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

Part 4 of 6

November 2003
  Nov ?? - Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
* Nov ?? - Eutelsat W-3A Proton M Launch
* Nov ?? - Cartosat 1 PSLV Launch (India)
* Nov ?? - DSP-23 Delta 4 Launch
* Nov ?? - Servis 1 Rokot KS Launch
  Nov 01 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth
            (2.051 AU)
  Nov 01 - Uranus Occults TYC 5808-00088-1 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
  Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
  Nov 03 - Comet Helin-Roman-Crocket Closest Approach To Earth (2.750
            AU)
  Nov 03 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mariner 10 Launch (Venus &
            Mercury Flyby Mission)
  Nov 04 - Asteroid 2002 QF15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.144 AU)
* Nov 06 - Gravity Probe B Delta 2 Launch
  Nov 06 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.962
            AU)
  Nov 06 - Comet C/2003 A2 (Gleason) Perihelion (11.426 AU)
  Nov 06 - Asteroid 2000 EJ26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.149 AU)
  Nov 07 - Asteroid 2000 VZ44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
  Nov 08 - Comet Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.173 AU)
  Nov 08 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Pioneer 9 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
  Nov 09 - Lunar Eclipse
  Nov 09 - Asteroid 1996 AP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.116 AU)
  Nov 10 - Comet C/2002 V2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.935
            AU)
  Nov 10 - Asteroid 1990 OS Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
  Nov 10 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Zond 6 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbit
            & Return)
  Nov 11 - Comet C/2001 T4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(7.798 AU)
  Nov 12 - Asteroid 1996 GT Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
  Nov 13 - Asteroid 1998 XB Near-Earth Flyby (0.145 AU)
  Nov 14 - Nozomi, Mars Orbit Insertion
  Nov 15 - Saturn Occults PPM 96742 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
  Nov 15 - Asteroid 1999 XN141 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
  Nov 15 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Buran Launch (Soviet Space
            Shuttle)
  Nov 15 - William Herschel's 265th Birthday (1738)
  Nov 16 - Comet Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (4.611 AU)
  Nov 16 - Asteroid 2000 WN10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
  Nov 16 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth Flyby (0.343 AU)
  Nov 16 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab 4 Launch
  Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak 
  Nov 17 - Comet Encke Near-Earth Flyby (0.261 AU)
  Nov 18 - Alan Shepard's 80th Birthday (1923)
  Nov 20 - Progress M1-11 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space
            Station 14P)
  Nov 22 - Mars Occults PPM 207297 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
  Nov 22 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 18 Flyby
  Nov 23 - Solar Eclipse (Visible From Antarctica)
  Nov 25 - Moon Occults Mercury
  Nov 25 - Saturn Occults PPM 96684 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
  Nov 26 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos At Opposition (41.117 AU)
  Nov 28 - Comet Holt-Olmstead Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)
  Nov 28 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
  Nov 28 - Asteroid 1998 UT18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
  Nov 29 - Christian Doppler's 200th Birthday (1803)
  Nov 30 - Asteroid 1996 JG Near-Earth Flyby (0.142 AU)

December 2003
* Dec ?? - Sitch 1-M Tsyklon 3 Launch
* Dec ?? - Ekspress AM-22 Proton K Launch
* Dec 02 - Asteroid 2003 KU2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.162 AU)
  Dec 03 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10, Jupiter Flyby
  Dec 04 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1, Venus Orbit
            Insertion
  Dec 05 - SWIFT Delta 2 Launch
  Dec 06 - Asteroid 2000 YJ11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.146 AU)
  Dec 06 - Asteroid 2001 WF49 Near-Earth Flyby (0.152 AU)
  Dec 08 - Asteroid 2000 WJ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
  Dec 09 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (21 Degrees)
  Dec 09 - Comet West-Hartley Perihelion (2.129 AU)
  Dec 09 - Asteroid 1999 YC Near-Pallas Flyby (0.040 AU)
  Dec 09 - Asteroid 2001 MT18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
  Dec 09 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2, Venus
            Atmospheric Probes
  Dec 11 - Asteroid 14 Irene At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
  Dec 11 - Asteroid 2001 XX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
  Dec 11 - Annie Jump Cannon's 140th Birthday (1863)
  Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
  Dec 14 - Comet C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.560
            AU)
  Dec 15 - Saturn Occults PPM 94676 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
  Dec 16 - Beagle 2 Separation From Mars Express
  Dec 17 - 100th Anniversary (1903), Wright Brothers' First Airplane
            Flight
  Dec 20 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.195 AU)
  Dec 21 - Beagle 2 Lands On Mars
  Dec 21 - Mars Express, Mars Orbit Insertion
  Dec 21 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 8 Launch
  Dec 21 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12, Venus Landing
  Dec 22 - Winter Solstice (07:04 UT)
  Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
  Dec 22 - Asteroid 925 Alphonsina Occults HIP 23799 (6.3 Magnitude
            Star)
  Dec 22 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Discovery of LEW 88516 (Mars
            Meteorite)
  Dec 24 - Mars Occults PPM 143331 (10.1 Magnitude Star)
  Dec 25 - Comet C/2002 T6 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth
            (2.662 AU)
  Dec 25 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11, Venus Landing
  Dec 26 - Asteroid 2002 XP37 Near-Earth Flyby (0.268 AU)
  Dec 29 - Comet Encke Perihelion (0.338 AU)
  Dec 30 - Venus Passes 1.8 Degrees From Neptune
  Dec 31 - Saturn At Opposition
  Dec 31 - Asteroid 1995 CR Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)

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