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1\26 Space Calendar Update - January 26, 2003
Part 2 of 4

  Mar 28 - Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees From Uranus
  Mar 29 - GPS 2R-9/ProSeds Delta 2 Launch
  Mar 29 - Comet C/2002 X2 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.529 AU)
  Mar 29 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 14 Flyby
  Mar 31 - Asteroid 4 Vesta At Opposition (5.9 Magnitude)

April 2003
* Apr ?? - SATEC VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
* Apr ?? - OrbView-3 Pegasus XL Launch
  Apr 02 - Comet C/2001 N2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.666 AU)
  Apr 02 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Luna 4 Launch (Soviet Moon Flyby Mission)
  Apr 03 - Comet P/2001 X2 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (2.809 AU)
* Apr 04 - GALEX Pegasus XL Launch
* Apr 04 - Thuraya-2 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Apr 04 - Asteroid 2002 TZ66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.163 AU)
  Apr 04 - Asteroid 2000 EE104 Near-Earth Flyby (0.170 AU)
  Apr 04 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 6 Launch (Last Test Flight of Saturn V)
  Apr 05 - Comet C/2002 U2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (0.981 AU)
  Apr 05 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn
Flyby Mission)
  Apr 06 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
  Apr 07 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Luna 14 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
* Apr 10 - AsiaSat 4 Atlas 3B Launch
* Apr 10 - Venus Occults PPM 207290 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
  Apr 10 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.828 AU)
  Apr 10 - Asteroid 2001 GO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
* Apr 12 - Jupiter Occults PPM 125648 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
* Apr 13 - Comet C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem) Perihelion (0.716 AU)
  Apr 15 - SIRTF Delta 2 Launch
  Apr 16 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (20 Degrees)
* Apr 17 - Asteroid 2001 PM9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.116 AU)
  Apr 18 - Comet C/2001 G1 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.899 AU)
  Apr 20 - Easter Sunday
* Apr 21 - Saturn Occults PPM 94600 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
  Apr 21 - Asteroid 2001 BF10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
  Apr 21 - Asteroid 1998 KG3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.178 AU)
  Apr 21 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Cassini Venus Flyby
  Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
  Apr 24 - Asteroid 2000 GQ146 Near-Earth Flyby (0.206 AU)
  Apr 26 - Soyuz 6 Launch (International Space Station 6S)
  Apr 26 - Asteroid 2002 OA22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.157 AU)
  Apr 26 - 155th Anniversary (1848) Andrew Graham's Discovery of Asteroid 9 Metis
  Apr 28 - Sojus TMA-2 Launch (International Space Station 6S)
  Apr 29 - Asteroid 1997 CZ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
  Apr 30 - Asteroid 1998 XN17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.112 AU)

May 2003
  May ?? - MUSES-C MV Launch (Japan Asteroid Sample Return Mission)
  May ?? - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
* May ?? - NROL-19 Titan 4B Launch
  May 01 - Cassini, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #19 (TCM-19)
  May 01 - Asteroid 2001 DQ8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.193 AU)
  May 01 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Discovery of Dar al Gani 476 (Mars Meteorite)
  May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  May 05-11 - Astronomy Week
  May 06 - Comet Wild 4 Closest Approach To Earth (1.293 AU)
  May 07 - Mercury Transits The Sun
  May 07 - Asteroid 3 Juno At Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
  May 08 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.175 AU)
  May 10 - Astronomy Day
  May 10 - Asteroid 2001 FM129 Near-Mars Flyby (0.028 AU)
  May 11 - Comet Gunn Perihelion (2.446 AU)
  May 11 - Richard Feynman's 85th Birthday (1918)
* May 13 - Comet C/2002 V2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (6.813 AU)
  May 13 - Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Near-Earth Flyby (0.235 AU)
  May 14 - Mars Passes 2.0 Degrees From Neptune
  May 14 - Comet du Toit Closest Approach To Earth (1.074 AU)
  May 14 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab Launch
  May 15 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Mercury 9 Launch (Gordon Cooper)
  May 15 - Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille's 290th Birthtday (1713)
  May 16 - Lunar Eclipse
  May 16 - Asteroid 2000 CM33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.209 AU)
  May 17 - Asteroid 5381 Sekhmet Near-Earth Flyby (0.129 AU)
  May 19 - Asteroid 1996 MO Near-Earth Flyby (0.230 AU)
  May 20 - SCISAT-1 Pegasus XL Launch
  May 20 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
  May 20 - Asteroid 6489 Golevka Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
  May 20 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1 Launch (Venus Orbiter)
  May 22 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
  May 23 - Mars Express Soyuz-Fregat Launch (Mars Orbiter/Lander)
  May 23 - STS-115 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, International Space
Station Flight 12A
  May 26 - Progress M1 N-10 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 11P)
  May 26 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degrees From Venus
* May 26 - Jupiter Occults PPM 125978 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
  May 29 - Moon Occults Venus
  May 29 - Comet C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.213 AU)
  May 29 - Asteroid 2001 WJ15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.161 AU)
  May 29 - Asteroid 1999 KW4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.220 AU)
  May 30 - Mars Exploration Rover A Delta 2 Launch
  May 31 - Annular Solar Eclipse
  May 31 - 5th Anniversay (1998), Galileo, Europa 15 Flyby

June 2003
  Jun 02 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15 Launch (Soviet Venus Orbiter)
  Jun 03 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (24 Degrees)
  Jun 04 - Comet Van Biesbroeck Closest Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
  Jun 06 - Asteroid 2002 EM7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.196 AU)
  Jun 06 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16 Launch (Soviet Venus Orbiter)
  Jun 08 - Asteroid 2000 HB24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.152 AU)
* Jun 09 - NRO Titan 4B Launch
  Jun 09 - Pluto At Opposition
  Jun 10 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Explorer 49 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
  Jun 12 - Comet Holt-Olmstead Perihelion (2.159 AU)
  Jun 12 - Comet du Toit-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (0.922 AU)
  Jun 13 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Perihelion (3.870 AU)
  Jun 15 - Asteroid 2001 VC2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.221 AU)
  Jun 16 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Vostok 6 Launch (Valentina Tereshkova -
           1st Woman In Space)
  Jun 17 - Asteroid 2001 LF Near-Earth Flyby (0.230 AU)
  Jun 18 - 20th Anniversary (1983), STS-7 Launch (Sally Ride - 1st US
           Woman In Space)
  Jun 19 - Nozomi, Earth Flyby
  Jun 19 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.233 AU)
  Jun 20 - Asteroid 8 Flora At Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
  Jun 21 - Summer Solstice (19:10 UT)
  Jun 21 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Venus
  Jun 22 - Mars Passes 3.1 Degrees From Uranus
  Jun 22 - Asteroid 1998 HM1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.125 AU)
  Jun 22 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Jim Christy's Discovery of Pluto
           Moon Charon
  Jun 23 - NRO Atlas II AS Launch
  Jun 25 - Mars Exploration Rover B Delta 2 Launch 
* Jun 25 - Comet C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem) Closest Approach To Earth (1.490 AU)
  Jun 26 - Comet P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR) Perihelion (3.388 AU)
  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 (0.049 AU)
  Jun 28 - Comet Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
  Jun 29 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.823 AU)
  Jun 29 - George Hale's 135th Birthday (1868)
* Jun 30 - MOST/Mimosa Rokot Launch
  Jun 30 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Saturn
  Jun 30 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
  Jun 30 - 95th Anniversary (1908), Tunguska Explosion

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