2004 in Spaceflight - Deep Space Rendezvous

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT) Spacecraft Event Remarks
2 January Stardust Flyby of 81P/Wild (Wild 2) Dust collection
3 January Spirit Landing on Mars Gusev Crater
24 January Opportunity Landing on Mars Meridiani Planum
4 February Ulysses 2nd flyby of Jupiter
19 May Hayabusa Flyby of the Earth
11 June Cassini Flyby of Phoebe Closest approach: 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi)
1 July Cassini Saturnian orbit injection
8 September Genesis Capsule crash-landing on Earth 0.4 milligrams (0.0062 gr) of solar sample aboard
26 October Cassini Flyby of Titan Closest approach: 1,200 kilometres (750 mi)
15 November SMART-1 Selenocentric orbit injection
13 December Cassini Flyby of Titan Closest approach: 2,336 kilometres (1,452 mi)

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