2008 in spaceflight
Deep Space Rendezvous

2008 in spaceflight

Section Title: Deep Space Rendezvous
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Date (GMT)	Spacecraft	Event	Remarks

5 January	Cassini	40th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,010 kilometres (630 mi)

14 January	MESSENGER	1st flyby of Mercury	Closest approach: 200 kilometres (120 mi) at 19:04 GMT

22 February	Cassini	41st flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

12 March	Cassini	3rd flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 52 kilometres (32 mi)

25 March	Cassini	42nd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

12 May	Cassini	43rd flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)

25 May	Phoenix	Landing on Mars	Region D, Arctic area - Green Valley, near the Heimdal crater: 68°N, 236°E. Touchdown at 23:38 GMT. Successful

28 May	Cassini	44th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,400 kilometres (870 mi)

31 July	Cassini	45th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,613 kilometres (1,002 mi)

11 August	Cassini	4th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 54 kilometres (34 mi)

5 September	Rosetta	Flyby of 2867 Šteins	Closest approach: 800 kilometres (500 mi)

6 October	MESSENGER	2nd flyby of Mercury

9 October	Cassini	5th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 25 kilometres (16 mi)

31 October	Cassini	6th flyby of Enceladus	Closest approach: 200 kilometres (120 mi)

3 November	Cassini	46th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,100 kilometres (680 mi)

8 November	Chandrayaan-1	Injection into Selenocentric orbit	Periselene: 504 kilometres (313 mi), Aposelene: 7,502 kilometres (4,662 mi)

14 November	MIP	Landing on the Moon	Lunar Impactor

19 November	Cassini	47th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 1,023 kilometres (636 mi)

5 December	Cassini	48th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 960 kilometres (600 mi)

21 December	Cassini	49th flyby of Titan	Closest approach: 970 kilometres (600 mi)

Sentence(s)

In September, Rosetta flew at 2867 Šteins.

final_sentence: In September, Rosetta flew at 2867 Šteins.