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== Venus probes == {{Main|List of missions to Venus|Exploration of Venus}} Early programs encompassing multiple spacecraft include: * [[Venera program]] — USSR [[Venus]] orbiter and lander (1961–1984) * [[Pioneer Venus project]] — US [[Venus]] orbiter and entry probes (1978) * [[Vega program]] — USSR mission to [[Venus]] and [[Comet Halley]] (1984) === 1961–1969 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Tyazhely Sputnik ]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 4 February 1961 | lander | failure | failed to escape from Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1961-002A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 19 May 1961 –<br />20 May 1961 | flyby | failure | contact lost 7 days after launch; first spacecraft to fly by another planet | | {{COSPAR|1961-003A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 22 July 1962 | flyby | failure | guidance failure shortly after launch | | {{COSPAR|MARIN1}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 19]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 25 August 1962 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1962-040A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 20]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 1 September 1962 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1962-043A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Sputnik 21]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 12 September 1962 | flyby | failure | third stage exploded | | {{COSPAR|1962-045A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 14 December 1962 | flyby | success | first successful Venus flyby; minimum distance 34,773 km | [[File:Mariner 2 in space.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1962-041A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 21]]''<sup>†</sup> | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 11 November 1963 | flyby | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1963-044A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1964A]]''<sup>†</sup> | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 19 February 1964 | flyby | failure | failed to reach Earth orbit | | <ref name=tentative /> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1964B]]''<sup>†</sup> | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1 March 1964 | flyby | failure | failed to reach Earth orbit | | <ref name=tentative /> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 27]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} ([[Soviet Union|USSR]]) | 27 March 1964 | flyby | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1964-014A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Zond 1]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1964 | flyby and possible lander | failure | contact lost en route | | {{COSPAR|1964-016D}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 96]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 23 November 1965 | lander | failure | did not depart low Earth orbit due to a launch failure | | {{COSPAR|1965-094A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 1965A]]''<sup>†</sup> | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 26 November 1965 | flyby | failure | launch vehicle failure? | | <ref name=tentative /> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 2]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 27 February 1966 | flyby | failure | ceased to operate en route | | {{COSPAR|1965-091A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 3]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1 March 1966 | lander | failure | contact lost before arrival; first spacecraft to impact on the surface of another planet | | {{COSPAR|1965-092A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Kosmos 167]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 17 June 1967 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1967-063A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 4]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 18 October 1967 | atmospheric probe | success | continued to transmit to an altitude of 25 km | | {{COSPAR|1967-058A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 5]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 19 October 1967 | flyby | success | minimum distance 5,000 km | [[File:Mariner 5.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1967-060A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 5]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 16 May 1969 | atmospheric probe | success | transmitted atmospheric data for 53 minutes, to an altitude of about 26 km | | {{COSPAR|1969-001A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 6]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 17 May 1969 | atmospheric probe | success | transmitted atmospheric data for 51 minutes, to an altitude of perhaps 10–12 km | | {{COSPAR|1969-002A}} |} === 1970–1978 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Kosmos 359|Cosmos 359]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 22 August 1970 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1970-065A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 7]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 15 December 1970 | lander | success | first successful landing on another planet; signals returned from surface for 23 minutes | | {{COSPAR|1970-060A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Cosmos 482]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 31 March 1972 | lander | failure | failed to escape Earth orbit | | {{COSPAR|1972-023A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 8]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 22 July 1972 | lander | success | signals returned from surface for 50 minutes | | {{COSPAR|1972-021A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Mariner 10]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 5 February 1974 | flyby | success | minimum distance 5768 km, en route to Mercury; first use of [[gravitational slingshot|gravity assist]] by an interplanetary spacecraft | [[File:Mariner 10.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1973-085A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Venera 9]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1975 | orbiter | success | first spacecraft to orbit Venus; communications relay for lander; atmospheric and magnetic studies | [[File:%22%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0-10%22.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1975-050A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 22 October 1975 | lander | success | first images from the surface; operated on surface for 53 minutes | | {{COSPAR|1975-050D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Venera 10]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USSR}} (USSR) | 1975 | orbiter | success | communications relay for lander; atmospheric and magnetic studies | [[File:%22%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0-10%22.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1975-054A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 23 October 1975 | lander | success | transmitted from surface for 65 minutes | | {{COSPAR|1975-054D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer Venus Orbiter]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | {{nowrap|4 December 1978 –}}<br/>1992 | orbiter | success | atmospheric and magnetic studies | [[File:Pioneer Venus orbiter.