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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 1,100 links to
related home pages.

This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke.  Please send
any updates or corrections to ron{at}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 Shirley Wolff, Dieter Kaemmer, Vojko Kogej, Patrick Schmeer,
  Paul Moraitis, Bill Avery

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

Part 1 of 5

June 2003
  Jun 27 - Comet P/2002 T5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.934 AU)
  Jun 27 - Mars Occults TYC 5817-01202-1 (11.8 Magnitude Star)
  Jun 27 - Asteroid 1998 FH12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
* Jun 28 - Mars Exploration Rover B (Opportunity) Delta 2 Launch
* Jun 28 - OrbView-3 Pegasus XL Launch
  Jun 28 - Comet Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
  Jun 28 - Comet C/2003 F1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (4.008 AU)
  Jun 29 - Comet C/2003 H3 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(2.050 AU)
  Jun 29 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(2.824 AU)
  Jun 29 - George Hale's 135th Birthday (1868)
  Jun 30 - MOST/Mimosa/Monitor E Mock-Up Rokot Launch
  Jun 30 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Saturn
  Jun 30 - Asteriod 108 Hecuba Occults TYC 6872-00875-1 (9.6
            Magnitude Star)
  Jun 30 - Asteroid 1357 Khama Occults TYC 6832-00557-1 (9.9
            Magnitude Star)
  Jun 30 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
  Jun 30 - 95th Anniversary (1908), Tunguska Explosion

July 2003
  Jul ?? - Gruzomaket Strela Launch
  Jul 01 - 2060 Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (11.183 AU)
  Jul 02 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.385
            AU)
  Jul 02 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
  Jul 02 - Asteroid 2001 XR31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.278 AU)
  Jul 02 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
  Jul 03 - Asteroid 1999 LT7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
  Jul 03 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Nozomi Launch(Japan Mars Orbiter)
  Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
  Jul 04 - Henrietta Leavitt's 135th Birthday (1868)
  Jul 06 - Comet Whipple Perihelion (3.088 AU)
  Jul 06 - Comet Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
  Jul 06 - Asteroid 2000 WN63 Near-Earth Flyby (0.233 AU)
  Jul 06 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of
            Jupiter Moon Lysithea
* Jul 07 - Asteroid 469 Argentina Occults HIP 69577 (8.7 Magnitude
            Star)
  Jul 07 - Asteroid 2003 FT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.157 AU)
  Jul 07 - Asteroid 7066 Nessus At Opposition (17.096 AU)
* Jul 08 - Mars Exploration Rover-B (Opportunity), Trajectory
            Correction Maneuver #1 (TCM-1)
  Jul 08 - Venus Passes 0.8 Degrees From Saturn
  Jul 08 - Asteroid 2000 QP Near-Earth Flyby (0.213 AU)
  Jul 09 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (2.792 AU)
  Jul 09 - Asteroid 2003 CC Near-Earth Flyby (0.189 AU)
* Jul 10 - Comet C/2003 KV2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.063 AU)
  Jul 10 - Asteroid 58 Concordia Occults TYC 5737-00035-1 (9.7
            Magnitude Star)
  Jul 12 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.487 AU)
* Jul 12 - Asteroid 313 Chaldae Occults HIP 60655(7.6 Magnitude Star)
  Jul 12 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars
            Orbiter)
  Jul 13 - Comet Helin-Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
  Jul 14 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
* Jul 15 - Comet C/2003 KV2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.608
            AU)
  Jul 15 - Comet Jackson-Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
  Jul 16 - STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Manuever #9 (TCM-9)
  Jul 16 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 4 Perihelion (2.011 AU)
  Jul 16 - Asteroid 2002 MQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.278 AU)
  Jul 17 - Rainbow 1 Atlas 5 Launch
  Jul 17 - Moon Occults Mars
  Jul 17 - Asteroid 1149 Volga Occults TYC 0543-00599-1 (9.7
            Magnitude Star)
* Jul 18 - Asteroid 1263 Varsavia Occults HIP 68516 (6.4 Magnitude
            Star)
* Jul 18 - Asteroid 2003 HA22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.201 AU)
  Jul 19 - Asteroid 2000 OL8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
  Jul 21 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
  Jul 21 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (Soviet Mars
            Mission)
* Jul 23 - DSCS B6 Delta 4 Launch
  Jul 25 - 30th Anniversary(1973), Mars 5 Launch(Soviet Mars Orbiter)
  Jul 26 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Jupiter
  Jul 26 - Comet C/2003 J1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(4.150 AU)
  Jul 26 - Asteroid 54509 (2000 PH5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
  Jul 26 - Asteroid 2002 PN Near-Earth Flyby (0.126 AU)
  Jul 26 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st
            Geosynchronous Satellite
* Jul 28 - Bilsat 1/Nigeriasat/BNSCSat 1/Larets/Kitsat 4/Mozhayets 4
            Cosmos 3M Launch
  Jul 28 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
  Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  Jul 30 - Comet C/2002 L9 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(6.363 AU)
  Jul 30 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of
            Jupiter Moon Carme

August 2003
  Aug ?? - SATEC/Unosat VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
* Aug ?? - Chuang Xing 1 CZ-4B Launch (China)
* Aug ?? - Echostar 9 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Aug ?? - Horizons 1 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Aug 01 - Mars Exploration Rover-A (Spirit), Trajectory Correction
            Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
  Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 01 - Maria Mitchell's 185th Birthday (1818)
* Aug 02 - SCISAT-1 Pegasus XL Launch
  Aug 02 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) Closest Approach To Earth
            (2.139 AU)
  Aug 03 - Asteroid 2002 AE9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.292 AU)
  Aug 04 - Neptune At Opposition
  Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 08 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2 Launch 
  Aug 10 - Asteroid 2000 PG5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
  Aug 11 - Galileo Enters Solar Conjunction
  Aug 11 - Comet Mueller 1 Closest Approach To Earth (2.596 AU)
* Aug 12 - Cosmos Soyuz U Launch
  Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 12 - Asteroid 8405 Asbolus Closest Approach To Earth (6.128 AU)
  Aug 12 - 25th Anniversary (1978), ISEE-3 (ICE) Launch (Comet Flyby
            Mission)
  Aug 13 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth(1.975 AU)
  Aug 14 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
  Aug 15 - Asteroid 2003 EM1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.176 AU)

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