Space Calendar

2008
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The Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. Included are over 1,800 links to related home pages. This Calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send any updates or corrections to ron@jpl.nasa.gov.

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Note that launch dates are subject to change at any time. Also, anniversary dates are listed in 5 year increments only.

August 2008

• Aug 20 - Comet C/2007 B2 (Skiff) Perihelion (2.975 AU)
• Aug 20 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
• Aug 21 - Comet C/2008 J3 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.816 AU)
• Aug 21 - Asteroid 2008 PR9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
• Aug 21 - Asteroid 2006 SQ372 Closest Approach To Earth (23.323 AU)
• Aug 21 - Lecture: Keeping an Eye on Earth's Changing Climate - The Ocean Surface Topography Mission, Pasadena, California
• Aug 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #164 (OTM-164), Successful
• Aug 22 - Asteroid 2008 QU11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
• Aug 22 - Asteroid 2008 PV16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
• Aug 22 - Asteroid 2008 QW11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
• Aug 22 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (1.406 AU)
• Aug 22 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (1.918 AU)
• Aug 22 - Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (2.628 AU)
• Aug 22 - Lecture: Keeping an Eye on Earth's Changing Climate - The Ocean Surface Topography Mission, Pasadena, California
• Aug 24 - Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
• Aug 24 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
• Aug 24-29 - 15th International Conference on the Origin of Life, Florence, Italy
• Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
• Aug 25 -[Sep 13] Comet P/2008 R6 (Giacobini) Closest Approach To Earth (0.549 AU)
• Aug 25 - Comet 200P/Larsen Perihelion (3.272 AU)
• Aug 25 - Asteroid 1056 Azalea Occults HIP 78820 (2.6 Magnitude Star)
• Aug 25 - Asteroid 2008 QM2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
• Aug 25 - Asteroid 2008 QB Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
• Aug 25 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Spitzer Space Telescope Launch
• Aug 25-28 - Workshop: Tumbling, Twisting, and Winding Galaxies - Pattern Speeds along the Hubble Sequence, Padova, Italy
• Aug 25-28 - Conference on Characterization and Radiometric Calibration for Remote Sensing, Logan, Utah
• Aug 25-29 - Conference: Extrasolar Planets in Multi-Body Systems - Theory and Observations, Torun, Poland
• Aug 25-29 - 24th Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases, Novi Sad, Serbia
• Aug 25-29 - ESA Student Training Workshop: System Engineering and Technology for Space Missions, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Aug 26 - Asteroid 1357 Khama Occults HIP 73133 (5.5 Magnitude Star)
• Aug 26 - Asteroid 2008 PW4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
• Aug 26 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
• Aug 27 - Comet P/1997 V1 (Larsen) Perihelion (3.272 AU)
• Aug 27 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 4747-01030-1 (10.6 Magnitude Star)
• Aug 27 - Asteroid 377 Campania Occults HIP 16077 (6.6 Magnitude Star)
• Aug 27 - Asteroid 635 Vundtia Occults HIP 106488 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
• Aug 27 - Asteroid 632 Pyrrha Occults 2UCAC 35139206 (5.2 Magnitude Star)
• Aug 27-Sep 06 - 3rd Network of European Observatories in the North (NEON) Archive Observing School, Garching, Germany
• Aug 28 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU)
• Aug 28 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
• Aug 28 - 15th Anniversary (1993), Galileo Flyby of Asteroids Ida & Dactyl
• Aug 28-31 - Iowa Star Party, near Coon Rapids, Iowa
• Aug 29 - RapidEye 1-5 Dnepr 1 Launch, Successful
• Aug 29 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Venus Flyby (0.034 AU)
• Aug 29 - Asteroid 2005 GQ21 Near-Mars Flyby (0.038 AU)
• Aug 29 - Asteroid 2004 RX10 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
• Aug 30 - Comet P/2003 K2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (1.340 AU)
• Aug 30 - 25th Anniversary (1983), STS-8 Launch (Guy Bluford, 1st African-American in Space)
• Aug 31 - Asteroid 2008 RV Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
• Aug 31 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (2.101 AU)
• Aug 31 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.494 AU)
• Aug 31-Sep 02 - 2nd International Workshop on Analog and Mixed Signal Integrated Circuits for Space Applications (AMICSA 2008), Cascais, Portugal

