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

Part 4 of 6

October 2003
  Oct ?? - Lunar TrailBlazer Launch (Commerical Moon Orbiter)
  Oct ?? - Superbird 6 Atlas 2AS Launch
* Oct ?? - MLV-14/NROL-18 Atlas II AS Launch
  Oct 01 - Asteroid 2001 SH276 Near-Earth Flyby (0.263 AU)
  Oct 01 - NASA's 45th Birthday (1958)
  Oct 02 - Comet Maury Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
  Oct 03 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Perihelion (3.634 AU)
  Oct 03 - Asteroid 1997 US9 Near-Venus Flyby (0.040 AU)
  Oct 04 - Asteroid 1998 TU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.195 AU)
  Oct 06 - Moon Occults Mars
  Oct 07 - UHF F11 Atlas 3 Launch
  Oct 07 - Asteroid 1998 UP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.126 AU)
  Oct 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) at Opposition (39.953
            AU)
  Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
  Oct 09 - Comet Van Biesbroeck Perihelion (2.415 AU)
  Oct 09 - Asteroid 1354 Botha Occults HIP 3652 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
  Oct 10 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
  Oct 11 - Asteroid 1991 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
  Oct 11 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch
  Oct 11 - Wilhelm Olbers' 245th Birthday (1758)
  Oct 12 - Comet P/2002 O8 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(2.848 AU)
  Oct 13 - British Interplanetary Society 70th Birthday (1933)
  Oct 14 - Asteroid 2002 RR25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
  Oct 16 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
  Oct 17 - Asteroid 2000 HD24 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.038 AU)
* Oct 18 - TMA-3 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 7S)
  Oct 18 - Asteroid 1990 UA Near-Earth Flyby (0.131 AU)
  Oct 18 - Asteroid 2000 FK10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.175 AU)
  Oct 18 - Asteroid 4197 (1982 TA) Near-Earth Flyby (0.187 AU)
  Oct 19 - Asteroid 2001 SK9 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.048 AU)
  Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
  Oct 21 - Asteroid 1998 FG2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
  Oct 22 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
  Oct 22 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (8.3 Magnitude)
  Oct 24 - Jupiter Occults PPM 157319 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
  Oct 24 - Asteroid 1989 UQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.150 AU)
  Oct 24 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Deep Space 1 Launch
* Oct 26 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe, North
            America)
  Oct 26 - Moon Occults Venus
  Oct 26 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.801
            AU)
  Oct 27 - Asteroid 2002 VS14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.138 AU)
  Oct 28 - Asteroid 31662 (1999 HP11) Near-Earth Flyby (0.129 AU)
  Oct 30 - Asteroid 2001 KZ66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
  Oct 31 - Asteroid 188 Menippe Occults TYC 1221-01110-1 (9.6
            Magnitude Star)

November 2003
  Nov ?? - Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
  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 - 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)

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