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Posted by baalke on January 25, 2007, 11:10 am
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Welcome to the Space Calendar!
This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year. It is also available on the web at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
The web version of the Space Calendar includes over 1,600 links to
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home pages.
This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send
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updates or corrections to ron@jpl.nasa.gov. Note that launch dates
are subject to change at any time. Also, note that anniversary dates
are
listed in 5 year increments only.
The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:
o Vicky Barlow, Dieter Kaemmer, Enzo De Bernardini, David Bui, Tim
Bailey,
Patrick Schmeer, Yvan Dutil, Hartmut Frommert
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SPACE CALENDAR
January 25, 2007
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
January 2007
* Jan 25 - NSS-8 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 313 Chaldaea Occults HIP 72596 (7.2 Magnitude Star)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (0.447 AU)
Jan 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #91 (OTM-91)
* Jan 26 - Asteroid 6 Hebe Occults TYC 5834-00186-1 (11.7 Magnitude
Star)
* Jan 26 - Asteroid 372 Palma Occults HIP 41975 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
Jan 26 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Ranger 3 Launch
* Jan 27 - Comet P/2007 B1 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.460 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 1996 AW1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.023 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (0.977 AU)
Jan 27 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire (Gus Grissom, Edward
White &
Roger Chaffee)
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults HIP 80683 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
Jan 29 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
* Jan 29 - Comet P/2007 A2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.817 AU)
* Jan 29 - Asteroid 20 Massalia At Opposition (8.4 Magnitude)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 2006 CJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)
February 2007
* Feb ?? - New Horizons, Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM)
Feb ?? - NROL-25 Delta 4M Launch
Feb ?? - Bluesat Dnepr 1 Launch
Feb ?? - Orbcomm-CDS 3 Cosmos 3M Launch
Feb ?? - Vietnam DMC/Thai-Paht 2 Cosmos 3M Launch
Feb ?? - Beidou 2A CZ-3A Launch
Feb ?? - Anusat PSLV Launch
Feb ?? - Cosmos 2424 (Parus N97) Cosmos 3M Launch
* Feb ?? - Demosat (DARPA/Air Force) Falcon 1 Launch
* Feb ?? - Cosmos-Oko N88 Molniya M Launch
Feb 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #92 (OTM-92)
Feb 01 - Comet C/2005 W2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(3.273 AU)
* Feb 01 - Asteorid 243 Ida Occults TYC 1394-00924-1 (11.0 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 2006 AM4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 243 Ida Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.388 AU)
* Feb 02 - Asteroid 20635 (1999 TV96) Occults HIP 39863 (4.4 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 02 - Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (2.074
AU)
Feb 02 - Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (2.232 AU)
Feb 02 - 30th Anniverary (1977), Burnup of the Salyut 4 Space Station
(USSR)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (1.488
AU)
* Feb 04 - Asteroid 3804 Drunina Occults HIP 76106 (5.5 Magnitude Star)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 2004 RN251 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)
Feb 04 - 40th Anniverary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 3 Launch
Feb 05 - Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 182P/LONEOS Perihelion (0.980 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet Wiseman-Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
* Feb 06 - Asteroid 665 Sabine Occults HIP 45111 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 9349 Lucas Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
Feb 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #93 (OTM-93)
Feb 07 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation
* Feb 07 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 7363-01010-1 (7.5 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 2003 YX1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.040 AU)
* Feb 08 - Comet P/2007 B1 (Christensen) Perihelion (2.421 AU)
Feb 08 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)
Feb 08 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Ulysses, Jupiter Flyby
* Feb 09 - Asteroid 243 Ida Occults 2UCAC 38071956 (10.8 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 2266 Tchaikovsky Closest Approach To Earth (2.115
AU)
Feb 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 55565 (2002 AW197) Closest Approach To
Earth (45.817 A
U)
* Feb 10 - Saturn At Opposition
* Feb 10 - Asteroid 33876 (2000 JJ57) Occults HIP 10324 (4.4 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 11 - Comet 182P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (0.297 AU)
* Feb 12 - Asteroid 7887 Bratfest Occults HIP 28742 (7.0 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 12 - 60th Anniversary (1947), Sikhote Alin Meteorite Fall in
Russia
Feb 13 - Comet C/2006 M1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.556 AU)
* Feb 13 - Asteroid 945 Barcelona Occults HIP 56762 (7.6 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 2006 XB Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
Feb 13 - John Dreyer's 155th Birthday (1852)
* Feb 14 - Cosmos 2427 (Tselina-2 N23) Zenit 2 Launch
* Feb 14 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults UCAC2 26907353 (12.0 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 14 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Luna 20 Launch (Soviet Moon Sample
Return)
Feb 15 - THEMIS Delta 2 Launch
* Feb 15 - IGS-3B H-2A Launch (Japan)
* Feb 15 - Asteroid 489 Comacina Occults HIP 76603 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Feb 15 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Hiten, Moon Flyby
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 3325 TARDIS Occults HIP 80473 (4.6 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 16 - Asteroid 1451 Grano Occults HIP 75118 (6.1 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 17 - Comet C/2006 YC (Catalina-Christensen) Closest Approach To
Earth (4.116 A
U)
Feb 17 - Kuiper Belt Object 90482 Orcus Closest Approach To Earth
(46.825 AU)
Feb 18 - Chinese New Year
Feb 18 - Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
Feb 19 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #94 (OTM-94)
* Feb 19 - Asteroid 5129 Groom Occults HIP 48918 (7.3 Magnitude Star)
* Feb 19 - Asteroid 18958 (2000 QL128) Occults HIP 9295 (6.1 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.644
AU)
Feb 20 - 10th Anniverary (1997), Galileo, Europa 6 Flyby
Feb 20 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Friendship 7 Launch (John Glenn)
* Feb 21 - Asteroid 7612 (1996 CN2) Occults HIP 39999 (7.6 Magnitude
Star)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.766
AU)
Feb 22 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
* Feb 22 - Astro/NextSat-CSC/STS-Sat 1/NP-Sat
1/CFE-Sat/Midsar1/Falconsat 3/
MEPSI 4A & 4B Atlas 5 Launch
Feb 23 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 AU)
Feb 23 - 20th Anniverary (1987), Supernova 1987A Explosion
* Feb 24 - Comet P/2007 A3 (Petriew) Perihelion (0.938 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (1.413 AU)
Feb 25 - Rosetta, Mars Flyby