September 2008

• Sep ?? - Cosmos-Parus/ Orbcomm-CDS 3/ Sterkh 1 (Cospas 11) Cosmos 3M Launch
• Sep ?? - Theos Dnepr 1 Launch
• Sep ?? - Omid 2 Saphir 1 Launch
• Sep ?? - Demosat 2 Falcon 1 Launch
• Sep 01 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (0.916 AU)
• Sep 01-03 - 8th Workshop of the European Astrobiology Network Association, Neuchchatel, Switzerland.
• Sep 01-05 - 7th Microquasar Workshop, Foca, Izmir, Turkey
• Sep 01-05 - 3rd Heidelberg Summer School: The Art & Craft of Astronomical Instrumentation - from Optical to Infrared, Heidelberg, Germany
• Sep 01-05 - High Energy Astrophysics VIRGO.UA Workshop, Kiev, Ukraine
• Sep 02 - Cassini, Distant Janus Flyby
• Sep 02 - Comet C/2007 Y2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (4.260 AU)
• Sep 02 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Occults TYC 1167-00586-1 (10.5 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 02 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.125 AU)
• Sep 02 - Lecture: Comets, Asteroids, and Minor Planets, Baltimore, Maryland
• Sep 02-04 - 7th ESA CNES International Workshop on Space Pyrotechnics, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Sep 02-04 - 3DNTT Proposal Meeting, Quebec, Canada
• Sep 03 - Asteroid 1732 Klemola Occults HIP 37135 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 03 - Asteroid 1998 SD9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
• Sep 03 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.516 AU)
• Sep 03 - Cassini, Distant Methone Flyby
• Sep 03 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.140 AU)
• Sep 03-05 - KICP Workshop: Viewing the Universe via the World Wide Web, Chicago, Illinois
• Sep 04 - Comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.325 AU)
• Sep 04 - Asteroid 2004 ST26 Near-Ceres Flyby (0.018 AU)
• Sep 05 - Rosetta, Asteroid 2867 Steins Flyby, Successful
• Sep 05 - Asteroid 43 Ariadne At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
• Sep 05-09 - IAU Symposium 257: Universal Heliophysical Processes, Ioannina, Greece
• Sep 06 - HJ-1A/HJ-1B CZ-2C Launch (China), Successful
• Sep 06 - GeoEye 1 (Orbview 5) Delta 2 Launch, Successful
• Sep 06 - Comet Shajn-Schaldach Perihelion (2.108 AU)
• Sep 06 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 5647-00086-1 (12.4 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 07 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU)
• Sep 07 - Asteroid 2003 WT153 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
• Sep 07 - Asteroid 2008 RU Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
• Sep 07 - Asteroid 2000 RK12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
• Sep 07 - Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.922 AU)
• Sep 07-11 - 2nd Crisis in Cosmology Conference: Challenges to Consensus Cosmology and the Quest for a New Picture of the Universe, Port Angeles, Washington
• Sep 07-12 - 11th Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference, Hatfield, United Kingdom
• Sep 07-14 - Conference: Cosmology Across Cultures, Granada, Spain
• Sep 07-19 - Conference: Probing Stellar Populations Out to the Distant Universe, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy
• Sep 08 - Asteroid 2001 QL163 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
• Sep 08 - Asteroid 1998 SJ70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
• Sep 08-09 - Workshop on Simulations for ALMA, Grenoble, France
• Sep 08-11 - 7th INTEGRAL Workshop: Compact Objects, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Sep 08-12 - Workshop: Future Ground based Solar System Research - Synergies with Space Probes and Space Telescope, Livorno, Italy
• Sep 08-12 - Meeting: Cosmic Dust - Near & Far, Heidelberg, Germany
• Sep 08-12 - 12th European Solar Physics Meeting, Freiburg, Germany
• Sep 08-12 - Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM-2008): New challenges to European Astronomy, Vienna, Austria
• Sep 09 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
• Sep 10 - Progress M-65 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 30P), Successful
• Sep 10 - Cassini, Distant Epimetheus Flyby
• Sep 10 -[Sep 13] Comet P/2008 R6 (Giacobini) Perihelion (1.526 AU)
• Sep 10 - Asteroid 2008 RW Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
• Sep 10 - Asteroid 185851 (2000 DP107) Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
• Sep 10 - Asteroid 2005 QC5 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
• Sep 10 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
• Sep 10-12 - Symposium: Star Formation from Spitzer (Lyman) to Spitzer (Telescope) and Beyond, Vienna, Austria
• Sep 11 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
• Sep 11 - Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke Perihelion (1.253 AU)
• Sep 11 - Asteroid 6249 Jennifer Occults HIP 28447 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 11 - Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)
• Sep 11 - Final presentation of the ESA BGAN-X Phase 1 Programme, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Sep 11-12 - EXPERT Scientific Payloads Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Sep 11-14 - IOTA's 26th Annual Meeting, Apple Valley, California
• Sep 12 - Asteroid 1083 Salvia Occults HIP 1158 (5.1 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 12 - Asteroid 9 Metis Occults HIP 14764 (6.0 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 12 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Occults TYC 1163-00264-1 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 12 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (0.778 AU)
• Sep 12 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (1.942 AU)
• Sep 12 - Astrochemistry Young Researchers Meeting, Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Sep 13 - Uranus At Opposition
• Sep 13 - Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (4.219 AU)
• Sep 13 - Sally Ride Science Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Sep 13-14 - Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show, Pasadena, California
• Sep 14 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)
• Sep 14 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
• Sep 14-19 - 8th European Space Power Conference, Konstanz, Germany
• Sep 15 - Comet C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) Perihelion (2.431 AU)
• Sep 15 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (0.952 AU)
• Sep 15-17 - Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment, Houston, Texas
• Sep 15-17 - Meeting: Thermal Models for Planetary Science, Beaulieu sur Mer, France
• Sep 15-17 - Workshop: Cosmic Dust & Radiative Transfer, Heidelberg, Germany
• Sep 15-17 - Workshop: Measuring the Atmospheric Spectra of Extra-Solar Planets, Exeter, United Kingdom
• Sep 15-18 -[Sep 13] Conference: Optical Turbulence - Astronomy meets Meteorology, Alghero, Sardegna, Italy
• Sep 15-19 - Workshop: Galaxies in Real Life and Simulations, Leiden, The Netherlands
• Sep 15-19 - Modest-8b Workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Sep 15-19 - Spanish Relativity Meeting 2008: Physics And Mathematics Of Gravitation, Salamanca, Spain
• Sep 16 - Asteroid 14424 Laval Occults HIP 8198 (4.3 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 16 - Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.550 AU)
• Sep 16-19 - Workshop: Astrophysics with E-LOFAR, Hamburg, Germany
• Sep 16-21 - 27th Scientific Instrument Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal
• Sep 17 - Nimiq 4 Proton M-Briz M Launch
• Sep 17 - Cassini, Distant Mimas & Calypso Flyby
• Sep 17 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Occults UCAC2 35859936 (12.0 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 17 - Asteroid 2008 RE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
• Sep 17 - Asteroid 2001 SQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
• Sep 18 - Comet C/2007 S2 (Lemmon) Perihelion (5.549 AU)
• Sep 18 - Asteroid 205 Martha Occults HIP 105046 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 18 - Asteroid 416 Vaticana Occults HIP 84401 (5.6 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 18 - Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe Closest Approach To Earth (1.223 AU)
• Sep 18 - Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
• Sep 18 - Lecture: The Great Southern California Shake Out, Pasadena, California
• Sep 18-21 - International Meteor Conference 2008, Sachticka, Slovakia
• Sep 19 - Asteroid 181 Eucharis Occults HIP 104297 (6.2 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 19 - Asteroid 12569 (1998 VC29) Occults HIP 89341 (3.8 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 19 - Asteroid 2003 SW130 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
• Sep 19 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
• Sep 19 - Lecture: The Great Southern California Shake Out, Pasadena, California
• Sep 19 - 160th Anniversary (1848), William Bonds's & George Bond's Disovery of Saturn Moon Hyperion
• Sep 19-21 - 41th Italian Astroamateurs Union Congress, Biella, Italy
• Sep 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #164A (OTM-164A)
• Sep 20 -[Sep 17] 5th Annual Star Gazing Event, Cleveland, Ohio
• Sep 21 - Comet C/2008 R1 (Garradd) Closest Approach To Earth (1.026 AU)
• Sep 21 -[Sep 20] Comet C/2008 S1 (McNaught) Perihelion (1.353 AU)
• Sep 21 - Asteroid 2476 Andersen Occults HIP 84605 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 21 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Galileo, Jupiter Impact
• Sep 21-26 - European Planetary Science Congress 2008, Munster, Germany
• Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox, 15:44 UT
• Sep 22 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Perihelion (2.756 AU)
• Sep 22 - Asteroid 2008 RT24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
• Sep 22 - NCTS and ESPC Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Sep 22-24 - .astronomy Conference, Cardiff, United Kingdom
• Sep 22-24 _[Sep 17] Conference: Spatio-Temporels and Lorhmann-Kolloquium on Astrometry, Geodynamics and Astronomical Reference Systems, Dresden, Germany
• Sep 22-26 - Conference: Searching for Life Signatures, Paris, France
• Sep 22-26 - 9th Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium : Solar Minimum Meeting, Hvar, Croatia
• Sep 22-26 - 4th International Workshop (DICE2008): From Quantum Mechanics through Complexity to Spacetime - The Role of Emergent Dynamical Structures, Tuscany, Italy
• Sep 22-26 - 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop, Rome, Italy
• Sep 22-26 - 2nd Network School and Meeting: Seeking Links between Fundamental Physics and Cosmology, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Sep 23 -[Sep 17] Galaxy 19 Zenit 3SL Launch
• Sep 23 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 8247 (1979 SP14) Occults HIP 2787 (5.9 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 23 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 2311 El Leoncito Occults HIP 114054 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 23 - Asteroid 2008 RW24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
• Sep 23 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.079 AU)
• Sep 23 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
• Sep 23 - Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.711 AU)
• Sep 23-24 -[Sep 19] Inaugural Meeting of the Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG), Houston, Texas
• Sep 23-26 - 9th European VLBI Network Symposium on The Role of VLBI in the Golden Age for Radio Astronomy, Bologna, Italy
• Sep 23-28 -[Sep 18] ASTROBLAST 2008 Star Party, near Franklin, Pennsylvania
• Sep 24-26 - International Workshop: Multipactor, Corona and Passive Intermodulation (MULCOPIM '08), Valencia, Spain
• Sep 24-27 -[Sep 18] Enchanted Skies Star Party, Socorro, New Mexico
• Sep 25 -[Sep 18] Shenzou 7 CF-2F Launch (3rd Manned China Mission)
• Sep 25 - Cosmos 2422-2444 (Glonass M15-M17) Proton K-DM2 Launch
• Sep 25 - Asteroid 2001 SY269 Near-Mars Flyby (0.044 AU)
• Sep 25-27 - Symposium: The Invention of the Dutch Telescope, Middelburg, the Netherlands
• Sep 25-27 - Workshop: Transformational Science with ALMA - The Birth and Feedback of Massive Stars, Within and Beyond the Galaxy, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Sep 25-28 - 6th Annual Great Lakes Star Gaze, Gladwin, Michigan
• Sep 25-28 -[Sep 19] Illinois Dark Skies Star Party 2008, near Springfield, Illinois
• Sep 25-28 -[Sep 19] Prairie Skies Star Party, Manteno, Illinois
• Sep 26 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Occults HIP 113438 (7.7 Magnitude Star)
• Sep 26 - Asteroid 137032 (1998 UO1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
• Sep 26 - 10th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
• Sep 26-28 -[Sep 18] Conference: From the Antikythera Mechanism to Herschel and Planck - 2500 Years of Observational Astronomy, Thessaloniki, Greece
• Sep 26-28 -[Sep 20] 2008 South Jersey Fall Star Party, Woodbine, South Jersey, New Jersey
• Sep 26-28 -[Sep 20] 18th Annual Connecticut Star Party, Ashford, Connecticut
• Sep 27 - Asteroid 2006 TD Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
• Sep 27 - Asteroid 8014 (1990 MF) Near-Mars Flyby (0.022 AU)
• Sep 27 - Sally Ride Science Festival, Huntsville, Alabama
• Sep 27 - 5th Anniversary (2003), SMART-1 Launch (ESA Moon Orbiter)
• Sep 29 - Automated Transfer Vehicle (Jules Vernes) Reenters Earth's Atmosphere
• Sep 29 - Comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught) Perihelion (1.073 AU)
• Sep 29 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (0.734 AU)
• Sep 29 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.141 AU)
• Sep 29-30 - 11th Mars Crater Consortium Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona
• Sep 29-Oct 02 - Meeting: 400 Years of Astronomical Telescopes - A Review of History, Science and Technology, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Sep 29-Oct 03 - 59th International Astronautical Congress, Glasgow, Scotland
• Sep 29-Oct 03 - 2nd Hinode Science Meeting: Beyond Discovery - Toward Understanding, Boulder, Colorado
• Sep 29-Oct 03 - Back to the Galaxy II Conference, Santa Barbara, California
• Sep 29-0ct 03 - Conference: Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Dark Ages with Gravitational Lensing, Sydney, Australia
• Sep 29-Oct 03 - Conference: High-Energy Sources at Different Time Scales, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Sep 29-0ct 03 -[Sep 20] Workshop: Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies - Following Ariadne's Thread in the Cosmic Labyrinth, Island of Crete, Greece
• Sep 30 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
• Sep 30 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (1.827 AU)
• Sep 30-Oct 02 -[Sep 17] Mars Climate Modeling Center Workshop, Moffett Field, California

