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                               SPACE CALENDAR
                                May 29, 2003 
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

Part 2 of 6

July 2003
  Jul ?? - Horizons 1 Zenit 3SL Launch
  Jul ?? - Double Star 1 CZ-2C/CTS Launch
  Jul ?? - Cosmos-Glonass N & M Proton K Launch
* Jul ?? - Echostar 9 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Jul ?? - Gruzomaket Strela Launch
* Jul ?? - Cosmos Soyuz U 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 2003 FT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.157 AU)
  Jul 07 - Asteroid 7066 Nessus At Opposition (17.096 AU)
  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 - Asteroid 58 Concordia Occults TYC 5737-00035-1 (9.7
            Magnitude)
* Jul 11 - DSCS B6 Delta 4 Launch
  Jul 12 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.487 AU)
  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 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 19 - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
  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 24 - GPS 2R-10 Delta 2 Launch
* Jul 25 - SCISAT-1 Pegasus XL 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(4.126 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 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 ?? - AMC-12 Proton K Launch
  Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
  Aug 01 - Maria Mitchell's 185th Birthday (1818)
  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 - 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)
  Aug 15 - Astreroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.681
            AU)
  Aug 16 - Asteroid 37655 (1994 PM) 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 - Insat 3E/E-Bird/SMART-1 Ariane 5 Launch
  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 24 - Uranus At Opposition
  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 - SIRTF Delta 2 Launch
  Aug 27 - Comet du Toit Perihelion (1.274 AU)
  Aug 27 - Asteroid 1998 CS1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.033 AU)
  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
            13P)

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