Feb 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #95 (OTM-95)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
Feb 27 - TerraSAR-X Dnepr 1 Launch
Feb 27 - Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (1.651 AU)
Feb 27 - Bernard Lyot's 110th Birthday (1897)
Feb 28 - New Horizons, Jupiter Flyby
Feb 28 - Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
March 2007
Mar ?? - Team Encounter F-1/Space Technology 6 Ariane 5 Launch
Mar ?? - Echostar 11 Zenit 3SL Launch
Mar ?? - Radarsat 2 Soyuz 2-1a Launch
* Mar ?? - TWINS-A Atlas 5 Launch
Mar ?? - Yamal 203/204 Proton K Launch
Mar ?? - Nigcomsat 1 CZ-3B Launch
Mar ?? - Thuraya 3 Zenit 3SL Launch
Mar ?? - Astra 1-L/Galaxy 17 Ariane 5 Launch
Mar ?? - Dialog 1 Rokot-Briz Launch
* Mar ?? - Insat 4-B/Skynet 5-A Ariane 5 Launch
* Mar ?? - Egyptsat 1/Saudisat 3/Saudicomsat 3-7/AKS 1 & 2 Dnepr 1
Launch
Mar ?? - 5th Anniversary (2002), Discovery of NWA 1195 Meteorite
(Mars Meteorite)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.224
AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.728 AU)
Mar 01 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Venera 13, Venus Landing/Flyby
(USSR)
Mar 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #96 (OTM-96)
Mar 02 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Pioneer 10 Launch (Jupiter Flyby
Mission)
* Mar 03 - Total Lunar Eclipse
Mar 04 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
Mar 05 - Comet C/2005 EL173 (LONEOS) Perihelion (3.886 AU)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (1.572 AU)
Mar 05 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Venera 14, Venus Landing/Flyby
(USSR)
Mar 05 - Gerard Mercator's 495th Birthday (1512)
Mar 06 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #97 (OTM-97)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 7328 Casanova Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU)
Mar 06 - Gordon Cooper's 80th Birthday (1927)
Mar 06 - Joseph Fraunhofer's 220th Birthday (1787)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (2.123 AU)
Mar 07 - Henry Draper's 170th Birthday (1837)
Mar 07 - John Herschel's 215th Birthday (1792)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (2.804 AU)
Mar 08 - 30th Annversary (1977), Discovery of Uranus' Rings
Mar 09 - Comet P/1999 J5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.224
AU)
* Mar 09 - Comet C/2006 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (6.136 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.042 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
Mar 10 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Mar 10 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
Mar 11 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)
* Mar 11 - Comet P/2007 A3 (Petriew) Closest Approach To Earth (1.643
AU)
Mar 11 - Asteroid 2005 ES70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
Mar 11 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (2.928 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 2004 RE84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Mar 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #98 (OTM-98)
Mar 13 - Comet C/2006 K3 (McNaught) Perihelion (2.501 AU)
Mar 13 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (1.704 AU)
Mar 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 136472 (2005 FY9) Closest Approach To
Earth (51.120 AU
)
Mar 14 - Comet C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.893
AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.896 AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (2.100
AU)
* Mar 15 - STS-117 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, S3/S4 Truss PV
Arrays,
(International Space Station 13A)
Mar 15 - Asteroid 99942 Aphophis Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)
Mar 16 - Comet Bus Closest Approach To Earth (1.336 AU)
Mar 16 - 45th Anniversary (1962), 1st Titan 2 Rocket Launch
Mar 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #99 (OTM-99)
* Mar 17 - Comet C/2006 Y2 (Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (0.800 AU)
* Mar 18 - Pluto Occults UCAC2 (14.9 Magnitude Star)
Mar 18 - Comet Kowal-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.861 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 2004 AM Near-Mars Flyby (0.028 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 2004 FA5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (2.119 AU)
Mar 18-21 - Space Engineering Conference (SEC '07), Albuquerque, New
Mexico
* Mar 19 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From Eastern Asia & Northern
Alaska)
Mar 20 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
Mar 20 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (4.093 AU)
Mar 21 - Vernal Equinox, 00:07 UT
Mar 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #100 (OTM-100)
* Mar 22 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (48 Degrees)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 2006 GB Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.950 AU)
Mar 23 - Wernher von Braun's 95th Birthday (1912)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 2001 FE7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 6602 Gilclark Closest Approach To Earth (0.948 AU)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.538 AU)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.612 AU)
Mar 25 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (Europe)
Mar 25 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.929
AU)
Mar 26 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Mar 26 - Globalstar-9 Soyuz-Fregat Launch
* Mar 26 - Comet C/2006 V1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.742
AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
Mar 27 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Launch (USSR Venus
Lander/Orbiter Missi
on)
* Mar 28 - Agile PSLV Launch
Mar 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #101 (OTM-101)
Mar 28 - Comet Harrington-Abell Closest Approach To Earth (1.721 AU)
Mar 28 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
Mar 28 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (2.703 AU)
Mar 28 - 205th Anniversary (1802), Heinrich Olbers' Discovery of
Asteroid 2 Pallas
Mar 29 - Comet C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (6.646
AU)
Mar 29 - 200th Anniversary (1807), Heinrich Olbers' Discovery of
Asteroid 4 Vesta
Mar 31 - Asteroid 2006 VV2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
Mar 31 - Asteroid 2004 FU162 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Mar 31 - Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.592
AU)
April 2007
Apr ?? - Chang'e 1 CZ-3A Launch (Chinese Lunar Orbiter)
Apr ?? - Rosetta, Deep Space Maneuver #3 (DSM-3)
Apr ?? - Horizons 2 Zenit 3SLB Launch
Apr ?? - Microscope Ariane 5 Launch
Apr ?? - Amsat Phase 3E Express Ariane 5 Launch
Apr ?? - SAR-Lupe 2 Cosmos 3M Launch
Apr ?? - Sumbandila/Vulcan/Compass 3 (2N) Shtil-2.1 Launch
* Apr ?? - Anik F-3 Proton M Launch
* Apr ?? - Star One C-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Apr ?? - GeoEye 1 (Orbview 5) Delta 2 Launch
* Apr 01 - DSP-23 Delta 4 Heavy Launch
* Apr 01 - Genesis 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
Apr 01 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.414 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.602
AU)
Apr 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #102 (OTM-102)
Apr 02 - Comet P/2006 T1 (Levy) Closest Approach To Earth (1.495 AU)
Apr 02 - Comet Schuster Perihelion (1.556 AU)
Apr 02 - Comet C/2006 U7 (Gibbs) Perihelion (4.433 AU)
Apr 02 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.938 AU)
Apr 03 - NROL-28 Atlas 5 Launch
Apr 03 - Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (0.927 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.618 AU)
Apr 04 - Comet Machholz 1 Perihelion (0.125 AU)
Apr 04 - Comet Comas Sola Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.311 AU)