October 2008

• Oct ?? - Chandrayaan 1 PSLV Launch (India - Lunar Orbiter Mission)
• Oct ?? - NROL-41 Atlas 5 Launch
• Oct ?? - Insat 4-G Ariane 5 Launch
• Oct ?? -[Sep 18] Tugsat 1 (Brite-Austria) Dnepr 1 Launch
• Oct ?? - Eutelsat W2M Ariane 5 Launch
• Oct ?? - Sudansat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
• Oct 01 - NASA's 50th Birthday (1958)
• Oct 01 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), Begins Communications Relay Phase
• Oct 01 - Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.175 AU)
• Oct 01 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
• Oct 01-02 - Workshop: GIS for Planetary Mappers, Flagstaff, Arizona
• Oct 01-02 - The Dual-use European Security IR Element (DESIRE) Workshop, Brussels ,Belgium
• Oct 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #165 (OTM-165)
• Oct 02 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Tethys
• Oct 02 - Comet P/2008 R4 (Korlevic) Closest Approach To Earth (3.037 AU)
• Oct 02 - Asteroid 2002 GM5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
• Oct 02 - Asteroid 2008 QS11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
• Oct 02-05 - 15th National Conference Of Astronomers Of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
• Oct 03 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 2696 Magion Occults HIP 101339 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 03 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
• Oct 03 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.549 AU)
• Oct 03 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.302 AU)
• Oct 03 -[Sep 16] Workshop: The Issues of Long Term Reliability for Industrial Applications, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Oct 04 -[Sep 18] Sally Ride Science Festival, Los Angeles, California
• Oct 04-10 - World Space Week
• Oct 05 - GOCE Rokot Launch
• Oct 05 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
• Oct 05-09 - 2008 Joint Annual Meeting: Celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth, Houston, Texas
• Oct 05-09 - Conference: Kinetic Modeling of Astrophysical Plasmas, Krakow, Poland
• Oct 05-10 - IAGA International Symposium: Space Weather and its Effects on Spacecraft, Cairo, Egypt
• Oct 06 -[Sep 16] MESSENGER, 2nd Mercury Flyby
• Oct 06 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #166 (OTM-166)
• Oct 06 - Comet 187P/LINEAR Perihelion (3.693 AU)
• Oct 06 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 2708 Burns Occults HIP 10324 (4.4 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 06 - Asteroid 164400 (2005 GN59) Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
• Oct 06 - Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To EArth (1.353 AU)
• Oct 06-08 - 10th International Workshop on Signal Processing for Space Communications, Rhodes Island, Greece
• Oct 06-10 - Workshop: Interstellar Surfaces - From Laboratory to Models, Leiden, The Netherlands
• Oct 06-10 - 19th Ocean Optics Conference, Barga, Italy
• Oct 06-10 - 6th IRAM Millimeter Interferometry School, Grenoble, France
• Oct 06-10 - International Young Astronomers School on CoRoT Astrophysics: The Star and its Planetary System in the Wake of Corot Advances, Meudon, France
• Oct 07 -[Sep 15] Asteroid 597 Bandusia Occults HIP 21619 (6.6 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 07 - Asteroid 2005 TQ45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
• Oct 07 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (0.535 AU)
• Oct 07-09 - 10th International Workshop on Simulation for European Space Programmes, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Oct 07-09 - 2008 AGI Users' Conference, Chicago, Illinois
• Oct 07-11 - 3rd Biennial Leopoldina Conference on Dark Energy, Munich, Germany
• Oct 08 - Comet C/2008 L2 (Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (1.386 AU)
• Oct 08 -[Sep 15] Asteroid 2413 van de Hulst Occults HIP 30602 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 08 - Ejnar Hertzsprung's 135th Birthday (1873)
• Oct 08-10 -[Sep 19] ROE Workshop 2008: Habitability in Our Galaxy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Oct 09 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
• Oct 09 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto & Janus
• Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
• Oct 09 - Comet 200P/Larsen Closest Approach To Earth (2.295 AU)
• Oct 09 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 6583 Destinn Occults HIP 813 (5.5 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 09 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU)
• Oct 09 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU)
• Oct 10 -[Sep 14] STS-125 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission #4
• Oct 10 - Comet P/2001 J1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU)
• Oct 10 - 25th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15, Venus Orbit Insertion
• Oct 10-15 - 40th Annual Meeting of the 40th annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Ithaca, New York
• Oct 11 - Comet P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.160 AU)
• Oct 11 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 7 Launch (1st Manned Apollo Mission)
• Oct 11 - Wilhelm Olbers' 250th Birthday (1758)
• Oct 11-15 - 40th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Ithaca, New York
• Oct 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #167 (OTM-167)
• Oct 12 - Comet 172P/Yeung Perihelion (2.240 AU)
• Oct 12 - Asteroid 2007 DM41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
• Oct 12 - Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)
• Oct 12 - Asteroid 5143 Hercales Closest Approach To Earth (1.988 AU)
• Oct 12-15 - Workshop: Hot Massive Stars - A Lifetime of Influence, Flagstaff, Arizona
• Oct 13 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 5924-00494-1 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 13 - British Interplanetary Society's 75th Birthday (1933)
• Oct 13-17 - IAU Symposium 258: The Ages of Stars, Baltimore, Maryland
• Oct 13-17 -[Sep 13] 2nd Indo-Brazilian Workshop on Gravitation and Cosmology, Natal, Brazil
• Oct 13-17 -[Sep 20] I-Science Workshop on Data Mining, Distributed Computing and Visualization for Astronomy, Leiden, The Netherlands
• Oct 14 - Soyuz TMA-13 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 17S)
• Oct 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) Closest Approach To Earth (40.051 AU)
• Oct 14 - Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris (2003 UB313) Closest Approach To Earth (95.778 AU)
• Oct 14 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Shenzhou V Launch (1st Chinese Manned Space Mission)
• Oct 14-17 - Workshop: Classification and Discovery with Large Astronomical Surveys, Ringberg Castle, Germany
• Oct 15 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 7290 Johnrather Occults HIP 7143 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 15 -[Sep 17] 3rd Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP) Industrial Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Oct 15-17 - 3rd International Workshop on System & Concurrent Engineering for Space Applications (SECESA 2008), Rome, Italy
• Oct 15-17 -[Sep 18] Conference: A Long Walk Through Astronomy - A Celebration of Luis Carrasco's 60th Birthday, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
• Oct 16 - GPS 2RM F-7 Delta 2 Launch
• Oct 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #168 (OTM-168)
• Oct 16 - Lecture: New Wheels on Mars - The Mars Science Laboratory, Pasadena, California
• Oct 16 - 25th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16, Venus Orbit Insertion
• Oct 16-17 -[Sep 19] ESA Telecom Newcomers Initiative, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Oct 17 - NROL-26 Delta 4H Launch
• Oct 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pallene
• Oct 17 - Lecture: New Wheels on Mars - The Mars Science Laboratory, Pasadena, California
• Oct 18 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 2060 Chiron Occults TYC 5775-01429-1 (11.7 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 18 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.915 AU)
• Oct 18 -[Sep 19] Sally Ride Science Festival, Houston, Texas
• Oct 19 -[Sep 20] IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) Pegasus XL Launch
• Oct 19 -[Sep 16] Comet P/2008 Q2 (Ory) Perihelion (1.382 AU)
• Oct 19 - Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (1.998 AU)
• Oct 19 - Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.449 AU)
• Oct 19-24 - 2nd Workshop on Mars Valley Networks, Moab, Utah
• Oct 19-25 - 16th International Workshop on Room Temperature Semiconductor X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors (RTSD), Dresden, Germany
• Oct 20-22 - 6th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium 2008, Huntsville, Alabama
• Oct 20-22 - WORKSHOP NOVICOSMO 2008: The Impact of Simulations in Cosmology and Galaxy Formation, Trieste, Italy
• Oct 20-23 - 6th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium 2008, Huntsville, Alabama
• Oct 20-24 - Symposium: The Radio Universe at Ultimate Angular Resolution, Moscow, Russia
• Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
• Oct 21 - Comet C/2007 U1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.424 AU)
• Oct 21-23 - Workshop on Martian Phyllosilicates: Recorders of Aqueous Processes?, Paris, France
• Oct 21-23 - 3rd IAASS Conference: Building, Together, a Safer Space, Rome, Italy
• Oct 22 - Cosmo Skymed 3 Delta 2 Launch
• Oct 22 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
• Oct 22 -[Sep 20] Asteroid 1466 Mundleria Occults HIP 106985 (3.7 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 22 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 2000 FJ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
• Oct 23 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (2.577 AU)
• Oct 24 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Mimas
• Oct 24 -[Sep 20] Asteroid 914 Palisana Occults HIP 9438 (6.9 Magnitude Star)
• Oct 24 - 10th Anniversary (1998), Deep Space 1 Launch
• Oct 24-26 - 5th Italian Congress of Amateurs Radio Astronomy, Milano, Italy
• Oct 25 - Comet P/2008 Q2 (Ory) Closest Approach To Earth (0.395 AU)
• Oct 25 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.572 AU)
• Oct 26 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe)
• Oct 26 - Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
• Oct 26 - Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.284 AU)
• Oct 26 - Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
• Oct 26-30 - 5th Spitzer Science Conference: New Light on Young Stars - Spitzer's View of Circumstellar Disks, Pasadena, California
• Oct 26-31 - 2008 Huntsville Workshop: The Physical Processes for Energy and Plasma Transport across Magnetic Boundaries, Huntsville, Alabama
• Oct 27 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
• Oct 27 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Closest Approach To Earth (1.539 AU)
• Oct 27 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Canon City Meteorite Fall (Hit Garage)
• Oct 27-28 -[Sep 14] Workshop: The Impact of High-Energy Astrophysics Experiments on Cosmological Physics, Chicago, Illinois
• Oct 27-30 - International Telemetering Conference, San Diego, California
• Oct 27-31 - The Starburst-AGN Connection Conference, Shanghai, China
• Oct 28 - Asteroid 2003 UW29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
• Oct 28-29 - 22nd European Workshop on Thermal and ECLS Software, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Oct 28-30 - 2008 SSE Service Providers Workshop & Sensors Anywhere (SANY) Workshop, Frascati, Italy
• Oct 28-31 - Joint Annual Meeting of LEAG-ICEUM-SSR, Cape Canaveral, Florida
• Oct 29 - Hotbird 9/ NSS-9/ Spirale 1 & 2 Ariane 5 Launch
• Oct 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #169 (OTM-169)
• Oct 29 - Asteroid 2005 VN Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
• Oct 29 - Asteroid 1998 VO Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
• Oct 29 - Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.018 AU)
• Oct 29 - 70th Anniversary (1938), Orson Welles' Broadcast of the "War of the Worlds"
• Oct 29-31 - ESA Workshop on Avionics Data, Control and Software Systems (ADCSS), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Oct 30 - Asteroid 6602 Gilclark Closest Approach To Earth (0.889 AU)\
• Oct 30 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.147 AU)
• Oct 31 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
• Oct 31 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (2.145 AU)

