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flyby [′flī‚bī] (aerospace engineering) A close approach of a space vehicle to a target planet in which the vehicle does not impact the planet or go into orbit around it. Also known as swing-by. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The passage was the mission's 22nd flyby of Titan, and Cassini is scheduled to make 23 more passes during the next 2 years. The Venus flyby is the first of two that NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will complete on its way to Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun. Caption: NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn's moon Dione, coming within 310 miles of Dione's cratered surface during a flyby on October 11. |
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