2001 in Spaceflight - Deep Space Rendezvous

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
15 January Stardust 1st flyby of the Earth
12 February NEAR Landed on 433 Eros First-ever asteroid landing
25 May Galileo 8th flyby of Callisto
6 August Galileo 4th flyby of Io
22 September Deep Space 1 Flyby of 19P/Borrelly
24 October Mars Odyssey Areocentric orbit injection

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