November 2008

• Nov ?? - Deimos (DMC #6)/Nanosat 1-B/UK-DMC 2/Dubaisat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
• Nov ?? - Cosmos-Liana Soyuz U Launch
• Nov ?? - Cosmos-Meridian N2 Soyuz 2-1a-Fregat Launch
• Nov ?? - Katysat 1/ KiwiSat/Atmocube/ Cubesat-RAFT/Funsat/UCISA Dnepr 1 Launch
• Nov ?? - Bissat Cosmos 3M Launch
• Nov ?? - Shi Jian 9 CZ-2D Launch (China)
• Nov ?? - XM-5 Zenit 3SL Launch
• Nov ?? - Express AM-44/Express MD-1 Proton M-Briz M Launch
• Nov ?? - Measat 3A Zenit 3SLB Launch
• Nov 01 - Dealine to Submit Names to Kepler Mission
• Nov 01 - Asteroid 4 Vesta At Opposition (6.5 Magnitude)
• Nov 01 - Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.057 AU)
• Nov 01 - Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.749 AU)
• Nov 02 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
• Nov 02 -[Sep 17] Venesat 1 (Simon Boliviar 1) CZ-3B Launch
• Nov 02 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.462 AU)
• Nov 02-05 -[Sep 20] 18th Annual Astronomical Data Analysis Software And Systems Conference (ADASS 2008), Quebec City, Canada
• Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
• Nov 03 - Asteroid 2001 VG16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
• Nov 03 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Mariner 10 Launch (Venus & Mercury Flyby Mission)
• Nov 03-05 - 6th European Symposium on Aerothermodynamics for Space Vehicles, Versailles, France
• Nov 03-07 - IAU Symposium 259: Cosmic Magnetic Fields - From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies, Tenerife, Spain
• Nov 03-07 - ALOS 2008 Symposium, Rhodes, Greece
• Nov 04 - Comet P/2007 R1 (Larson) Closest Approach To Earth (3.751 AU)
• Nov 04 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.381 AU)
• Nov 04 - Asteroid 2820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.824 AU)
• Nov 04-06 - International SpaceWire Conference 2008, Nara, Japan
• Nov 05 - Comet C/2008 J1 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (1.753 AU)
• Nov 05 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (8.5 Magnitude)
• Nov 05 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (2.351 AU)
• Nov 06 - Comet P/2001 J1 (NEAT) Perihelion (0.944 AU)
• Nov 06 - Comet 51P/Harrington Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)
• Nov 07 - Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
• Nov 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #170 (OTM-170)
• Nov 08 - Comet C/2008 R1 (Garradd) Perihelion (1.705 AU)
• Nov 08 - Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
• Nov 08 - Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (1.481 AU)
• Nov 08 - Asteroid 17196 Mastrodemos Closest Approach To Earth (1.982 AU)
• Nov 08 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Pioneer 9 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
• Nov 09 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
• Nov 09 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.396 AU)
• Nov 09 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
• Nov 09 -[Sep 20] Sally Ride Science Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
• Nov 09-14 - International Conference on Particles And Nuclei (PANIC08), Eilat, Israel
• Nov 10 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.087 AU)
• Nov 10 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Zond 6 Launch (USSR Moon Orbit & Return)
• Nov 10 - 185th Anniversary (1823), Waseda Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Japan)
• Nov 10-12 - Meeting: Hot And Cool - Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution, Pasadena, California
• Nov 10-13 - 3rd International Workshop on the Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
• Nov 10-13 - 3rd East-Asia Numerical Astrophysics Meeting (EANAM2008), Nanjing, China
• Nov 10-14 - Symposium: Cosmic Cataclysms and Life, Frascati, Italy
• Nov 10-14 -[Sep 20] AGU Chapman Conference on Universal Heliophysical Processes (IHY), Savannah, Georgia
• Nov 11 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.538 AU)
• Nov 11-13 - 10th ESA Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation (ASTRA 2008), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Nov 12 - STS-126 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour (International Space Station ULF2)
• Nov 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #171 (OTM-171)
• Nov 12 - Asteroid 4702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)
• Nov 12 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Perihelion (3.304 AU)
• Nov 13 - Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee Closest Appproach To Earth (1.555 AU)
• Nov 13 - Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (0.867 AU)
• Nov 13 - Lecture: New Worlds - Exoplanet Discoveries from the Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, California
• Nov 13 - 30th Anniversary (1978), HEAO-2 Launch
• Nov 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna Closest Approach To Earth (86.999 AU)
• Nov 14 - Lecture: New Worlds - Exoplanet Discoveries from the Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, California
• Nov 15 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.900 AU)
• Nov 15 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
• Nov 15 - 20th Anniversary (1988), Buran Launch (USSR Space Shuttle)
• Nov 15 - William Herschel's 270th Birthday (1738)
• Nov 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #172 (OTM-172)
• Nov 16 - Comet C/2007 G1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.647 AU)
• Nov 16 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Skylab 4 Launch (Last Launch to Skylab)
• Nov 17 -[Sep 17] TacSat 3/ Genesat 2/PharmaSat 1/HawkSat 1/CP-6 Minotaur 1 Launch
• Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
• Nov 17 - Asteroid 2006 TS7 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.033 AU)
• Nov 17 - Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (0.805 AU)
• Nov 17-21 - 5th European Space Weather Week, Brussels, Belgium
• Nov 17-28 - 20th Canary Island Winter School of Astrophysics: Local Group Cosmology, Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain
• Nov 18 - Alan Shepard's 85th Birthday (1923)
• Nov 18-20 - ESA Workshop on Advanced Flexible Telecom Payloads, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Nov 18-21 - 2nd International SIMBOL-X Symposium, Paris, France
• Nov 20 - Comet C/2008 O3 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
• Nov 21 - Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.525 AU)
• Nov 21 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
• Nov 22 - Asteroid 2004 XK3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
• Nov 22 - Asteroid 85236 (1993 KH) Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
• Nov 22 - 10th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 18 Flyby
• Nov 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #173 (OTM-173)
• Nov 23 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 128523 Johnmuir Closest Approach To Earth (1.077 AU)
• Nov 23 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (2.096 AU)
• Nov 24 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.312 AU)
• Nov 24-27 - 1st Workshop on Numerical Astrophysics: Chemical Evolution of Galaxies, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Nov 25 -[Sep 17] Comet C/2008 R3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.878 AU)
• Nov 25 - Asteroid 2006 US216 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
• Nov 25 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.283 AU)
• Nov 26 - Progress M-01M Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 31P)
• Nov 26 - Comet 150P/LONEOS Perihelion (1.768 AU)
• Nov 26 - Asteroid 2007 TL23 Near-Venus Flyby (0.030 AU)
• Nov 26 - Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
• Nov 26 - 45th Anniversary (1963), Explorer 18 Launch
• Nov 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #174 (OTM-174)
• Nov 27 - Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (1.747 AU)
• Nov 28 - Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.249 AU)
• Nov 29 - Christian Doppler's 205th Birthday (1803)
• Nov 30 - Asteroid 2002 WQ4 Near-Mars Flyby (0.015 AU)
• Nov 30 - Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth (1.196 AU)
• Nov 30 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (2.034 AU)