Apr 04 - Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.916
AU)
Apr 05 - Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (2.589 AU)
Apr 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 136108 (2003 EL61) Closest Approach To
Earth (50.279 A
U)
Apr 05 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Ganymede 7 Flyby
Apr 06 - Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (2.401 AU)
Apr 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #103 (OTM-103)
Apr 07 - Asteroid 2002 OY21 Near-Mars Flyby (0.045 AU)
Apr 07 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.116 AU)
Apr 07 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
Apr 08 - Easter Sunday
Apr 08 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (1.594 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 2620 Santana Closest Approach To Earth (2.068 AU)
* Apr 09 - Soyuz TMA-10 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
14S)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 8120 Kobe Closest Approach To Earth (1.802 AU)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 5663 McKeegan Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
Apr 10 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Apr 12 - Asteroid 31664 Randiiwessen Closest Approach To Earth (1.516
AU)
Apr 12 - Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.266 AU)
Apr 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #104 (OTM-104)
Apr 13 - Asteroid 1994 GL Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Apr 14 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.410 AU)
Apr 16 - Comet C/2005 YW (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.978
AU)
Apr 16 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 16 Launch (Manned Moon
Landing)
Apr 16 - Wilbur Wright's 140th Birthday (1867)
Apr 16 - Leonardo DaVinci's 555th Birthday (1452)
* Apr 16-21 - Astronomy Week
Apr 17 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 3 Launch (Moon Lander)
Apr 18 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #105 (OTM-105)
Apr 19 - Comet 2P Encke Perihelion (0.339 AU)
Apr 19 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Salyut 7 Space Station Launch
* Apr 21 - Astronomy Day
Apr 21 - Asteroid 18106 Blume Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU)
Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
Apr 22 - Comet Kowal 1 Closest Approach To Earth (3.727 AU)
Apr 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #106 (OTM-106)
Apr 24 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Dione and Telesto
Apr 25 - AIM Pegasus XL Launch
Apr 26 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Apr 27 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.206
AU)
Apr 28 - Asteroid 2003 WW26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Apr 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #107 (OTM-107)
Apr 29 - Comet Helin-Roman-Crockett Closest Approach To Earth (3.239
AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
Apr 30 - NFIRE Minotaur Launch
Apr 30 - Asteroid 2002 FB3 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.016 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 2003 FU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.290 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.682 AU)
May 2007
* May ?? - New Horizons, Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM)
* May ?? - Katysat 1/KiwiSat/Atmocube/Cubesat-RAFT/Funsat/
UCISAT Dnepr 1 Launch
May ?? - Cbers 2B CZ-4B Launch
May ?? - TacSat 1/Celestis 5 Falcon 1 Launch
May ?? - Sinosat 3 CZ-3A Launch (China)
* May ?? - MDA-DST Minotaur 1 Launch
* May ?? - Direct-TV 10 Proton M Launch
May 02 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (0.958 AU)
May 03 - NROL-30 Atlas 5 Launch
May 03 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.155 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)
May 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #108 (OTM-108)
May 04 - Comet Holmes Perihelion (2.053 AU)
May 04 - Asteroid 1999 HF1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.048 AU)
May 04 - Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe Closest Approach To Earth (0.907 AU)
May 04 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.007 AU)
May 04 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)
May 04 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 4 Launch
May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
May 06 - Willem de Sitter's 135th Birthday (1872)
May 07 - Comet C/2006 S2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.161 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 1998 VO Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.958 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (2.125 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (2.643 AU)
May 07 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Ganymede 8 Flyby
May 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #109 (OTM-109)
May 08 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 2000 LG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
May 09 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.577 AU)
May 10 - Comet C/2006 F2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(4.110 AU)
May 10 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)
May 12 - Progress M-60 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
25P)
May 12 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
May 12 - Comet P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) Perihelion (1.880 AU)
May 13 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 Closest Approach To Earth (1.704 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.496
AU)
May 14 - Globalstar-10 (No. 69-72) Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
May 14 - Comet Hergenrother Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (0.909 AU)
May 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #110 (OTM-110)
May 15 - Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (1.816 AU)
May 15 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
May 15 - Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (2.198 AU)
May 15 - Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.822
AU)
May 17 - Comet 2P Encke Closest Approach To Earth (0.507 AU)
May 18 - Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.342 AU)
May 19 - Asteroid 2006 WN3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
May 19 - Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.519
AU)
May 19 - Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
May 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #111 (OTM-111)
May 20 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 5145 Pholus Closest Approach To Earth (20.254 AU)
May 21 - Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU)
May 22 - Asteroid 2003 YN107 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
May 23 - Asteroid 2003 HB Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
May 23 - Asteroid 6371 Heinlein Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
May 23 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (2.069
AU)
May 24 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)
May 24 - Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (2.124 AU)
May 24 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Aurora 7 Launch (Scott Carpenter)
May 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #112 (OTM-112)
May 26 - Cassini, Tethys & Epimetheus Distant Flyby
May 27 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Closest Approach To Earth (2.878 AU)
May 28 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
May 28 - Comet Machholz 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.618 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.591 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.222 AU)
May 29 - John F. Kennedy's 90th Birthday (1917)
