BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion
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There are exactly 148 days left until BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion, which is 3550 hours or 212960 minutes.
BepiColombo Mercury Orbit Insertion will take place on Monday, November 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM.
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Hayabusa2 S-Type Asteroid (98943) Torifune Flyby
As part of its mission extension, JAXA's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will observe S-type asteroid (98943) Torifune during a high-speed fly-by. Location: (98943) Torifune.

Solar Orbiter Venus Flyby
Solar Orbiter, a partnership between ESA and NASA, will perform a gravity assist maneuver with Venus on December 24, 2026. Throughout its mission it also makes repeated gravity assist flybys of Venus to get closer to the Sun, and to change its orbital inclination, boosting it out of the ecliptic plane, to get the best – and first – views of the Sun’s poles. Location: Venus.

Juice Earth Flyby
Third flyby of ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission on its way to the Jovian system. Location: Earth.

Europa Clipper Earth Flyby
NASA’s Europa Clipper will fly by Earth for a second and final gravity assist on its way to Jupiter. Location: Earth.

SNC-1 Dream Chaser Landing
The Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC-1 Dream Chaser will land autonomously at the Launch and Landing Facility of Kennedy Space Center. Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.

Total Solar Eclipse in Europe
On 12 August 2026, a solar eclipse will be visible across parts of Europe and the north Atlantic. The path of totality will cross Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a small area of northeastern Portugal. Other parts of Europe will see a partial solar eclipse. Location: Europe & Northern Atlantic.