December 2008

• Dec ?? - NROL-39 Atlas 5 Launch
• Dec ?? - SBSS-1 Minotaur 4 Launch
• Dec ?? - Ciel-2 Proton M-Briz M Launch
• Dec ?? - Astra-1M Proton M-Briz M Launch
• Dec ?? - Feng Yun 2-E CZ-3A Launch
• Dec ?? - Insat 4-D GSLV-1 Launch
• Dec ?? - Canopus 1 Strela Launch
• Dec ?? -[Sep 17] Meteor-M-N1/ Sterkh 2 (Cospas 12)/IRIS/Ugatusat/Sumbandila/ Tatyana 2 Soyuz 2-1b-Fregat Launch
• Dec ?? - X-37B Atlas 5 Launch
• Dec ?? - Condor E Strela Launch
• Dec 01 - Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Atlas 5 Launch
• Dec 01 - Conjunction of Moon, Venus, and Jupiter (3 Degree Triangle)
• Dec 01 - Moon Occults Venus
• Dec 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #175 (OTM-175)
• Dec 01 - Asteroid 155336 (2006 GA) Near-Venus Flyby (0.032 AU)
• Dec 01 - Asteroid 2003 YS70 Near-Mars Flyby (0.036 AU)
• Dec 01 - Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
• Dec 02 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Calypso
• Dec 02 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos Closest Approach To Earth (40.798 AU)
• Dec 02-06 - Meeting: Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and the Atmosphere of the Sun, Bangalore, India
• Dec 03 - 35th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 10, Jupiter Flyby
• Dec 03-05 - Workshop: Radiowave Propagation Models, Tools and Data for Space Systems, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Dec 04 - 30th ANniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1, Venus Orbit Insertion
• Dec 05 - Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.513 AU)
• Dec 05 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (2.019 AU)
• Dec 06 - MESSENGER, Deep Space Maneuver 4 (DSM-4)
• Dec 06 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.290 AU)
• Dec 06 - Asteroid 78577 JPL Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
• Dec 06 - Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.867 AU)
• Dec 06 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190 Closest Approach To Earth (57.093 AU)
• Dec 07 -[Sep 20] Comet 202P/Scotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.573 AU)
• Dec 07 - Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (0.788 AU)
• Dec 07-12 - Conference: Solar Activity During the Onset of Solar Cycle 24, Napa, California
• Dec 07-14 - 24th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Vancouver, Canada
• Dec 08 - Comet C/2007 M2 (Catalina) Perihelion (3.541 AU)
• Dec 08 - Asteroid 2007 EE26 Near-Mars Flyby (0.013 AU)
• Dec 08 - Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.757 AU)
• Dec 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #176 (OTM-176)
• Dec 09 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Calypso
• Dec 09 - P/2008 R5 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (1.940 AU)
• Dec 09 - 30th ANniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2, Venus Arrival (Atmospheric Probes)
• Dec 09 - 150th Anniversary (1858), Ausson Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in France)
• Dec 10 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (8.0 Magnitude)
• Dec 10 - Asteroid 9969 Braille Closest Approach To Earth (2.256 AU)
• Dec 10-12 - 4th ESA Workshop on Satellite Navigation User Equipment Technologies (NAVITEC 2008), Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Dec 11 - Lecture: Space and the Mystery of Dark Energy, Pasadena, California
• Dec 11 - Annie Jump Cannon's 145th Birthday (1863)
• Dec 12 - Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.173 AU)
• Dec 12 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
• Dec 12 - Lecture: Space and the Mystery of Dark Energy, Pasadena, California
• Dec 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #177 (OTM-177)
• Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
• Dec 13 - Asteroid 162361 (2000 AF6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
• Dec 14 - Comet 144P/Kushida Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU)
• Dec 14 - Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
• Dec 14 -[Sep 20] Asteroid 2006 VB14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
• Dec 14 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
• Dec 14 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Nozomi, Mars Flyby
• Dec 15 - Asteroid 2006 KZ39 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.044 AU)
• Dec 15 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
• Dec 15 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
• Dec 15-19 - American Geophysical Society Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California
• Dec 16 - Comet 85P/Boethin Perihelion (1.147 AU)
• Dec 16 - Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.444 AU)
• Dec 16-21 - Conference on Elementary Particles, Astrophysics, and Cosmology, Miami, Florida
• Dec 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #178 (OTM-178)
• Dec 17 - Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.556 AU)
• Dec 17 - 50th Anniversary (1958), Project Mercury Created
• Dec 17 - 105th Anniversary (1903), Wright Brothers' First Airplane Flight
• Dec 18 - GPS 2RM F-8 Delta 2 Launch
• Dec 18 - Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
• Dec 19 - DMSP F-18 Atlas 5 Launch
• Dec 19 - Comet Tsuchinshan 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.328 AU)
• Dec 19 - 210th Anniversary (1798), Benares Meteorite Fall (Hit House in India)
• Dec 20 -[Sep 17] Koronas-Foton Tsyklon 3 Launch
• Dec 20 - Asteroid 2004 XL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
• Dec 21 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 12:04 UT
• Dec 21 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12, Venus Landing
• Dec 21 - 40th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 8 Launch (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders)
• Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
• Dec 22 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
• Dec 22 - 20th Anniversary (1988), Discovery of the LEW 88516 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
• Dec 23 - Comet 85P/Boethin Closest Appproach To Earth (0.873 AU)
• Dec 23 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.084 AU)
• Dec 23 - Asteroid 18106 Blume Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)
• Dec 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #179 (OTM-179)
• Dec 24 - Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.703 AU)
• Dec 24 - Deep Space Network's 45th Birthday (1963)
• Dec 25 - Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte Perihelion (1.724 AU)
• Dec 25 - Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (1.306 AU)
• Dec 25 - 5th Anniversary (2003), Mars Express, Mars Orbit Insertion
• Dec 25 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11, Venus Landing
• Dec 27 - Asteroid 2004 LV3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
• Dec 27 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.094 AU)
• Dec 27 - Asteroid 39382 Opportunity Closest Approach To Earth (2.273 AU)
• Dec 28 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
• Dec 28 - Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)
• Dec 28 - Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (1.796 AU)
• Dec 29 - Moon Occults Jupiter
• Dec 29 - Comet C/2008 Q1 (Maticic) Perihelion (2.963 AU)
• Dec 31 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)

