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2\21 Space Calendar Update - February 21, 2003
Part 2 of 4

May 2003
* May ?? - Soyuz 6 Launch (International Space Station 6S)
  May ?? - DMSP-16 Titan 2 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 - MUSES-C MV Launch (Japan Asteroid Sample Return Mission)
* May 05 - NROL-19 Titan 4B Launch
  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 - SATEC VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
  May 07 - Mercury Transits The Sun
  May 07 - Asteroid 3 Juno At Opposition (10.1 Magnitude)
* May 08 - Rainbow 1 Atlas 5 Launch
  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 25 - Horizons 1 Zenit 3SL Launch
  May 26 - Progress M1 N-10 Soyuz FG 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 27 - Asteroid 2002 LW Near-Earth Flyby (0.111 AU)
  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 (1.487 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

July 2003
  Jul 01 - STARDUST, Deep Space Manuever #3 (DSM-3)
  Jul 02 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.385 AU)
  Jul 03 - Asteroid 1999 LT7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
  Jul 03 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
  Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
  Jul 04 - Henrietta Leavitt's 135th Birthday (1868)
  Jul 06 - Comet Whipple Perihelion (3.088 AU)
  Jul 06 - Comet Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
  Jul 06 - Asteroid 2000 WN63 Near-Earth Flyby (0.233 AU)
  Jul 06 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter
Moon Lysithea
  Jul 08 - Venus Passes 0.8 Degrees From Saturn
  Jul 08 - Asteroid 2000 QP Near-Earth Flyby (0.213 AU)
  Jul 09 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (2.792 AU)
* Jul 09 - Asteroid 2003 CC Near-Earth Flyby (0.178 AU)
  Jul 12 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.487 AU)
  Jul 12 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
  Jul 13 - Comet Helin-Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
  Jul 15 - Comet Jackson-Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
  Jul 16 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 4 Perihelion (2.011 AU)
  Jul 17 - Moon Occults Mars
* Jul 18 - GPS 2R-10 Delta 2 Launch
  Jul 19 - Asteroid 2000 OL8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
  Jul 20 - Gravity Probe B Delta 2 Launch
  Jul 21 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
  Jul 21 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (Soviet Mars Mission)
  Jul 25 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
  Jul 26 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Jupiter
  Jul 26 - Asteroid 2000 PH5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
  Jul 26 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st Geosynchronous Satellite
  Jul 28 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
  Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  Jul 30 - Progress M-48 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 12P)
  Jul 30 - Comet C/2002 L9 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (6.363 AU)
  Jul 30 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Carme

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