2004 in spaceflight

2004 in spaceflight

Launches

This is a list of spaceflights launched in 2004.

Deep Space Rendezvous in 2004

*January 2Stardust flyby of 81P/Wild (Wild 2) collecting dust
*January 3Spirit landed on Mars (Gusev Crater)
*January 24Opportunity landed on Mars (Meridiani Planum)
*February 4 — Ulysses 2nd flyby of Jupiter
*May 19Hayabusa flyby of the Earth
*June 11Cassini flyby of Phoebe (2,000 km)
*July 1 — Cassini entered Saturnian orbit
*September 8 — capsule from Genesis crashlanded on the Earth with 0.4 milligram of Solar sample
*26 October — Cassini flyby of Titan, Ta (1,200 km)
*November 15SMART-1 entered Selenocentric orbit
*13 December — Cassini flyby of Titan, Tb (2,336 km)

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