January 2009

• Jan 01 - International Year of Astronomy 2009
• Jan ?? - Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Impacts Moon
• Jan ?? - Herschel- Planck Ariane 5 Launch
• Jan ?? - Beagle 2: Evolution Launch
• Jan ?? - Cosmos Geizer N21 Proton K Launch
• Jan ?? - XSS-12 Delta 2 Launch
• Jan ?? - Equars VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
• Jan ?? - COMS 1 Ariane 5 Launch
• Jan ?? - Sicral 1-B Zenit 3SL Launch
• Jan ?? - Badr 5 (Arabsat 5B) Ariane 5 Launch
• Jan ?? - Microscope Ariane 5 Launch
• Jan ?? - Eros C Start 1 Launch (Israel)
• Jan ?? - Amsat Phase 3E Express Ariane 5 Launch
• Jan ?? - FSW-23 CZ-2D Launch (China)
• Jan ?? - HealthSat (G-Sat 4)/ Tauvex GSLV Launch
• Jan ?? - Unamsat 3 Dnepr 1 Launch
• Jan ?? - Hausat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
• Jan ?? - Lapansat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
• Jan ?? - Bluesat Dnepr 1 Launch
• Jan ?? -[Sep 17] RazakSAT/Cubesats Falcon 1 Launch
• Jan 02 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Stardust, Comet Wild 2 Flyby
• Jan 02 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Luna 1 Launch (1st Moon Flyby)
• Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
• Jan 04 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
• Jan 04 - Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (1.712 AU)
• Jan 04 - Asteroid 1034 Mozartia Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
• Jan 04 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Mars Exploration Rover A (Spirit), Mars Landing
• Jan 05 - Comet P/2002 CW134 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.844 AU)
• Jan 05 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (1.941 AU)
• Jan 05 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (2.255 AU)
• Jan 05 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5 Launch (USSR Venus Atmospheric Probe)
• Jan 07 - Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.033 AU)
• Jan 07 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
• Jan 07 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
• Jan 07-10 - 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Long Beach, California
• Jan 08 - Comet P/2003 K2 (Christensen) Perihelion (0.534 AU)
• Jan 08 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.567 AU)
• Jan 10 - Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Perihelion (1.213 AU)
• Jan 10 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6 Launch (USSR Venus Atmospheric Probe)
• Jan 11 - Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
• Jan 12 - Comet C/2008 G1 (Gibbs) Perihelion (3.990 AU)
• Jan 12 - Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.776 AU)
• Jan 12-16 - Conference: Formation and Evolution of Globular Clusters, Santa Barbara, California
• Jan 12-16 - Conference: Essential Cosmology for the Next Generation, Los Cabos, Mexico
• Jan 13 - Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
• Jan 13 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (1.744 AU)
• Jan 14 - Stardust, Earth Flyby
• Jan 14 - Venus At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
• Jan 14 - Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)
• Jan 14 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
• Jan 15 - Orbiting Carbon Observator (OCO) Taurus Launch
• Jan 15 - Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite (GOSAT)/SDS-1 (Small Demo Sat)/Sohla 1/Microlabsat 2/SpriteSat/PRISM/Kagakaki/KKS-1/STARS H-2A Launch (Japan)
• Jan 15 - Asteroid 2002 AO11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
• Jan 16 - Asteroid 5430 Luu Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU)
• Jan 17 - P/2008 R5 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (0.990 AU)
• Jan 17 - Asteroid 136849 (1998 CS1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
• Jan 17 - Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)
• Jan 17 - Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.536 AU)
• Jan 18 - Comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (4.129 AU)
• Jan 18 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.641 AU)
• Jan 18 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (1.756 AU)
• Jan 18 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
• Jan 18 - Asteroid 7862 Keikonakamura Closest Approach To Earth (1.848 AU)
• Jan 20 - Comet 68P/Klemola Perihelion (1.759 AU)
• Jan 20 - Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.082 AU)
• Jan 20 - Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (1.782 AU)
• Jan 20 - Asteroid 886 Washingtonia Closest Approach To Earth (2.599 AU)
• Jan 20-21 - Earth Explorer User Consultation Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
• Jan 21 - Comet 195P/Hill Perihelion (4.439 AU)
• Jan 21 - Asteroid 132524 APL Closest Approach To Earth (2.305 AU)
• Jan 22 - Venus Express, End of Extended Mission
• Jan 23 - Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demo
• Jan 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #180 (OTM-180)
• Jan 23 - Asteroid 2000 CK59 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
• Jan 24 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.249 AU)
• Jan 24 - Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (2.252 AU)
• Jan 25 - Comet P/2002 JN16 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.784 AU)
• Jan 25 - Asteroid 8249 Gershwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.175 AU)
• Jan 25 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Mars Exploration Rover B (Opportunity), Mars Landing
• Jan 25 - 15th Anniversary (1994), Clementine Launch (USA Moon Orbiter)
• Jan 26 - Annular Solar Eclipse
• Jan 26 - Chinese New Year
• Jan 26 - Comet 144P/Kushida Perihelion (1.439 AU)
• Jan 26 - Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
• Jan 26 - Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
• Jan 27 - Asteroid 2007 UY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
• Jan 27 - Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
• Jan 27 - Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (2.019 AU)
• Jan 28 - Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (1.592 AU)
• Jan 29 - 20th Anniversary (1989), Phobos 2, Mars Orbit Insertion
• Jan 31 - Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)

February 2009

• Feb ?? - Cosmos Glonass K1+K2 Soyuz 2 Fregat Launch
• Feb ?? - Luch 5A Soyuz 2-Fregat Launch
• Feb ?? - Yamal 301/302 Proton K-DM-2M Launch
• Feb ?? - Monitor IR1 Rokot KM Launch
• Feb ?? - Afristar 3 (Worldstar 3) Ariane 5 Launch
• Feb ?? - Sinosat 4 CZ-3B Launch
• Feb ?? - Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS-3) F-3 Delta 4M Launch
• Feb ?? - SBIRS-Geo 1 (SBIRS-High 2) Atlas 5 Launch
• Feb ?? - TacSat 4 Minotaur 4 Launch
• Feb ?? - Telstar 11N Zenit 3SLB Launch
• Feb 01 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Europa 19 Flyby
• Feb 01-07 - Conference: Thirty Years of Magnetars - New Frontiers, Aspen, Colorado
• Feb 02 - Cassini, Distant Rhea Flyby
• Feb 02 - Asteroid 2008 CD119 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
• Feb 02 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.642 AU)
• Feb 04 - NOAA-N Prime (NOAA-19) Delta 2 Launch
• Feb 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #181 (OTM-181)
• Feb 04 - Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)
• Feb 04 - Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
• Feb 04 - Asteroid 43844 Rowling Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)
• Feb 05 - Comet P/2003 K2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (0.331 AU)
• Feb 05 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
• Feb 05 - Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
• Feb 05 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.489 AU)
• Feb 05 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, Venus Flyby
• Feb 06 - Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (1.399 AU)
• Feb 07 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Feb 07 -[Sep 20] Comet 202P/Scotti Perihelion (2.527 AU)
• Feb 07 - Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.898 AU)
• Feb 07 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
• Feb 07 - Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (1.753 AU)
• Feb 07 - Astronomical Society of the Pacific's 120th Birthday (1889)
• Feb 07 - William Huggins' 185th Birthday (1824)
• Feb 08 -[Sep 20] Comet 201P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 AU)
• Feb 08 - Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (1.954 AU)
• Feb 09 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• Feb 09 - Asteroid 2008 CQ116 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
• Feb 09 - Asteroid 2004 BY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
• Feb 09 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)
• Feb 09 - Asteroid 99942 Apophis Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
• Feb 09 - Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
• Feb 09 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Stardust Launch
• Feb 10 - Progress M-66 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 32P)
• Feb 10 - GOES-O Delta 4 Launch
• Feb 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #182 (OTM-182)
• Feb 10 - Asteroid 2006 AS2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
• Feb 10 - Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.703 AU)
• Feb 10 - Asteroid 1006 Lagrangea Closest Approach To Earth (2.581 AU)
• Feb 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 55565 (2002 AW197) Closest Approach To Earth (45.576 AU)
• Feb 10 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Mars 4, Mars Flyby
• Feb 12 - STS-119 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery (International Space Station 15A)
• Feb 12 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Mars 5, Mars Orbit Insertion
• Feb 13 - Asteroid 2007 GX5 Near-Venus Flyby (0.026 AU)
• Feb 13 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.725 AU)
• Feb 14 - Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
• Feb 15 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.641 AU)
• Feb 15 - Galileo Galilei's 445th Birthday (1564)
• Feb 16 - Asteroid 2005 YR3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
• Feb 17 - Asteroid 2003 UX34 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.034 AU)
• Feb 17 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
• Feb 17 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (2.458 AU)
• Feb 17 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Vanguard 2 Launch
• Feb 18 - Dawn, Mars Flyby
• Feb 18 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Perihelion (1.247 AU)
• Feb 18 - Asteroid 1999 AQ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
• Feb 18 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
• Feb 19 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)
• Feb 20 - Hotbird 10/Optus D-3 Ariane 5 Launch
• Feb 20 - Asteroid 2007 VU6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
• Feb 20 - Asteroid 9016 Henrymoore Closest Approach To Earth (2.167 AU)
• Feb 20 - 15th Anniversary (1994), Clementine, Moon Orbit Insertion
• Feb 21 - Asteroid 1247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (2.741 AU)
• Feb 23 - Asteroid 4923 Clarke Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
• Feb 24 - Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Closest Approach To Earth (0.412 AU)
• Feb 24 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 6 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
• Feb 24 - 60th Anniversary (1949), Bumper WAC Launch
• Feb 24-27 - 1st Symposium on Astrosociology, Huntsville, Alabama
• Feb 25 - Asteroid 2004 DA53 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
• Feb 25 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.576 AU)
• Feb 26 - Asteroid 1 Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
• Feb 26 - Asteroid 2007 AG Near-Mercury Flyby (0.025 AU)
• Feb 28 - Space Technology 8 (ST8) Pegasus XL Launch
• Feb 28 - Asteroid 2005 XV77 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.026 AU)
• Feb 28 - Asteroid 2004 XN50 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.029 AU)
• Feb 28 - Asteroid 2007 CX50 Near-Mars Flyby (0.031 AU)
• Feb 28 - Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.050 AU)
• Feb 28 - Asteroid 117329 Spencer Closest Approach To Earth (1.059 AU)
• Feb 28 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Discoverer 1 Launch