May 30 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 Perihelion (2.711 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.251 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
May 31 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #113 (OTM-113)
* May 31 - Asteroid 4 Vesta At Opposition (5.4 Magnitude)
May 31 - Martin Schwarzschild's 95th Birthday (1912)
June 2007
Jun ?? - Sirius 4 Proton M Launch
Jun ?? - GPS 2RM F-6 Delta 2 Launch
Jun ?? - PAS-11 Zenit 3SLB Launch
Jun ?? - SAR-Lupe 3 Cosmos 3M Launch
Jun ?? - GOMS-Elektra 2 Zenit 2-Fregat Launch
Jun ?? - RapidEye 1-5 Dnepr 1 Launch
Jun ?? - HJ-1A/HJ-1B CZ-2C Launch (China)
Jun ?? - RazakSAT Falcon Launch
Jun ?? - Cosmos-Kobalt-M N3 Soyuz U Launch
Jun ?? - Molniya 1T N94 Molniya M Launch
Jun ?? - Cosmos-Glonass (N89/M9/M10) Proton K-DM2 Launch
Jun ?? - Beidou 2B CZ-3A Launch
* Jun ?? - B-Sat 3A Ariane 5 Launch
* Jun ?? - Meteor-M-N1 Soyuz 2-1b-Fregat Launch
Jun 01 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Closest Approach To Earth (1.144 AU)
Jun 01 - Asteroid 3420 Standish Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)
Jun 02 - Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth
(1.773 AU)
Jun 02 - Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.086
AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (1.545 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.308 AU)
Jun 05 - MESSENGER, 2nd Venus Flyby
Jun 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #114 (OTM-114)
Jun 05 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
Jun 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 28978 Ixion Closest Approach To Earth
(41.027 AU)
* Jun 06 - Jupiter At Opposition
Jun 06 - Asteroid 2004 KH17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.046 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.278 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (1.947 AU)
* Jun 09 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (45 Degrees)
Jun 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Closest Approach To Earth
(42.266 AU)
Jun 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #115 (OTM-115)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach TO Earth (1.522 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.719
AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.748
AU)
Jun 12 - Cassini, Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus & Methone Distant
Flyby
Jun 12 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4 Launch (Soviet Venus
Lander)
Jun 13 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jun 13 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 Perihelion (3.069 AU)
Jun 13 - Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (1.189
AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (0.910 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.872 AU)
Jun 14 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby
Mission)
Jun 15 - Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
Jun 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #116 (OTM-116)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth
(1.555 AU)
Jun 17 - Comet Russell-LINEAR Perihelion (1.593 AU)
Jun 18 - Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto Closest Approach To Earth (30.294
AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 2005 NW44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 2005 AD13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.772 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
* Jun 19 - Pluto At Opposition
Jun 19 - Comet C/2006 E1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (5.862
AU)
Jun 19 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth
(1.654 AU)
Jun 20 - Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
Jun 21 - Dawn Delta 2 Launch (Asteroid Orbiter)
Jun 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #117 (OTM-117)
* Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 18:06 UT
Jun 22 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (1.203 AU)
Jun 23 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (2.258 AU)
* Jun 24 - Comet C/2005 L3 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (4.825
AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (2.666 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 2005 AU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
Jun 25 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Callisto 9 Flyby
Jun 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #118 (OTM-118)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 2003 WE Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 1034 Mozartia Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)
Jun 27 - Cassini, Tethys, Methone & Mimas Distant Flyby
Jun 27 - 10th Anniversary (1997), NEAR, Asteroid Mathilde Flyby
Jun 28 - STS-118 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, S5 Truss Segment
(International Space Station 13A.1)
* Jun 28 - Wideband Gapfiller Satellte (WGS) F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
Jun 28 - Cassini, Enceladus, Prometheus, Epimetheus & Rhea Distant
Flyby
Jun 29 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jun 29 - SOAREX VI ATV X-1 Test Launch
Jun 29 - Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.203 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.444 AU)
Jun 30 - Oceansat 2/Can X-2/AAU-Cubsat 2/Cute 1.7/APD-2/Compass 1/
Delfi C3/Seeds 2 PSLV Launch
Jun 30 - Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU)
July 2007
* Jul ?? - Lunar TrailBlazer Dnepr 1 Launch (Commerical Moon Orbiter)
* Jul ?? - New Horizons Goes Into Hibernation
Jul ?? - Chinasat 6B CZ-3B Launch
Jul ?? - Insat 4C-R GSLV Launch (India)
Jul ?? - Uragan-Dummy K1/K2 Soyuz 2-1a-Fregat Launch
Jul ?? - Galaxy 18 Zenit 3SL Launch
Jul ?? - Cosmos-Prognoz N11 Proton K-DM2 Launch
Jul ?? - Resurs F2 Soyuz U Launch
Jul ?? - FSW-23 CZ-2D Launch
Jul ?? - TechSAR PSLV Launch (Israel)
Jul ?? - PS-2 KT-2 Launch
Jul ?? - Feng Yun 3A/Small Multimission Spacecraft CZ-4B Launch
(China)
Jul ?? - Spaceway 3 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Jul ?? - Cosmos-Geizer N21 Proton K Launch
Jul 01 - Kennedy Space Center's 45th Birthday (1962)
Jul 01 - 160th Anniversary (1847), Karl Hencke's Discovery of the
Asteroid 6 Hebe
Jul 02 - Comet Kowal 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.297 AU)
Jul 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #119 (OTM-119)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.714 AU)
Jul 03 - 15th Anniversary (1992), SAMPEX Launch
Jul 04 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Mars Pathfinder, Mars Landing
Jul 05 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.534 AU)
Jul 05 - Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (0.748 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.996 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (1.361 AU)
Jul 06 - 320th Anniversary (1687), Isaac Newton's Principia Published
Jul 07 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 07 - Comet P/1998 U2 (Mueller) Perihelion (2.032 AU)
Jul 07 - Comet Bus Perihelion (2.173 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Jul 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #120 (OTM-120)
Jul 08 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Near-Jupiter
Flyby
(0.0008 AU), Comet Breakup
Jul 09 - Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
Jul 10 - Comet 2002 X2 (NEAT) Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.252 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 2006 BZ147 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (2.428 AU)
Jul 10 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Giotto, Comet Grigg-Skjellerup
Flyby
Jul 10 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Telstar 1 Launch
Jul 10 - Alvan Clark's 175th Birthday (1832)
Jul 11 - Comet C/2006 S2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.212
AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
Jul 13 - Langley Research Center's 90th Birthday (1917)