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1978-051A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Pioneer Venus Multiprobe]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 9 December 1978 | | | | [[File:Pioneer Venus 2 inspection.jpg|50px]] | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="5" | | bus | | | probe transporter | success | deployed four atmospheric probes, then burnt up in Venusian atmosphere, continuing to transmit to 110 km altitude | | {{COSPAR|1978-078A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | large probe | | | atmospheric probe | success | | | {{COSPAR|1978-078D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | north probe | | | atmospheric probe | success | | rowspan="3" | | {{COSPAR|1978-078E}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | day probe | | | atmospheric probe | success | survived impact and continued to transmit from surface for over an hour | {{COSPAR|1978-078G}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | night probe | | | atmospheric probe | success | | {{COSPAR|1978-078F}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 12]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | | | | | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | | flight platform | rowspan="2" | | 21 December 1978 | flyby | success | minimum distance 34,000 km; deployed lander and then acted as communications relay | | {{COSPAR|1978-086A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | descent craft | 21 December 1978 | lander | partial success | soft landing; transmissions returned for 110 minutes; failure of some instruments | | {{COSPAR|1978-086C}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 11]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | | | |identical to Venera 12 | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | | flight platform | rowspan="2" | | {{nowrap|25 December 1978}} | flyby | success | minimum distance 34,000 km; deployed lander and then acted as communications relay | | {{COSPAR|1978-084A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | descent craft | 25 December 1978 | lander | partial success | soft landing; transmissions returned for 95 minutes; failure of some instruments | | {{COSPAR|1978-084D}} |} === 1982–1999 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 13]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | | | | | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | | bus | | 1 March 1982 | flyby | success | deployed lander and then acted as communications relay | rowspan=2 | [[File:1982_CPA_5278.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1981-106A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | descent craft | | 1 March 1982 | lander | success | survived on surface for 127 minutes | {{COSPAR|1981-106D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 14]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | | | |identical to Venera 13 | | |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | rowspan="2" | | bus | | 5 March 1982 | flyby | success | deployed lander and then acted as communications relay | rowspan=2 | [[File:1982_CPA_5278.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1981-110A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | descent craft | | 5 March 1982 | lander | success | survived on surface for 57 minutes | {{COSPAR|1981-110D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 15]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | 1983–1984 | orbiter | success | radar mapping | | {{COSPAR|1983-053A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venera 16]]'' | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | 1983–1984 | orbiter | success | radar mapping; identical to Venera 15 | | {{COSPAR|1983-054A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | ''[[Vega 1]]'' | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | rowspan="3" | 11 June 1985 | flyby | success | went on to fly by Halley's comet | rowspan=2 | [[File:Vega_model_-_Udvar-Hazy_Center.JPG|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-125A}} |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | lander | failure | instruments deployed prematurely | {{COSPAR|1984-125E}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | atmospheric balloon | success | floated at an altitude of about 54 km and transmitted for around 46 hours | [[File:Russian_%22Vega%22_balloon_mission_to_Venus_on_display_at_the_Udvar-Hazy_museum.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-125F}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | ''[[Vega 2]]'' | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Russian Academy of Sciences|SAS]] | rowspan="3" | 15 June 1985 | flyby | success | went on to fly by Halley's comet | rowspan=2 | [[File:Vega_model_-_Udvar-Hazy_Center.JPG|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-128A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | lander | success | transmitted from surface for 56 minutes | {{COSPAR|1984-128E}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | atmospheric balloon | success | floated at an altitude of about 54 km and transmitted for around 46 hours | [[File:Russian_%22Vega%22_balloon_mission_to_Venus_on_display_at_the_Udvar-Hazy_museum.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1984-128F}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 10 February 1990 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to Jupiter; minimum distance 16,000 km | [[File:Galileo Preparations - GPN-2000-000672.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1989-084B}}<ref name="galileo-legacy">{{cite web |url=http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/mission/journey-cruise.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010419124617/http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/mission/journey-cruise.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2001 |title=Solar System Exploration: : Galileo Legacy Site |author=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=30 November 2012|author-link=Jet Propulsion Laboratory }}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Magellan probe|Magellan]]'' | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 10 August 1990 –<br/>12 October 1994 | orbiter | success | global radar mapping | [[File:Magellan at Kennedy Space Center.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|1989-033B}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/magellan.html |title=Magellan Mission to Venus |author=NSSDC |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=30 November 2012|author-link=NSSDC }}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Cassini–Huygens|Cassini]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]]/<br /> {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italian Space Agency|ASI]] | 26 April 1998 | rowspan="2" | flyby | rowspan="2" | success | rowspan="2" | gravity assist en route to Saturn | rowspan="2" | [[File:Cassini assembly.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|1997-061A}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-061A|title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 24 June 1999 |} === Since 2006 === {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sticky-header" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left; width:15%;"| Spacecraft ! style="text-align:left; width:11%;"| Organization ! style="text-align:left; width:17%;"| Date ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Type ! style="text-align:left; width:10%;"| Status ! style="text-align:left; width:24%;"| Notes ! style="text-align:left; width:7%;"| Image ! style="text-align:left; width:6%;"| Ref |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[Venus Express]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 11 April 2006 – 18 January 2015 | orbiter | success | atmospheric studies; planetary imaging; magnetic observations | [[File:Venus Express in orbit.