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

Part 6 of 6

March 2004
  Mar 03 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 9 Launch
  Mar 04 - Jupiter At Opposition
  Mar 05 - 25th Anniversary (1979), Voyager 1, Jupiter Flyby
  Mar 10 - MESSENGER Delta 2 Launch (NASA Mercury Orbiter)
  Mar 10 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.167 AU)
  Mar 13 - Venus Occults PPM 118153 (8.4 Magnitude Star)
  Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 125th Birthday (1879)
  Mar 17 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Perihelion (1.579 AU)
  Mar 17 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6, Atmospheric Venus Probe
  Mar 18 - Asteroid 2002 SY269 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
  Mar 19 - Asteroid 2002 GD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.120 AU)
  Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 06:49 UT
  Mar 23 - Comet West-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.317 AU)
  Mar 23 - Asteroid 2001 FE7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
  Mar 23 - Pierre Laplace's 255th Birthday (1749)
  Mar 25 - Moon Occults Mars
  Mar 26 - Venus Occults PPM 92330 (8.3 Magnitude Star)
  Mar 27 - Asteroid 2002 GQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.103 AU)
  Mar 27 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 7 Launch (USA Mars Flyby)
  Mar 29 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)
  Mar 29 - Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation (46 Degrees)
  Mar 29 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 1st Mercury Flyby

April 2004
* Apr 01 - Genesis, End of Science Collection
* Apr 02 - 45th Anniversary (1959), Selection Of The Mercury 7
            Astronauts
* 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 - 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 19 - Partial Solar Eclipse (Visible From South Africa)
* Apr 19-25 - Astronomy Week
* Apr 20 - TMA-4 Soyuz FG Launch
* 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 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)

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