Jul 14 - Comet P/2002 O5 (NEAT) Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
Jul 14 - Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.575
AU)
Jul 14 - Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (0.812
AU)
* Jul 15 - Block 2010 Spacecraft Risk Reduction Delta 2 Launch
Jul 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #121 (OTM-121)
Jul 15 - Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU)
Jul 16 - Comet C/2006 K4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.521 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (1.814
AU)
Jul 18 - Comet Ciffreo Perihelion (1.719 AU)
Jul 18 - Comet C/2005 S4 (McNaught) Perihelion (5.851 AU)
Jul 19 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jul 19 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Explorer 35 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Jul 20 - Cassini, Helene & Tethys Distant Flyby
Jul 20 - Comet C/2006 K1 (McNaught) Perihelion (4.426 AU)
Jul 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #122 (OTM-122)
* Jul 21 - Comet C/2006 XA1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.804 AU)
Jul 22 - Selene 1 H-2A Launch (Japan Lunar Orbiter)
Jul 22 - Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.294
AU)
Jul 22 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8, Venus Landing
Jul 22 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Landsat 1 Launch
Jul 23 - Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (0.281 AU)
Jul 23 - Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (0.730 AU)
* Jul 24 - Venus Express, End of Primary Mission
Jul 24 - Asteroid 2006 FH36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Jul 24 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Geotail Launch
* Jul 25 - Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-1) Jules Verne Ariane 5ESV
Launch
(International Space Station ATV-01)
Jul 26 - Comet P/2002 O5 (NEAT) Perihelion (1.173 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 2006 KZ39 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.048 AU)
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth
(1.854 AU)
Jul 29 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Burnup of Salyut 6 Space Station
(USSR)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 2001 WM15 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.010 AU)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
Jul 30 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.455 AU)
Jul 31 - Comet Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (13.834 AU)
August 2007
Aug ?? - NROL-29 Atlas 5 Launch
Aug ?? - Afristar 2 (Worldstar 3) Ariane 5 Launch
Aug ?? - HK-Sat 2 CZ-3C Launch
Aug ?? - JC-Sat 11 Proton M Launch
Aug ?? - Theos Dnepr 1 Launch
Aug ?? - Skynet 5B Ariane 5 Launch
Aug ?? - Meteor 3M N2 Soyuz 2-1B Launch
Aug ?? - Molniya 3K N3 Molniya M Launch (Russia)
Aug ?? - Ofeq 7 Shavit 1 Launch (Israel)
Aug ?? - Tansuo 2 KT-1 Launch
Aug ?? - Rascom QAF-1 CZ-3B Launch
Aug ?? - AirTV-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Aug ?? - Bissat Cosmos 3M Launch
* Aug ?? - Worldview 1 Delta 2 Launch
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 02 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 5 Launch
Aug 03 - Phoenix Delta 2 Launch (Mars Lander)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
Aug 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #123 (OTM-123)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (0.923
AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (1.830
AU)
Aug 05 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.986 AU)
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 06 - Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (1.341 AU)
Aug 06 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.682 AU)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 2002 CB19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.959 AU)
Aug 08 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.113 AU)
Aug 08 - 30th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 5 Space Station Burnup
Aug 09 - Phoenix, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #1 (TCM-1)
Aug 09 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU)
Aug 09 - Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
* Aug 10 - Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.015 AU)
Aug 10 - Comet Spacewatch Perihelion (1.524 AU)
Aug 10 - Asteroid 2000 PN8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Aug 10 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.721 AU)
Aug 10 - 15th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
Aug 10 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Daylight Fireball (Utah, Canada)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 7958 Leakey Closest Approach To Earth (0.878 AU)
Aug 11 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 Launch
Aug 11 - 130th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars
Moon Deimos
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 Launch
* Aug 13 - Neptune At Opposition
Aug 13 - Asteroid 17196 Mastrodemos Closest Approach To Earth (1.888
AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (1.945 AU)
Aug 13 - 365th Anniversary (1642), Christiaan Huygens' Discovery of
Mars'
South Polar Cap
Aug 14 - Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.391 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (4.603 AU)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 2005 CN61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 2004 KE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.360 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (1.914
AU)
Aug 17 - 130th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars
Moon Phobos
* Aug 18 - Kuiper Belt Object 2006 SQ372 Closest Approach To Earth
(23.226 AU)
Aug 19 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.242 AU)
Aug 20 - Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (1.107 AU)
Aug 20 - Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (1.875 AU)
Aug 20 - 30th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 2 Launch
Aug 21 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Copernicus Launch
Aug 23 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.459 AU)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.816 AU)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 25 - Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Aug 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #124 (OTM-124)
Aug 27 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Launch
* Aug 28 - Total Lunar Eclipse
* Aug 28 - ICO-G Atlas 5 Launch
Aug 28 - Asteroid 2004 TD10 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.021 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 9016 Henrymoore Closest Approach To Earth (1.170
AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 78577 JPL Closest Approach To Earth (1.974 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.987 AU)
Aug 30 - Cassini, Rhea Flyby
* Aug 30 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (8.9 Magnitude)
Aug 30 - 15th Anniversary (1992), David Jewitt's & Jane Luu's
Discovery
of the 1st Kuiper Belt Object (1992 QB1)
Aug 31 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Aug 31 - Asteroid 33342 (1998 WT24) Near-Mercury Flyby (0.049 AU)
September 2007
Sep ?? - TacSat 3 Minotaur 1 Launch
Sep ?? - AMC-14 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Sep ?? - Healthsat/Tauvex GSLV Launch
Sep ?? - Insat 4-D GSLV-1 Launch
Sep ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-3 Atlas 5 Launch
Sep ?? - Direct-TV 11 Zenit 3SL Launch
Sep ?? - Thor 2-R Proton M-Briz M Launch
Sep ?? - SSR-1 VSL-1 Launch (Brazil)
Sep ?? - Express AM-33 Proton K Launch
Sep ?? - Foton M-3/Yes-2 Soyuz U Launch
Sep ?? - GPS 2RM F-4 Delta 2 Launch
* Sep ?? - NROL-26 Delta 4H Launch
Sep 01 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