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2005-045A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[MESSENGER]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 24 October 2006 | rowspan="2" | flyby | success | gravity assist only; minimum distance 2990 km | rowspan="2" | [[File:Messenger.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2004-030A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 6 June 2007 | success | minimum distance 300 km; en route to Mercury |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Akatsuki (probe)|Akatsuki]]<br>(PLANET-C)'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | style="background:#F2F2F2" | 6 December 2010 (Venus flyby) | style="background:#F2F2F2" | orbiter | style="background:#F2F2F2" | failure | rowspan="2" | failed orbital insertion in 2010; success in 2015<br/>science mission began May 2016, contact lost April 2024, end of mission declared May 2024 | rowspan="2" | [[File:Akatsuki-1.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2010-020D}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 7 December 2015 (orbital insertion) – 29 May 2024 | orbiter | success |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[IKAROS]]'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 8 December 2010 | flyby<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/11ikaros/ |title=Breaking News {{pipe}} Japanese mission unleashes solar sail in deep space |publisher=Spaceflight Now |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> | success | [[solar sail]] technology development / interplanetary space exploration | [[File:IKAROS solar sail.jpg|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2010-020E}} <ref name="jaxa-ikaros">{{cite web|url=http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/activity/ikaros.html |title=Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS"|JAXA Space Exploration Center |publisher=Jspec.jaxa.jp |date=21 May 2010 |access-date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922170700/http://www.jspec.jaxa.jp/e/activity/ikaros.html |archive-date=22 September 2008 }}</ref> |- style="background:#F2F2F2" | colspan="2" | ''[[Shin'en (spacecraft)|Shin'en]]<br>(UNITEC-1)'' | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[UNISEC]] | December 2010? | flyby<ref>[http://amateurradio.com.au/node/1166] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225224643/http://amateurradio.com.au/node/1166|date=25 February 2011}}</ref> | failure | contact lost shortly after launch | | {{COSPAR|2010-020F}} <ref name="unisec1">{{cite web|url=http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/top.html |title=UNITEC-1 |publisher=Unisec.jp |access-date=30 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="newscientist.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18982-first-studentbuilt-interplanetary-mission-goes-silent.html |title=First student-built interplanetary mission goes silent – space – 29 May 2010 |publisher=New Scientist |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 10 October 2018 | rowspan="3" | flyby | rowspan="3" | success | rowspan="3" | gravity assist en route to solar corona | rowspan="3" | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="3" | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 26 December 2019 |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 11 July 2020 |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[BepiColombo]]''<br />(first pass) | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 15 October 2020 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to Mercury; minimum approach distance was about 10,720 km<ref name="esa-15102020">{{cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_flies_by_Venus_en_route_to_Mercury |title=BepiColombo flies by Venus en route to Mercury| |publisher=European Space Agency |date=15 October 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 }}</ref> | [[File:BepiColombo spacecraft model.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2018-080A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 27 December 2020 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit for solar polar observations | rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 20 February 2021 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to solar corona | rowspan="1" | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 9 August 2021 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit for solar polar observations | rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" | ''[[BepiColombo]]''<br />(second pass) | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]]/<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]] | 10 August 2021 | flyby | success | gravity assist en route to Mercury, during which it may study Venus' atmosphere and solar environment | [[File:BepiColombo spacecraft model.png|50px]] | {{COSPAR|2018-080A}} |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 16 October 2021 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to solar corona | rowspan="1" | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 4 September 2022 | rowspan="1" | flyby | rowspan="1" | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit for solar polar observations | rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[NASA]] | 21 August 2023 | rowspan="2" | flyby | rowspan="2" | success | rowspan="2" | gravity assist en route to solar corona | rowspan="2" | [[File:Parker Solar Probe.jpg|50px]] | rowspan="2" | {{COSPAR|2018-065A}} <ref name="Solar probe" /> |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | 6 November 2024 |- style="background:#EFE7B8" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | rowspan="1" | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | 18 February 2025 | rowspan="1 | flyby | rowspan="1 | success | rowspan="1" | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit | rowspan="1" | | rowspan="1" | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter"/> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" |-style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | ''[[Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer|JUICE]]'' | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | August 2025 | flyby | ''en route'' | gravity assist en route to Jupiter | [[File:Juice_launch_kit_cover_close-up.png|50px]] | <ref name="EPSC2021-358">{{cite conference |last1=Witasse|first1=O.|last2=Altobelli|first2=N.|last3=Andres|first3=R.|last4=Atzei|first4=A.|last5=Boutonnet|first5=A.|last6=Budnik|first6=F.|last7=Dietz|first7=A.|last8=Erd|first8=C.|last9=Evill|first9=R. |last10=Lorente|first10=R.|last11=Munoz|first11=C.|last12=Pinzan|first12=G.|last13=Scharmberg|first13=C.|last14=Suarez|first14=A.|last15=Tanco|first15=I.|last16=Torelli|first16=F.|last17=Torn|first17=B. |last18=Vallat|first18=C.|author19=JUICE Science Working Team|url=https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2021/EPSC2021-358.html|title=JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer): Plans for the cruise phase |conference=Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2021|date=July 2021|access-date=28 August 2021|doi=10.5194/epsc2021-358 |doi-access=free |url-access=subscription}}</ref> |- style="background:#CCFFD9" | colspan="2" | [[Solar Orbiter]] | {{flagicon|EUR}} [[European Space Agency|ESA]] | December 2026 | flyby | ''en route'' | gravity assist en route to inclined heliocentric orbit | | {{COSPAR|2020-010A}} <ref name="ESA Solar Orbiter"/> |}
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