• Basics of Space Flight
• N.E.A.R. trip to Eros. Eros is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids, with a mass thousands of times greater than similar asteroids. "NEAR" arrived at Eros in 1999 via a slingshot past Earth, but failed to brake hard enough on arrival, so didn't get into an orbit around Eros until its second attempt, on Feb 14 2000. Since then NEAR has been in an occasionally-adjusted orbit about Eros, with the last close approach to Eros taking place on Oct 26 2000.
• In December 2000 the Cassini spacecraft, on its journey to Saturn, will make its close approach to the giant planet Jupiter.
  Cassini's Venus-Venus-Earth-Jupiter Gravity Assisted journey to Saturn includes an approach within 6 million miles of Jupiter on December 30th. Cassini's speed, relative to the Sun, will increase by 2.2 km/s.
• Voyagers' tours of the outer planets
• Galileo's gravity assists with Ganymede, Callisto and Europa (image), and quantitative details of its assists from Venus, Earth and Earth. More info and VEEGA image.

More details about slingshots