Sep 01 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.745 AU)
Sep 01 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Issue of Theodore Von Karman Stamp
Sep 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #125 (OTM-125)
Sep 02 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.260
AU)
Sep 03 - Progress M-61 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
26P)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (2.410 AU)
Sep 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #126 (OTM-126)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.977 AU)
Sep 05 - 30th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 1 Launch
Sep 06 - Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (1.180
AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel Closest Approach To Earth
(1.508)
Sep 07 - STS-120 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Node 2
(International Space Station 10A)
Sep 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #127 (OTM-127)
Sep 08 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Geotail, Moon Flyby
Sep 08 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Lander)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 2006 BZ147 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.766
AU)
Sep 09 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Conestoga I Launch (1st Private
Rocket)
Sep 09 - 115th Anniversary (1892), Edward Barnard's Discovery of
Jupiter Moon
Amalthea
Sep 10 - Cassini, Iapetus Flyby
* Sep 10 - Uranus At Opposition
Sep 10 - Asteroid 2002 SV Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
Sep 10 - James Keeler's 150th Birthday (1857)
* Sep 11 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible from South America,
Antarctica
Sep 11 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbit
Insertion
Sep 12 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (1.560 AU)
Sep 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #128 (OTM-128)
Sep 13 - Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (1.231 AU)
Sep 14 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Venus Flyby (0.049 AU)
Sep 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #129 (OTM-129)
Sep 17 - Comet Mueller 3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.969 AU)
Sep 17 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Callisto 10 Flyby
Sep 17 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's 150th Birthday (1857)
Sep 18 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (1.716
AU)
Sep 19 - Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (0.847 AU)
Sep 22 - Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)
Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox (09:51 UT)
Sep 23 - Asteroid 2001 RY47 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 1998 YM4 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.027 AU)
Sep 25 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Mars Observer Launch
Sep 26 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (1.765 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.972 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth
(1.946 AU)
Sep 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #130 (OTM-130)
Sep 28 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Alouette Launch (Canada's 1st
Satellite)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 2000 TH1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Sep 29 - 30th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 6 Launch (USSR Space
Station)
Sep 30 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Dione, Enceladus & Telesto
Sep 30 - Comet P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.608 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 2002 TA67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
October 2007
Oct ?? - GPS 2F F-1 Delta 4M Launch
Oct ?? - Canopus 1 Strela Launch
Oct ?? - Amos 3 Zenit 3SLB Launch
Oct ?? - Lutch 5A Soyuz 2-Fregat Launch
Oct ?? - GPS 2RM F-7 Delta 2 Launch
Oct ?? - Express AM-44/Express MD-1 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Oct ?? - Monitor IR1 Rokot KM Launch
Oct ?? - Star One C-2 Ariane 5 Launch
Oct ?? - SAR-Lupe 4 Cosmos 3M Launch
Oct ?? - Sicral 2 Ariane 5 Launch
* Oct ?? - Sudansat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
* Oct ?? - Dong Fang Hong (DFH) 4 F-1 CZ-3B Launch (China)
* Oct ?? - Winds H-2A Launch (Japan)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.881
AU)
Oct 02 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Oct 02 - Phoenix, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.464 AU)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)
Oct 03 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen Closest Approach To Earth (1.050 AU)
Oct 03 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Sigma 7 Launch (Walter Schirra)
Oct 03 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Zagami Meteorite Fall (Mars
Meteorite)
Oct 04 - 50th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 1 Launch
Oct 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #131 (OTM-131)
Oct 05 - Comet Kojima Perihelion (2.012 AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.528
AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 7862 Keikonakamura Closest Approach To Earth (1.636
AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.635 AU)
Oct 05 - European Southern Observatory's (ESO) 45th Birthday (1962)
Oct 05 - Robert Goddard's 125th Birthday (1882)
Oct 06 - Soyuz TMA-11 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
15S)
Oct 06 - DMSP F-18 Atlas 5 Launch
Oct 06 - Asteroid 37582 Faraday Closest Approach To Earth (0.946 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.002
AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
Oct 08 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Pioneer Venus' Burnup in Venus'
Atmosphere
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Asteroid 2004 TJ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth
(1.215 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 9969 Braille Closest Approach To Earth (2.005 AU)
Oct 09 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Peekskill Meteorite Fall (Hit Car)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 5430 Luu Closest Approach To Earth (1.841 AU)
Oct 11 - Asteroid 2006 QQ56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Oct 11 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.804
AU)
Oct 12 - Asteroid 2001 CA21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (1.493 AU)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 39382 Opportunity Closest Approach To Earth (2.371
AU)
Oct 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) Closest Approach To
Earth (40.026 AU)
Oct 14 - Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris Closest Approach To Earth (95.831
AU)
Oct 14 - 60th Anniversary (1947), Chuck Yeager Breaks Sound Barrier
Oct 15 - Asteroid 117329 Spencer Closest Approach To Earth (1.754 AU)
Oct 15 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Cassini Launch
Oct 16 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.822
AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Appraoch To Earth (1.903 AU)
Oct 17 - STS-122 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery, ESA's Columbus
Laboratory
(International Space Station 1E)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)
Oct 18 - MESSENGER, Deep Space Maneuver 2 (DSM-2)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 1999 TM12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 11548 Jerrylewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.722
AU)
Oct 18 - 30th Anniversary (1977), Charles Kowal's Discovery of Chiron
Oct 18 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4, Venus Landing
Oct 18 - 160th Anniversary (1847), John Hind's Discovery of Asteroid
8 Flora
Oct 18 - Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (2.001 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (0.761 AU)
