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

Part 5 of 5

April 2004
  Apr 01 - Genesis, End of Science Collection
  Apr 02 - 45th Anniversary (1959), Selection Of The Mercury 7
            Astronauts
* Apr 03 - Venus Crosses the Pleiades (M45)
  Apr 04 - Asteroid 2001 HB Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
  Apr 06 - Comet C/2002 L9 (NEAT) Perihelion (7.032 AU)
  Apr 08 - 40th Anniversary (1964), Gemini 1 Launch (Unmanned)
  Apr 11 - Easter Sunday
  Apr 12 - Comet Howell Perihelion (1.368 AU)
  Apr 12 - Asteroid 2001 GO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.146 AU)
  Apr 12 - 155th Anniversary (1849), de Gasparis' Discovery of
            Asteroid 10 Hygiea
  Apr 13 - Venus Occults PPM 93503 (11.6 Magnitude Star)
  Apr 13 - Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (1.696 AU)
* Apr 14 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.527
            AU)
  Apr 14 - Christiaan Huygens' 375th Birthday (1629)
  Apr 15 - Asteroid 1998 XN17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.160 AU)
  Apr 16 - Asteroid 2001 HJ31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)
* Apr 18 - Comet P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth
            (2.750 AU)
  Apr 19 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From South Africa)
  Apr 19-25 - Astronomy Week
* Apr 25 - TMA-4 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 8S) 
  Apr 20 - Comet Tempel 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU)
  Apr 20 - Asteroid 1999 DJ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
  Apr 20 - Asteroid 2002 QQ40 Near-Venus Flyby (0.048 AU)
  Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
  Apr 22 - Comet Vaisala 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.096 AU)
* Apr 22 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.667 AU)
  Apr 23 - Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.614 AU)
  Apr 24 - Astronomy Day
  Apr 30 - Asteroid 41429 2000 GE2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.135 AU)

May 2004
  May 01 - 55th Anniversary (1949), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of
            Neptune Moon Nereid
  May 04 - Asteroid 2001 FD90 Near-Earth Flyby (0.139 AU)
  May 04 - 15th Anniversary (1989), Magellan Launch (Venus Orbiter)
  May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  May 05 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 20 Flyby
* May 07 - Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(0.322 AU)
  May 08 - Asteroid 2001 US16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
  May 09 - Comet Kowal 2 Perihelion (1.396 AU)
  May 14 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (25 Degrees)
  May 15 - Comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) Perihelion (0.962 AU)
  May 16 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5, Venus Impact
  May 17 - Comet Hartley 2 Perihelion (1.036 AU)
  May 17 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6, Venus Impact
  May 18 - 30th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 10 Launch
  May 19 - Comet C/2002 T7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.266 AU)
  May 20 - Asteroid 21374 1997 WS22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.171 AU)
  May 21 - Moon Occults Venus
  May 24 - Asteroid 2000 JS66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
* May 25 - Progress M-49 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
            14P)
  May 25 - Genesis, Trajectory Correction Manuever #7 (TCM-7)
  May 25 - Mars Passes 1.6 Degrees From Saturn
  May 25 - Comet P/2003 CP7 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth
            (2.541 AU)
  May 28 - Asteroid 2001 YV3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.182 AU)
  May 28 - 45th Anniversary (1959), Jupiter C Launch Of Two Monkeys
            (Able & Baker)
  May 29 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Luna 22 Launch (Soviet Moon
            Orbiter)
  May 29 - 85th Anniversary (1919), Solar Eclipse Confirms Einstein's
            General Theory Of Relativity
  May 31 - Asteroid 2000 FM10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.138 AU)

June 2004
* Jun ?? - Lunar-A Launch (Japan Moon Orbiter & Penetrator)
* Jun ?? - Double Star 2 CZ-2C/CTS Launch
* Jun 02 - Asteroid 1999 XM141 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
* Jun 03 - Asteroid 1999 LD6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.106 AU)
* Jun 05 - Comet C/2003 F1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.789
            AU)
* Jun 05 - John Couch Adams' 185th Birthday (1819)
* Jun 07 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) Perihelion (2.623 AU)
* Jun 08 - Venus Transits The Sun
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)
* Jun 11 - Cassini, Phoebe Flyby
* Jun 11 - Pluto At Opposition
* Jun 11 - Asteroid 1999 LX1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.185 AU)
* Jun 12 - Mercury Passes 1.3 Degrees From Venus
* Jun 12 - Comet P/2003 L1 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (4.298
            AU)
* Jun 13 - Jet Propulsion Lab's 60th Birthday (1944)
* Jun 14 - Asteroid 1993 KH Near-Earth Flyby (0.132 AU)
* Jun 18 - Comet C/2003 E1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(2.528 AU)
* Jun 18 - William Lassell's 205th Birthday (1799)
* Jun 20 - Asteroid 2000 EE104 Near-Venus Flyby (0.050 AU)
* Jun 21 - Summer Solstice (00:57 UT)
* Jun 24 - MESSENGER, Venus Flyby
* Jun 24 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.117 AU)
* Jun 24 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Cassini 2nd Venus Flyby
* Jun 24 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Salyut 3 Launch (USSR Space
            Station)
* Jun 26 - Mercury Passes 2.1 Degrees From Saturn
* Jun 26 - Asteroid 25143 (1998 SF36) Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
* Jun 26 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.122 AU)
* Jun 28 - Comet C/2003 J1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(4.847 AU)
* Jun 30 - Genesis, Trajectory Correction Manuever #8 (TCM-8)
* Jun 30 - NOAA-N Delta 2 Launch
* Jun 30 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 21 Encounter

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