It’s widely known as a gravitational slingshot, though most scientists refer to it as a gravitational assist, and it’s an essential tool for most interplanetary missions.

What is a gravitational assist maneuver or slingshot and how does it work? This question was originally answered on Quora by Paul Mainwood.

According to a new report, it is possible that interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua, a mammoth, cigar-shaped rock, was hurled towards our solar system from the gravitational slingshot of a binary star ...

According to a recent story by CGTN, the satellites were "rescued" after 123 days using a gravitational slingshot maneuver. In short, the engineers used the gravity of Earth, the moon, and the sun ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself towards Jupiter's smallest moon later this week. The craft launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in ...

One test will measure the way atoms move in a gravitational field while in an eccentric orbit around Earth–a measurement that could shed light on the strange slingshot speed bump.

A recent Earth-moon flyby slowed JUICE enough to divert it toward Venus, where it will receive an important gravitational slingshot in 2025.

The second gravity assist will see Lucy slingshot around Earth so that it can fly past six Trojan asteroids, including Eurybates, its satellite Queta, and Polymele, its unnamed satellite, and the ...

It could soon find millions more US Representatives worry Trump's NASA budget plan will make it harder to track dangerous asteroids China saves 2 doomed satellites with novel 'gravitational slingshot' ...

Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne struggle for command on a ship headed to a moon of Saturn, in a sci-fi movie that feels as soft-headed as its characters.

It’s widely known as a gravitational slingshot, though most scientists refer to it as a gravitational assist, and it’s an essential tool for most interplanetary missions. As a spacecraft ...