Oct 19 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5, Venus Flyby
Oct 20 - Asteroid 4923 Clarke Closest Approach To Earth (1.128 AU)
Oct 20 - Christopher Wren's 375th Birthday (1632)
Oct 21 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan & Hyperion
Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.355 AU)
Oct 21 - Yerkes Observatory's 110th Birthday (1897)
Oct 22 - Comet Mueller 3 Perihelion (2.961 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 2340 Hathor Near-Earth Flyby (0.060 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 43844 Rowling Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.664 AU)
Oct 23 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Helene
Oct 24 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pallene & Prometheus
Oct 25 - Henry Russell's 130th Birthday (1877)
Oct 27 - Comet Lovas 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.833 AU)
* Oct 28 - Venus At Its Greatest Western Elongation (46 Degrees)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (1.772 AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 886 Washingtonia Closest Approach To Earth (1.476
AU)
Oct 29 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.353 AU)
Oct 30 - Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.789
AU)
* Oct 31 - Mars Express, End of Extended Mission
Oct 31 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.272 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (1.727 AU)
November 2007
Nov ?? - Chandrayaan 1 PSLV Launch (India - Lunar Orbiter)
Nov ?? - Mars Gravity Biosatellite Falcon 1 Launch
Nov ?? - Cosmo Skymed 1 Delta 2 Launch
Nov ?? - Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) F-2 Delta 4M Launch
Nov ?? - Intelsat-Americas 9 Zenit 3SL
Nov ?? - TerreStar 1 Ariane 5 Launch
Nov ?? - X-Sat PSLV Launch
Nov ?? - Equars VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
Nov ?? - GPS 2RM F-5 Delta 2 Launch
Nov ?? - Insat 3-D GSLV Launch (India)
* Nov ?? - GSTB-V2B (Giove B) Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
* Nov ?? - Yamal 301/302 Proton K-DM-2M Launch
* Nov ?? - TWINS-B Pegasus XL Launch
Nov 01 - NROL-24 Atlas 5 Launch
Nov 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #132 (OTM-132)
Nov 01 - Comet Arend Perihelion (1.924 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (1.088 AU)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (1.371 AU)
Nov 02 - Comet Arend Closest Approach To Earth (0.999 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
Nov 02 - 5th Anniversary (2002), Stardust, Asteroid 5535 Annefrank
Flyby
Nov 02 - 90th Anniversary (1917), Mount Wilson 100-inch Telescope
First Light
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.634 AU)
Nov 03 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Sputnik 2 Launch (Laika Dog)
Nov 04 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
Nov 05 - 5th Anniversary (2002), Galileo Amalthea 34 Flyby
Nov 07 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Lander)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 2005 GL Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Nov 08 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall (Hit
House)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.622 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Appoach To Earth (1.834 AU)
Nov 09 - 40th Anniversary (1967), 1st Saturn V Launch (Apollo 4)
Nov 10 - Asteroid 7086 Bopp Closest Approach To Earth (0.849 AU)
Nov 10 - Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.239
AU)
* Nov 11 - Dwarf Planet Ceres At Opposition (7.2 Magnitude)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 1999 XN141 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.384 AU)
Nov 11 - 435th Anniversary (1572), Tycho Brahe's Discovery of SN1572
Nov 12 - Comet P/2006 U2 (Jedicke) Closest Approach To Earth (3.163
AU)
Nov 12 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
Nov 13 - Rosetta, 2nd Earth Flyby
Nov 13 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.231 AU)
Nov 14 - Comet P/2006 R2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.947 AU)
Nov 15 - Progress M-62 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station)
Nov 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #133 (OTM-133)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.898 AU)
Nov 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna Closest Approach To Earth
(87.317 AU)
Nov 16 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Rhea
* Nov 16 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (1.215
AU)
Nov 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pandora, Pan, Epimetheus & Calypso
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - Henry Gellibrand's 410th Birthday (1597)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 73079 Davidbaltimore Closest Approach To Earth
(1.808 AU)
Nov 19 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
* Nov 20 - Asteroid 8 Flora At Opposition (8.0 Magnitude)
Nov 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #134 (OTM-134)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.310 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.742
AU)
Nov 23 - 30th Anniversary (1977), Meteosat 1 Launch (ESA's 1st
Satellite)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 11500 (1989 UR) Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 18626 Michaelcarr Closest Approach To Earth (0.852
AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.985 AU)
Nov 25 - Space Tracking and Surveillance System (SSTS 1 & 2) Block
2006 Delta 2 La
unch
Nov 25 - Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.536 AU)
Nov 26 - GLAST Delta 2 Launch
Nov 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #135 (OTM-135)
Nov 26 - Comet C/2006 V1 (Catalina) Perihelion (2.674 AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.438 AU)
Nov 28 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.190 AU)
Nov 29 - Comet C/2006 K4 (NEAT) Perihelion (3.189 AU)
Nov 29 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Wresat 1 Launch (Australia's 1st
Satellite)
December 2007
Dec ?? - SBIRS-High F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
Dec ?? - Cosmos-Glonass N90/M11/M12 Proton K-DM2 Launch
Dec ?? - HK-Sat 1 CZ-3C Launch (China)
Dec ?? - Apstar 6B CZ-3B Launch
Dec ?? - NROL-39 Atlas 5 Launch
Dec ?? - Sitch 2 Tsyklon 3 Launch
Dec ?? - Cosmo-Skymed 2 Delta 2 Launch
* Dec ?? - Measat 1-R Zenit 3SLB Launch
* Dec ?? - Condor E Strela Launch
* Dec ?? - XSS-12 Delta 2 Launch
* Dec ?? - Cosmos-Persona N1 Soyuz 2-1b Launch
* Dec ?? - Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite (GOSAT) H-2A Launch
(Japan)
* Dec ?? - GOES-O Delta 4 Launch
* Dec ?? - Resurs O1-05 Zenit 2 Launch
* Dec ?? - RISAT PSLV Launch (India)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 2006 KK89 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 9954 Brachiosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.444
AU)
Dec 01 - Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.752 AU)
Dec 01 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos Closest Approach To Earth
(40.857 AU)
Dec 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #136 (OTM-136)
Dec 02 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto & Mimas
Dec 02 - Comet 179P/Jedicke Perihelion (4.087 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
Dec 03 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Epimetheus
Dec 03 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.557 AU)
Dec 05 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Dec 06 - STS-123 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Japan's ELM-PS +
Canadian Hand "
Dextre" (International Space Station 1J/A)
Dec 06 - NOAA-N Prime (NOAA-19) Delta 2 Launch
Dec 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190 Closest Approach To Earth
(57.180 AU)
