List of Interplanetary Voyages - Passing Flights - 2000s

2000s

Spacecraft Destination Launched Closest approach Time elapsed Notes Ref
Rosetta Mars 2 March 2004 25 February 2007 1091 days
(2 yr, 11 mo, 24 d)		 Rosetta flew by Mars as a gravity assist on the way to future encounters.
Asteroid 2867 Šteins 5 September 2008 1649 days
(4 yr, 6 mo, 11 d)		 Rosetta flew by Šteins.
Asteroid 21 Lutetia 10 July 2010 2322 days (6 yr, 4 mo, 9 d) Rosetta flew by Lutetia en route to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
MESSENGER Venus 3 August 2004 24 October 2006 813 days
(2 yr, 2 mo, 22 d)		 Messenger flew by Venus at a minimum distance of 2990 km. This was for a gravity assist only; no data was collected.
6 June 2007 1038 days
(2 yr, 10 mo, 4 d)		 Messenger flew by Venus at a minimum distance of 300 km en route to Mercury.
Mercury 14 January 2008 1260 days
(3 yr, 5 mo, 12 d)		 Messenger flew by Mercury a first time en route to Mercury orbit insertion.
29 September 2009 1884 days
(5 yr, 1 mo, 27 d)		 Messenger flew by Mercury a second time.
Deep Impact Comet 9P/Tempel 12 January 2005 3 July 2005 173 days
(5 months, 22 days)		 Deep Impact flew by Tempel.
Comet 103P/Hartley 2 4 November 2010 2122 days
(5 years, 9 months, 23 days)		 Deep Impact flew by and imaged Hartley 2 as part of its extended mission.
New Horizons Asteroid 132524 APL 19 January 2006 13 June 2006 146 days
(4 months, 26 days)		 New Horizons flew by 132524 APL en route to Pluto.
Jupiter 28 February 2007 416 days
(1 yr, 1 mo, 20 d)		 New Horizons flew by Jupiter as a gravity assist en route to Pluto.
Pluto 14 July 2015 N/A New Horizons will fly by Pluto.
Dawn Mars 27 September 2007 17 February 2009 509 days
(1 yr, 4 mo, 21 d)		 Dawn flew by Mars at a closest approach of 549 km for a gravity assist en route to the asteroids Vesta and Ceres

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