March 2009

• Mar ?? - Inaugural Falcon 9 Test Launch
• Mar ?? - Astrosat 1 PSLV Launch (India)
• Mar ?? - CBERS 3 CZ-4B Launch
• Mar ?? - NROL-29 Atlas 5 Launch
• Mar ?? - Sirius FM-5 Proton M-Briz M Launch
• Mar ?? - AEHF F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
• Mar ?? -[Sep 17] Cryosat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
• Mar ?? - Cubesats/ PW-Sat 1/Laser Relativity Satellite (LARES) Vega Launch (Inaugural Vega Launch)
• Mar ?? - Cosmos-Garpun N-1Proton M-Briz M Launch
• Mar ?? - X-37A F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
• Mar 01 - Asteroid 37582 Faraday Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)
• Mar 01 - Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.722 AU)
• Mar 02 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/ Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Atlas 5 Launch
• Mar 02 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Rosetta Launch
• Mar 02-06 -[Sep 15] Meeting: The Interferometric View on Hot Stars, Vina del Mar, Chile
• Mar 03 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 9 Launch
• Mar 05 - Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.583 AU)
• Mar 05 - 30th Anniversary (1979), Voyager 1, Jupiter Flyby
• Mar 07 - Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee Perihelion (2.356 AU)
• Mar 07 - Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (1.534 AU)
• Mar 07 - Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
• Mar 07 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (2.971 AU)
• Mar 08 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)
• Mar 08 - Saturn At Opposition
• Mar 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #183 (OTM-183)
• Mar 09 - Asteroid 2005 ES70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
• Mar 09 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.239 AU)
• Mar 09 - Yuri Gagarin's 75th Birthday (1934)
• Mar 10 - Comet P/2008 J3 (McNaught) Perihelion (2.288 AU)
• Mar 11 - Asteroid 2007 FS3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)
• Mar 11 - Asteroid 2003 WP25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
• Mar 11 - Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.447 AU)
• Mar 11 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.318 AU)
• Mar 13 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)
• Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 130th Birthday (1879)
• Mar 15 - Asteroid 8353 Megryan Closest Approach To Earth (1.853 AU)
• Mar 15 - Dwarf Planet Makemake Closest Approach To Earth (51.231 AU)
• Mar 15-19 -[Sep 17] 14th North American Workshop on Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, Tucson, Arizona
• Mar 16 - Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
• Mar 19 - Asteroid 9954 Brachiosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.961 AU)
• Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 21:18 UT
• Mar 20 - Comet P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness) Perihelion (1.551 AU)
• Mar 20 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (2.320 AU)
• Mar 23 - Pierre Simon Laplace's 260th Birthday (1749)
• Mar 23-26 - Ground System Architectures Workshop 2009, Torrence, California
• Mar 23-27 - 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2009), The Woodlands, Texas
• Mar 24 - Soyuz TMA-14 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 18S)
• Mar 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #184 (OTM-184)
• Mar 26 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 Perihelion (1.891 AU)
• Mar 26 - Asteroid 7958 Leakey Closest Approach To Earth (1.029 AU)
• Mar 27 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Mar 27 - Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (2.460 AU)
• Mar 27 - 40th Anniverary (1969), Mariner 7 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
• Mar 28 - Asteroid 2002 VX91 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
• Mar 29 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (Europe)
• Mar 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #186 (OTM-186)
• Mar 29 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.016 AU)
• Mar 29 - 40th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 1st Mercury Flyby
• Mar 30 - Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
• Mar 30-Apr 01 - ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC, Florence, Italy
• Mar 31 - Hylas Falcon 9 Launch
• Mar 31 - Asteroid 3783 Morris Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
• Mar 31 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (2.355 AU)

April 2009

• Apr ?? - Orion Crew Exploraton Vehicle Launch (Unmanned)
• Apr ?? - Insat 3-D GSLV Launch (India)
• Apr ?? - Meteor 3M N2 Soyuz 2-1B Launch
• Apr ?? - Radio-Astron (Spektr R) Zenit 2-Fregat-SB Launch
• Apr ?? - Protostar 2 Proton M-Briz M Launch
• Apr ?? - Anusat PSLV Launch
• Apr ?? - X-Sat PSLV Launch
• Apr ?? - RISAT PSLV Launch (India)
• Apr ?? - SMOS/Proba 2 Rokot KM Launch
• Apr ?? - Electro-L N1 Zenit 2-Fregat Launch
• Apr 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #186A (OTM-186A)
• Apr 01 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (2.080 AU)
• Apr 01-03 -[Sep 18] Workshop: Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: from First Light to Galactic Nuclei, Irvine, California
• Apr 02 - Comet P/2001 J1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (1.338 AU)
• Apr 02 - Asteroid 2007 GX5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
• Apr 02 - Asteroid 2007 YF Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
• Apr 02 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)
• Apr 02 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.724 AU)
• Apr 02 - Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (1.775 AU)
• Apr 02 - Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (2.665 AU)
• Apr 02 - 45th Anniversary (1964), Zond 1 Launch (USSR Venus Flyby Mission)
• Apr 02 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Selection Of The Mercury 7 Astronauts
• Apr 03 - Asteroid 73079 Davidbaltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.028 AU)
• Apr 03-05 - CONTACT 2009 Conference, Moffett Field, California
• Apr 04 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Apr 04 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (1.238 AU)
• Apr 06 - Asteroid 2006 SU19 Near-Venus Flyby (0.040 AU)
• Apr 06 - Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (1.727 AU)
• Apr 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #188 (OTM-188)
• Apr 07 - Asteroid 2002 GG8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
• Apr 07 - Asteroid 2008 EX5 Near-Mars Flyby (0.023 AU)
• Apr 07 -[Sep 18] Kuiper Belt Object 136108 Haumea Closest Approach To Earth (50.179 AU)
• Apr 08 - 45th Anniversary (1964), Gemini 1 Launch (Unmanned)
• Apr 09 - Comet 199P/Shoemaker 4 Perihelion (2.935 AU)
• Apr 09 - Asteroid 11548 Jerrylewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)
• Apr 09 - Asteroid 4444 Escher Closest Approach To Earth (1.400 AU)
• Apr 10 - Kepler Delta 2 Launch
• Apr 10 - Comet 2004 CB (LINEAR) Near-Earth Flyby (0.263 AU)
• Apr 11 - Comet Shoemaker 4 Perihelion (2.935 AU)
• Apr 11 - Asteroid 2005 YR3 Near-Venus Flyby (0.043 AU)
• Apr 12 - Easter Sunday
• Apr 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #189 (OTM-189)
• Apr 12 - Asteroid 2007 SW2 Near-Mars Flyby (0.049 AU)
• Apr 12 - Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (1.503 AU)
• Apr 12 - Yuri's Night: World Space Party
• Apr 12 - 160th Anniversary (1849), Annibale de Gasparis' Discovery of Asteroid 10 Hygiea
• Apr 14 - Asteroid 13926 Berners-Lee Closest Approach To Earth (2.303 AU)
• Apr 14 - Christiaan Huygens' 380th Birthday (1629)
• Apr 15 - Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (1.834 AU)
• Apr 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #190 (OTM-190)
• Apr 16 - Asteroid 2007 HR Near-Mercury Flyby (0.044 AU)
• Apr 17 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
• Apr 19-23 - Joint European National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM 2009), Hatfield, United Kingdom
• Apr 20 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Apr 21 - Comet C/2008 O2 (McNaught) Perihelion (3.802 AU)
• Apr 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #191 (OTM-191)
• Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
• Apr 23 - Asteroid 2006 DM63 Near-Venus Flyby (0.042 AU)
• Apr 23 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.253 AU)
• Apr 24 - Comet C/2008 Q1 (Maticic) Closest Approach To Earth (2.475 AU)
• Apr 26 - Asteroid 17078 Sellers Closest Approach To Earth (2.272 AU)
• Apr 27-30 - 1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids, Granada, Spain
• Apr 27-May 01 -[Sep 18] IAU Symposium 261: Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy - Dynamics, Reference Frames, and Data Analysis, Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Apr 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #192 (OTM-192)
• Apr 28 - Asteroid 2007 WA Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
• Apr 28 - Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (1.664 AU)
• Apr 28 - Asteroid 17640 Mount Stromlo Closest Approach To Earth (2.221 AU)
• Apr 28-30 - International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC 2009), Rome, Italy
• Apr 29 - Asteroid 2007 EB26 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.020 AU)
• Apr 29 - Asteroid 719 Albert Closest Approach To Earth (2.031 AU)
• Apr 29-May 03 - Astronomy Week

