spacecraft to visit Mercury (1973–1975)
It was the first spacecraft to visit Mercury and the first to perform a flyby of multiple planets. Mariner 10 was launched approximately two years after
Mariner_10
Star in the constellation Cassiopeia
light-years away from Earth. HD 7977 is notable for its uncertain close flyby of the Solar System 2.47 million years ago, when it is predicted to have
HD_7977
Current calendar year
and technology, the dominant headline so far has been NASA's Artemis II flyby of the Moon, the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo
2026
space agencies like NASA. Mission profiles may include strategies such as flybys, landers, or other types of system encounters aimed at exploring a gas giant
List of proposed missions to the outer planets
List_of_proposed_missions_to_the_outer_planets
European mission to comets Halley and Grigg–Skjellerup (1985–1992)
American probe to release the European probe towards Halley for a close flyby before going on to explore Comet 10P/Tempel. The NASA probe was cancelled
Giotto_(spacecraft)
Space exploration program conducted by the Soviet Union from 1951 to 1991
milestones. The Luna program launched to the Moon, from 1959–70, the first flyby, impactor, imaging of its far side, soft landing, animals, and robotic sample
Soviet_space_program
Largest dwarf planet
Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moons, making a flyby on July 14, 2015, and taking detailed measurements and observations. Pluto
Pluto
Reconnaissance mission of the main belt asteroid 16 Psyche
high phase angle, the planet appeared as a thin crescent before the close flyby, illuminated by sunlight reflected from its surface. Images taken by the
Psyche_(spacecraft)
Concept mission to Io
FIRE (Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters) is a concept mission to Jupiter's innermost major moon Io. The mission was first presented in 2012 for a possible
Flyby of Io with Repeat Encounters
Flyby_of_Io_with_Repeat_Encounters
Annual airshow held in Atlantic City, United States
Demonstration/Flybys) A-10 Thunderbolt II East Coast Demo Team C-17 Globemaster III 2-Ship Flybys C-141B Starlifter Flyby EC-130E Command Solo Flyby F-14 Tomcat
Thunder_over_the_Boardwalk
Innermost Galilean moon of Jupiter
obvious impact craters. The Galileo spacecraft performed several close flybys in the 1990s and early 2000s, obtaining data about Io's interior structure
Io_(moon)
Main-belt asteroid
planners to consider asteroid flybys for all spacecraft crossing the belt. No prior missions had attempted such a flyby. Galileo was launched into orbit
243_Ida
Telescope aboard the New Horizons spacecraft for imaging
determine the location of a flyby target. In 2018, New Horizons spacecraft used navigation data from LORRI for its planned flyby of Arrokoth in a couple months
Long Range Reconnaissance Imager
Long_Range_Reconnaissance_Imager
Star in the constellation Serpens
new calculations that include input data from Gaia DR3 indicate that the flyby of Gliese 710 to the Solar System will on average be closer at 0.051 ± 0
Gliese_710
13 of these years spent orbiting Saturn. The voyage to Saturn included flybys of Venus (April 1998 and June 1999), Earth (August 1999), the asteroid 2685
Timeline_of_Cassini–Huygens
American astronaut (born 1979)
record for the longest spaceflight by a woman. On the Artemis II lunar flyby mission in April 2026, which set the record for human distance from Earth
Christina_Koch
flyby of Saturn in 1980 was to use Saturn as a slingshot towards Pluto for a flyby as early as March 1986. However, scientists decided that a flyby of
Exploration_of_Pluto
Moon of Saturn
Voyager 1 space probe in 1980. Later, the Cassini spacecraft made multiple flybys of Dione throughout the 2000s and 2010s as part of its campaign to explore
Dione_(moon)
visits to minor planets have mostly been flybys, and have ranged from dedicated missions to incidental flybys and targets of opportunity for spacecraft
List of missions to minor planets
List_of_missions_to_minor_planets
Astronauts from NASA's Artemis program
astronauts are planned to fly lunar missions beginning in 2026. The Artemis II flyby of the Moon included the first four astronauts to fly beyond Earth orbit
List_of_Artemis_astronauts
Laser-guided battlefield missile (ASM, AAM, SAM and SSM)
Technology, Flyby. "Jackal VTOL aircraft". FlybyTechnology. Retrieved 22 October 2023. Technology, Flyby. "Flyby Professional Drone Training". FlybyTechnology
Martlet_(missile)
may be speculative.[needs update] Date is the date of: closest encounter (flybys) impact (impactors) orbital insertion to end of mission, whether planned
List_of_lunar_probes
Smallest Galilean moon of Jupiter
telescope observations, Europa has been examined by a succession of space-probe flybys, the first occurring in the early 1970s. The Galileo mission, launched in
Europa_(moon)
Japanese space probe (2014–2015)
PROCYON (Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation) was an asteroid flyby space probe that was launched together with Hayabusa2 on 3 December
PROCYON
Series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA
2023–2032 Centaur Orbiter and Lander Ceres Sample Return Enceladus Multiple Flyby Titan Orbiter Timeline error. Could not store output files v t e New Horizons
New_Frontiers_program
for high-budget space agencies like NASA. Mission profiles include crewed flybys, crewed landers, or other types of Mars system encounter strategies. Many
List of crewed Mars mission plans
List_of_crewed_Mars_mission_plans
Proposed NASA mission
to the trans-Neptunian objects by NASA. It was conceived as a planetary flyby mission in 2002, based on the New Horizons spacecraft, which was in development
New_Horizons_2
series of probes to Mars including the first intended (but unsuccessful) flybys and hard (impact) landing. In November 1962, Mars 2MV-3 No.1 was intended
Exploration_of_Mars
Defunct, proposed a crewed flyby mission
founded by Dennis Tito that in 2013 proposed to launch a crewed mission to flyby Mars in January 2018, or 2021 if they missed the first synodic opportunity
Inspiration_Mars_Foundation
Soviet program that explored Venus with multiple probes
the probes was itself an important finding. The first Soviet attempt at a flyby probe to Venus was launched on 4 February 1961, but failed to leave Earth
Venera_program
Overview of the exploration of the planet Jupiter and its moons
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and all but four were flybys taking detailed observations without landing or entering orbit. These probes
Exploration_of_Jupiter
Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
that would miss the Moon. Attempts to salvage lunar photography during a flyby of the Moon were thwarted by in-flight failure of the onboard flight computer
Moon_landing
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Biblical
Joined to the Lord.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Moon Light
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Thetford.
Girl/Female
Tamil
A light that shines very bright that even you close your eyes you can see it
Girl/Female
German, Hungarian, Swedish
Noble; Kind; Happy; Truthful
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, French, Lebanese
Smiling
Boy/Male
Hebrew, Indian
Affection
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places so called in Devon, Hampshire, Leicestershire, and Somerset. The first and last derive their name from the Celtic river name Exe, while the place in Hampshire, recorded in 940 as East Seaxnatune, is named from Old English Ēastseaxe ‘East Saxon’, and the Leicestershire place name is from Old English oxa ‘of the oxen’. In each case the final element is from Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
Hindu
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