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                       SPACE CALENDAR
                       April 25, 2003
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

Part 3 of 6

August 2003
* Aug ?? - Progress M-48 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station
            13P)
* Aug ?? - SIRTF Delta 2 Launch
  Aug ?? - MTSAT-1RA H-2A Launch
  Aug ?? - DSP-23 Delta 4 Launch
  Aug ?? - Satmex-6/Smart-1 Ariane 5 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 - Astreroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (0.681
            AU)
  Aug 16 - Asteroid 37655 (1994 PM) Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
  Aug 18 - Comet Hartley 1 Perihelion (1.980 AU)
  Aug 18 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
* Aug 20 - Asteoroid 2003 GY Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
  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 - 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)

September 2003
* Sep ?? - Yamal 201/202 Proton K Launch
  Sep 01 - Galileo Exits Solar Conjunction
  Sep 01 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth
            (4.737 AU)
  Sep 02 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth(1.407 AU)
  Sep 05 - Asteroid 1998 SU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.188 AU)
  Sep 08 - Asteroid 2001 QJ96 Near-Earth Flyby (0.179 AU)
  Sep 09 - Moon Occults Mars
  Sep 09 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (Soviet Venus
            Lander)
  Sep 11 - Asteroid 357 Ninina Occults HIP 29752 (7.0 Magnitude Star)
  Sep 11 - Asteroid 1998 VS Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
  Sep 11 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.204 AU)
  Sep 12 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.004
            AU)
  Sep 13 - Asteroid 2000 OK8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.270 AU)
  Sep 14 - Asteroid 2001 CL42 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
  Sep 14 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (Soviet Moon
            Orbiter)
  Sep 14 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (Soviet Venus
            Lander)
* Sep 15 - NRO B-36 Titan 4B Launch
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 GF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 2003 CY18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.124 AU)
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
  Sep 17 - Asteroid 22771 (1999 CU3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
* Sep 18 - Gravity Probe B Delta 2 Launch
  Sep 19 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.727 AU)
  Sep 19 - 155th Anniversary (1848), William and George Bond's
            Discovery of Saturn Moon Hyperion
  Sep 20 - Asteroid 2002 AG29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.271 AU)
  Sep 21 - Galileo, Jupiter Impact
  Sep 21 - Asteroid 2001 QL142 Near-Earth Flyby (0.204 AU)
  Sep 22 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.903 AU)
  Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 10:47 UT
  Sep 23 - Delta 4 Heavy Demo Launch
  Sep 23 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe Occults TYC 6844-03116-1 (9.9
            Magnitude Star)
  Sep 25 - Comet Wild 2 Perihelion (1.590 AU)
  Sep 25 - Asteroid 94 Aurora Occults HIP 39424 (5.1 Magnitude Star)
  Sep 26 - Mercury Greatest Western Elongation (17 Degrees)
  Sep 26 - Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Near-Earth Flyby (0.122 AU)
  Sep 26 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
  Sep 28 - Asteroid 1999 TO13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.105 AU)
  Sep 29 - Asteroid 1998 RO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.125 AU)

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