Dec 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #137 (OTM-137)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 2006 US216 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Dec 07 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
Dec 07 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 17 Launch (Last Manned
Mission to the Moo
n)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth
(1.407 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.720 AU)
Dec 08 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Galileo, 2nd Earth Flyby
Dec 09 - Comet C/2006 S5 (Hill) Perihelion (2.630 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 3783 Morris Closest Approach To Earth (1.447 AU)
Dec 10 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Mihonoseki Meteorite Fall (Fell
Through Roof Of
A
House In Japan)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 5066 Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU)
Dec 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #138 (OTM-138)
Dec 12 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1 Perihelion (1.464 AU)
Dec 12 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Pioneer 8 Launch
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - 35 Years (1972) Since Man Has Been to the Moon (Apollo 17)
Dec 14 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2, Venus Flyby
Dec 15 - Asteroid 2005 WX Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Dec 16 - Comet P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) Perihelion (2.552 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 2003 FJ8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 5720 Halweaver Closest Approach To Earth (0.791 AU)
Dec 16 - Arthur C. Clarke's 90th Birthday (1917)
Dec 16 - Edward Barnard's 150th Birthday (1857)
Dec 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #139 (OTM-139)
* Dec 17 - Comet Lovas 1 Perihelion (1.705 AU)
Dec 17 - Asteroid 4444 Escher Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
Dec 18 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (2.627 AU)
Dec 19 - Mars Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU)
* Dec 19 - Comet P/2006 W4 (Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (3.837 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 2001 XX103 Near-Venus Flyby (0.046 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 149 Medusa Closest Approach To Earth (1.076 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 8353 Megryan Closest Approach To Earth (2.120 AU)
Dec 20 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Dec 20 - 5th Anniversary (2002), Nozomi, Earth Flyby
* Dec 22 - Winter Solstice, 06:08 UT
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Asteroid 1247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (2.344
AU)
Dec 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #140 (OTM-140)
Dec 23 - 335th Anniversary (1672), Giovanni Cassini's Discovery of
Saturn Moon Rhe
a
* Dec 24 - Mars At Opposition
Dec 25 - Asteroid 9500 Camelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.220 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 2005 HB4 Near-Mars Flyby (0.031 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (1.955 AU)
Dec 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #141 (OTM-141)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 2003 YT70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.135 AU)
Dec 28 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (2.187 AU)
Dec 28 - Arthur Eddington's 125th Birthday (1882)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.030 AU)
Dec 29 - 30th Anniversary (1977), Discovery of ALHA 77005 Meteorite
(Mars Meteorit
e)
Dec 31 - Deep Impact, Earth Flyby
Dec 31 - Asteroid 2005 YO3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.807
AU)
January 2008
* Jan ?? - SMOS/Proba 2 Rokot KM Launch
* Jan ?? - ProtoStar 1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Jan ?? - Radio-Astron Zenit 2-Fregat-SB Launch
* Jan ?? - Cosmos-Liana Tsyklon 2K Launch
* Jan ?? - GOCE Rokot Launch
* Jan ?? - IGS-4A/IGS-4B H-2A Launch
* Jan ?? - Koronas-Foton Zenit 2 Launch
* Jan ?? - Zohreh 1 Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
* Jan ?? - Cosmos Glonass K1+K2 Soyuz 2 Fregat Launch
* Jan ?? - Nimiq 4 Proton M-Briz M Launch
* Jan 01 - Comet Tuttle Near-Earth Flyby (0.251 AU)
* Jan 01 - Asteroid 2003 FY6 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.018 AU)
* Jan 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #142 (OTM-142)
* Jan 03 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Dione, Pallene, Janus, Prometheus
&
Pandora
* Jan 03 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 137805 (1999 YK5) Near-Mercury Flyby (0.036 AU)
* Jan 03 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.798 AU)
* Jan 04 - Isaac Newton's 365th Birthday (1643)
* Jan 05 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
* Jan 06 - 10th Anniversary (1998), Lunar Prospector Launch (Moon
Orbiter)
* Jan 06 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Lander)
* Jan 07 - Asteroid 17640 Mount Stromlo Closest Approach To Earth
(1.217 AU)
* Jan 08 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.811 AU)
* Jan 08 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Luna 21 Launch (USSR Moon
Lander/Rover)
* Jan 08 - Sir Frank Dyson's 140th Birthday (1868)
* Jan 09 - Asteroid 434 Hungaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.218 AU)
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia At Opposition (8.2 Magnitude)
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 2005 WJ56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (0.884 AU)
* Jan 12 - Asteroid 2001 FZ57 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.037 AU)
* Jan 15 - MESSENGER, 1st Mercury Flyby
* Jan 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #143 (OTM-143)
* Jan 15 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Methone & Pandora
* Jan 15 - Comet C/2005 L3 (McNaught) Perihelion (5.593 AU)
* Jan 15 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.255 AU)
* Jan 19 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (2.278 AU)
* Jan 20 - Asteroid 5231 Verne Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
* Jan 20 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (3.447
AU)
* Jan 21 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (1.760 AU)
* Jan 22 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
* Jan 22 - Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach To Earth (1.516
AU)
* Jan 22 - Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (2.335 AU)
* Jan 22 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 5 Launch
* Jan 24 - Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (1.980
AU)
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 2006 VX2 Near-Venus Flyby (0.016 AU)
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (0.848
AU)
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)
* Jan 25 - 25th Anniversary (1983), IRAS Launch
* Jan 26 - Comet Tuttle Perihelion (1.027 AU)
* Jan 26 - Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (1.624 AU)
* Jan 26 - 30th Anniversary (1978), IUE Launch
* Jan 27 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan, Atlas, Epimetheus,
Prometheus &
Pandora
* Jan 27 - 100th Anniversary (1908), Philibert Melotte's Discovery of
Jupiter Moon Pasiphae
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 17898 Scottsheppard Closest Approach To Earth
(1.271 AU)
* Jan 28 - Asteroid 13926 Berners-Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.781
AU)
* Jan 29 - Progress M-63 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
28P)
* Jan 29 - Asteroid 79896 Billhaley Closest Approach To Earth (1.383
AU)
* Jan 30 - 140th Anniversary (1868), Pultusk Meteorite Shower in Poland
* Jan 31 - Asteroid 2710 Veverka Closest Approach To Earth (1.223 AU)
* Jan 31 - 50th Anniversary (1958), Explorer 1 Launch (1st US Satellite)
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