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                               SPACE CALENDAR
                               June 27, 2003 
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

Part 2 of 5

August 2003 (Continued)

  Aug 15 - Astreroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth
            (0.681 AU)
* Aug 16 - Asteroid 37655 Illapa Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
  Aug 17 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
  Aug 18 - NRO B-36 Titan 4B Launch
  Aug 18 - Comet Hartley 1 Perihelion (1.980 AU)
  Aug 20 - Asteroid 2003 GY Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
  Aug 21 - Asteroid 2002 OA22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.160 AU)
  Aug 22 - Asteroid 978 Aidamina Occults TYC 1678-00590-1 (9.2
            Magnitude Star)
  Aug 22 - Asteroid 1997 GD32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.114 AU)
* Aug 23 - SIRTF Delta 2 Launch
* Aug 24 - Yamal 201/202 Proton K Launch
  Aug 24 - Uranus At Opposition
* Aug 24 - Comet du Toit Closest Approach To Earth (1.121 AU)
  Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 25 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.045 AU)
  Aug 25 - Asteroid 1978 CA Near-Earth Flyby (0.324 AU)
  Aug 26 - Asteroid 420 Bertholda Occults TYC 5757-00353-1 (8.7
            Magnitude Star)
* Aug 27 - Insat 3E/E-Bird/SMART-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Aug 27 - Mars Closest Approach To Earth
  Aug 27 - Comet du Toit Perihelion (1.274 AU)
  Aug 27 - Asteroid 1998 CS1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.033 AU)
* Aug 28 - Cosmos 1 Volna Launch (Solar Sail Mission)
  Aug 28 - Mars At Opposition
  Aug 28 - Asteroid 2002 JR100 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
  Aug 28 - Asteroid 2002 AL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.298 AU)
  Aug 28 - 10th Anniversary (1993), Galileo Flyby Of Asteroid Ida &
            Dactyl
  Aug 29 - Comet Russell 4 Perihelion (2.231 AU)
* Aug 30 - Progress M-48 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
            12P)
* Aug 30 - Asteroid 2003 MU Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)

September 2003
* Sep ?? - Mars Express, Trajectory Correction Maneuver
  Sep ?? - CBERS-2 CZ-4B Launch
  Sep ?? - Telstar 8 Zenit 3SL Launch
  Sep ?? - NROL-19 Titan 4B Launch
* Sep ?? - Tansuo KT-1 Launch (China)
* Sep ?? - M2A Delta 4 Launch
* Sep ?? - Cosmos Proton K Launch
* Sep ?? - Resurs F2 Soyuz U Launch
* Sep ?? - Cosmos-Glonass N & M Proton K Launch
* Sep ?? - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
  Sep 01 - Galileo Exits Solar Conjunction
  Sep 01 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth
            (4.737 AU)
  Sep 02 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth(1.407 AU)
* Sep 03 - Superbird 6 Atlas 2AS Launch
  Sep 05 - Asteroid 1998 SU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.188 AU)
* Sep 08 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory
            Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
  Sep 08 - Asteroid 2001 QJ96 Near-Earth Flyby (0.179 AU)
  Sep 09 - Moon Occults Mars
  Sep 09 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (Soviet Venus
            Lander)
  Sep 10 - IGS-1B/IGS-2B H-2A Launch (Japan)
  Sep 11 - Asteroid 357 Ninina Occults HIP 29752 (7.0 Magnitude Star)
  Sep 11 - Asteroid 1998 VS Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
  Sep 11 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.204 AU)
  Sep 12 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.004
            AU)
  Sep 13 - Comet Kowal 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.786 AU)
  Sep 13 - Asteroid 2000 OK8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.270 AU)
  Sep 14 - Asteroid 2001 CL42 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
  Sep 14 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (Soviet Moon
            Orbiter)
  Sep 14 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (Soviet Venus
            Lander)
  Aug 18 - NRO B-36 Titan 4B Launch
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 GF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
  Sep 17 - Asteroid 22771 (1999 CU3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
  Sep 19 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.727 AU)
  Sep 19 - 155th Anniversary (1848), William and George Bond's
            Discovery of Saturn Moon Hyperion
  Sep 20 - Asteroid 2002 AG29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.271 AU)
  Sep 21 - Galileo, Jupiter Impact
  Sep 21 - Asteroid 2001 QL142 Near-Earth Flyby (0.204 AU)
  Sep 22 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.903 AU)
  Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 10:47 UT
  Sep 23 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe Occults TYC 6844-03116-1 (9.9
            Magnitude Star)
  Sep 25 - Comet Wild 2 Perihelion (1.590 AU)
  Sep 25 - Asteroid 94 Aurora Occults HIP 39424 (5.1 Magnitude Star)
  Sep 26 - Mercury Greatest Western Elongation (17 Degrees)
  Sep 26 - Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Near-Earth Flyby (0.122 AU)
  Sep 26 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
  Sep 28 - Asteroid 1999 TO13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.105 AU)
  Sep 29 - Asteroid 1998 RO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.125 AU)

October 2003
  Oct ?? - Lunar TrailBlazer Launch (Commerical Moon Orbiter)
* Oct ?? - Servis 1 Rokot KM Launch
* Oct ?? - Satmex-6 Ariane 5 Launch
  Oct 01 - Asteroid 2001 SH276 Near-Earth Flyby (0.263 AU)
  Oct 01 - NASA's 45th Birthday (1958)
  Oct 02 - Comet Maury Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
  Oct 03 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Perihelion (3.634 AU)
  Oct 03 - Asteroid 1997 US9 Near-Venus Flyby (0.040 AU)
* Oct 04 - Asteroid 2003 KP2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
  Oct 04 - Asteroid 1998 TU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.195 AU)
  Oct 06 - Moon Occults Mars
  Oct 07 - UHF F11 Atlas 3 Launch
  Oct 07 - Asteroid 1998 UP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.126 AU)
  Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) at Opposition (39.953
            AU)
  Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
  Oct 09 - Comet Van Biesbroeck Perihelion (2.415 AU)
  Oct 09 - Asteroid 1354 Botha Occults HIP 3652 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 10 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction
            Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
  Oct 10 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
  Oct 11 - Asteroid 1991 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
  Oct 11 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch
  Oct 11 - Wilhelm Olbers' 245th Birthday (1758)
  Oct 12 - Comet P/2002 O8 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(2.848 AU)
* Oct 13 - Comet C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.024 AU)
  Oct 13 - British Interplanetary Society 70th Birthday (1933)
  Oct 14 - Asteroid 2002 RR25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
* Oct 15 - MLV-14/NROL-18 Atlas II AS Launch
* Oct 16 - Comet C/2003 J1 (NEAT) Perihelion (5.117 AU)
  Oct 16 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
* Oct 17 - GPS 2R-10 Delta 2 Launch
  Oct 17 - Asteroid 2000 HD24 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.038 AU)
  Oct 18 - TMA-3 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 7S)
  Oct 18 - Asteroid 1990 UA Near-Earth Flyby (0.131 AU)
  Oct 18 - Asteroid 2000 FK10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.175 AU)
  Oct 18 - Asteroid 4197 (1982 TA) Near-Earth Flyby (0.187 AU)

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