2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

Earth orbit → Jupiter orbit → Earth orbit

Only the year is known (from the title), nine years after Discovery's mission in 2001. 2,544.5 million km in all on the map.

1. 1

   Leonov leaves Earth Earth, orbit · date unknown

   Not shown: Floyd, Curnow and Chandra fly out with the Soviet crew, asleep for most of the way.

   Alexei Leonov · 1,272.2 million km

2. 2

   Europa (Jupiter system) Jupiter, orbit · date unknown

   Leonov picks up chlorophyll on Europa; the probe sent down is destroyed by a burst of energy.

   Alexei Leonov

3. 3

   Aerobraking in Jupiter's atmosphere Jupiter, orbit · date unknown

   Leonov skims through Jupiter's clouds to slow down.

   Alexei Leonov

4. 4

   Discovery, orbiting Io (Jupiter system) Jupiter, orbit · 2010

   Curnow and Brailovsky board the derelict Discovery and Chandra wakes HAL.

   EVA pod

5. 5

   The monolith at the Jupiter–Io Lagrange point Jupiter, orbit · date unknown

   Brailovsky flies an EVA pod to the giant monolith and is killed.

   Leonov docked to Discovery

6. 6

   Leaving Jupiter as it ignites Jupiter, orbit · date unknown

   Discovery is burned as a booster; Leonov rides out the shock wave as Jupiter becomes a star.

   Alexei Leonov · 1,272.2 million km

7. 7

   Home to Earth Earth, orbit · date unknown

   Not shown: Leonov returns home while Floyd narrates the message to Earth.