Earth  Sun  ID: 20061

STEREO Enroute: Earth Flyby

STEREO A gets a final boost in velocity with a gravity-assist by the Earth.

Animation Credits

Chris Meaney (HTSI): Lead Animator
Therese Kucera (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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Mission:
STEREO

Data Used:
STEREO
The STEREO mission consists of two Sun-observing spacecraft that will travel around the Sun on orbits slightly inside and slightly outside Earth's orbit.
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This item is part of this series:
STEREO Pre-launch

Keywords:
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> STEREO
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Sun