May 2009

• May ?? - Mars Express, End of Mission?
• May ?? - Venus Express, End of Mission?
• May ?? - NROL-25 Delta 4M Launch
• May ?? - Worldview 2 Delta 2 Launch
• May ?? - Helios 2 Ariane 5 Launch
• May ?? - Cosmos-Prognoz N11 Proton K-DM2 Launch
• May ?? - HJ-1C CZ-2C Launch
• May ?? - Intelsat 14 Atlas 5 Launch
• May ?? - SSR-1 VSL-1 Launch (Brazil)
• May ?? - TerreStar 1 Ariane 5 Launch
• May ?? - Asiasat 5 Zenit 3SLB Launch
• May 01 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Genesis, Earth Flyby
• May 01 - 60th Anniversary (1949), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of Neptune Moon Nereid
• May 02 - Astronomy Day
• May 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #193 (OTM-193)
• May 02 - Asteroid 9500 Camelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU)
• May 02 - Asteroid 5231 Verne Closest Approach To Earth (2.031 AU)
• May 03 - Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
• May 04 - Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU)
• May 04 - Asteroid 3297 Hong Kong Closest Approach To Earth (2.671 AU)
• May 04 - 20th Anniversary (1989), Magellan Launch (Venus Orbiter)
• May 04-08 - 2009 IEEE Radar Conference, Pasadena, California
• May 05 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
• May 05 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 20 Flyby
• May 07 - Space Day
• May 07 - Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.077 AU)
• May 07 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
• May 07 - Asteroid 697 Galilea Closest Approach To Earth (2.105 AU)
• May 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #194 (OTM-194)
• May 10 - Asteroid 1024 Hale Closest Approach To Earth (2.315 AU)
• May 10-15 - Conference: Bolides and Meteorite Falls, Prague, Czech Republic
• May 11-14 -[Sep 14] First International Symposium on Reliability of Optoelectronics For Space (ISROS 2009), Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
• May 11-15 - 3rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at Dome C (Antarctica) for the Next Decade, Rome, Italy
• May 12-15 - Conference: Galaxies in Isolation - Exploring Nature versus Nurture, Granada, Spain
• May 13 - Comet 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 Perihelion (1.915 AU)
• May 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #195 (OTM-195)
• May 14 - Asteroid 2228 Soyuz-Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (2.683 AU)
• May 15 - STS-127 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery, Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) (International Space Station 2J/A)
• May 15 - Asteroid 1996 Adams Closest Approach To Earth (1.747 AU)
• May 16 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Venera 5, Venus Impact
• May 17 - Asteroid 2001 SG286 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
• May 17 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6, Venus Impact
• May 18 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #196 (OTM-196)
• May 18 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 10 Launch
• May 19 - Asteroid 118401 LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.662 AU)
• May 19 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Hayabusa (MUSES-C), Earth Flyby
• May 21 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• May 21 - Asteroid 203 Pompeja Closest Approach To Earth (1.890 AU)
• May 21 - Asteroid 10217 Richardcook Closest Approach To Earth (1.898 AU)
• May 21 - Asteroid 4808 Ballaero Closest Approach To Earth (2.069 AU)
• May 21 - Asteroid 51828 Ilanramon Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
• May 22 - Asteroid 83360 Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (1.826 AU)
• May 23 - Asteroid 1991 JW Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
• May 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #197 (OTM-197)
• May 24 - Asteroid 10044 Squyres Closest Approach To Earth (1.778 AU)
• May 24 - Asteroid 1282 Utopia Closest Approach To Earth (2.543 AU)
• May 24-29 - Meeting: Tidal Dwarf Galaxies - Ghosts from Structure Formation, Bad Honnef, Germany
• May 25 - Comet 22P/Kopff Perihelion (1.578 AU)
• May 25 - Asteroid 149 Medusa Closest Approach To Earth (1.301 AU)
• May 25 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.603 AU)
• May 25 -[Sep 20] Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe Closest Approach To Earth (2.000 AU)
• May 25-29 - Planck 2009 Conference: From The Planck Scale To The Electroweak Scale, Padova, Italy
• May 26 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 5145 Pholus Closest Approach To Earth (21.717 AU)
• May 26-29 - Annual Meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA 2009), Toronto, Canada
• May 28 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Jupiter C Launch Of Two Monkeys (Able & Baker)
• May 29 - Asteroid 6032 Nobel Closest Approach To Earth (1.169 AU)
• May 29 - Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (1.994 AU)
• May 29 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Luna 22 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
• May 29 - 90th Anniversary (1919), Solar Eclipse Confirms Einstein's General Theory Of Relativity
• May 30 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #198 (OTM-198)
• May 30 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (2.220 AU)
• May 31 - Asteroid 2006 KY67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
• May 31 - Asteroid 2753 Duncan Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)

June 2009

• Jun ?? - GPS 2F F-1 Delta 4M Launch
• Jun ?? - Prisma/ Picard Dnepr 1 Launch
• Jun ?? - NSS-12 Ariane 5ECA Launch
• Jun 01 - Asteroid 7086 Bopp Closest Approach To Earth (1.088 AU)
• Jun 01 - Asteroid 916 America Closest Approach To Earth (1.632 AU)
• Jun 01 - Asteroid 2801 Huygens Closest Approach To Earth (1.824 AU)
• Jun 01 -[Sep 15] Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (3.262 AU)
• Jun 01-05 - Meeting: The Monster's Fiery Breath - Feedback in Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters, Madison, Wisconsin
• Jun 02 - Asteroid 2002 LT38 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
• Jun 02 - Asteroid 3066 McFadden Closest Approach To Earth (1.672 AU)
• Jun 02 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (3.836 AU)
• Jun 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #199 (OTM-199)
• Jun 04 - Comet C/2007 M1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (6.935 AU)
• Jun 04 - Asteroid 6434 Jewitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)
• Jun 04 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.517 AU)
• Jun 05 - Venus At Its Greatest Western Elongation (46 Degrees)
• Jun 05 - Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (1.009 AU)
• Jun 05 - Asteroid 79896 Billhaley Closest Approach To Earth (1.749 AU)
• Jun 05 - John Couch Adams' 190th Birthday (1819)
• Jun 06 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Jun 06 - Asteroid 2004 FY15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
• Jun 07 - Asteroid 2247 Hiroshima Closest Approach To Earth (1.647 AU)
• Jun 07 - Asteroid 12485 Jenniferharris Closest Approach To Earth (1.655 AU)
• Jun 07-11 - 214th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Pasadena, California
• Jun 07-11 -[Sep 15] 19th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, Bad Reichenhall, Germany
• Jun 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 28978 Ixion Closest Approach To Earth (40.576 AU)
• Jun 09 - Asteroid 143651 (2003 QO104) Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
• Jun 09 -[Sep 17] Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.485 AU)
• Jun 09 -[Sep 15] Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.675 AU)
• Jun 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #200 (OTM-200)
• Jun 10 - Asteroid 136617 (1994 CC) Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)
• Jun 10 - Asteroid 2004 SX Near-Mars Flyby (0.042 AU)
• Jun 10 -[Sep 15] Asteroid 2266 Tchaikovsky Closest Approach To Earth (3.012 AU)
• Jun 11 - Asteroid 2001 WT1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.049 AU)
• Jun 11 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Closest Approach To Earth (42.193 AU)
• Jun 11 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Phoebe Flyby
• Jun 12 - Asteroid 2002 LR24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
• Jun 12 - Asteroid 2003 HT42 Near-Venus Flyby (0.036 AU)
• Jun 13 - Comet C/2008 Q3 (Garradd) Closest Approach To Earth (1.711 AU)
• Jun 13 - Asteroid 74625 Tieproject Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
• Jun 13 - Jet Propulsion Lab's 65th Birthday (1944)
• Jun 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #201 (OTM-201)
• Jun 14 - Asteroid 137078 (1998 XZ4) Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
• Jun 15 - Glory Taurus Launch
• Jun 16 - Comet P/2003 A1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.916 AU)
• Jun 16 - Asteroid 498 Tokio Closest Approach To Earth (1.423 AU)
• Jun 16 - Asteroid 16809 Galapagos Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
• Jun 16 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.475 AU)
• Jun 17 - Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
• Jun 18 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.366 AU)
• Jun 18 - William Lassell's 210th Birthday (1799)
• Jun 19 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #202 (OTM-202)
• Jun 20 - Asteroid 5066 Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (0.719 AU)
• Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 05:45 UT
• Jun 22 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Jun 22 - Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto Closest Approach To Earth (30.664 AU)
• Jun 22 - Asteroid 2008 EL68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
• Jun 22 - Asteroid 2000 AH205 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
• Jun 22 - Asteroid 5811 Keck Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)
• Jun 22 - Asteroid 3208 Fraschetti Closest Approach To Earth (1.075 AU)
• Jun 22 -[Sep 15] Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.254 AU)
• Jun 22-25 -[Sep 18] Conference: Observing the Dark Universe with Euclid, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• Jun 23 - Pluto At Opposition
• Jun 23 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 3 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.286 AU)
• Jun 24 - Asteroid 10050 Rayman Closest Approach To Earth (1.007 AU)
• Jun 24 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Cassini, 2nd Venus Flyby
• Jun 24 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Salyut 3 Launch (USSR Space Station)
• Jun 25 - Asteroid 5720 Halweaver Closest Approach To Earth (1.939 AU)
• Jun 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #203 (OTM-203)
• Jun 26 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 742 Edisona Closest Approach To Earth (1.891 AU)
• Jun 28 - Asteroid 2001 FE90 Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
• Jun 28 - Asteroid 4511 Rembrandt Closest Approach To Earth (1.006 AU)
• Jun 29 - Asteroid 2008 EV68 Near-Mars Flyby (0.033 AU)
• Jun 29 - Asteroid 4664 Hanner Closest Approach To Earth (1.769 AU)
• Jun 29- Jul 03 - Invisible Universe International Conference, Paris France
• Jun 30 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #204 (OTM-204)
• Jun 30 - Asteroid 2006 MV1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)

July 2009

• Jul ?? - Giove A2 Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
• Jul ?? - Dragon 1 Falcon 9 Launch
• Jul ?? - Zohreh 1 Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
• Jul ?? -[Sep 18] Gonets D1 M2-M4 Rocket KM Launch
• Jul ?? -[Sep 17] Dialog 1 Rokot-Briz Launch
• Jul 01 - Comet C/2008 Q3 (Garradd) Perihelion (2.530 AU)
• Jul 01 - Asteroid 18626 Michaelcarr Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
• Jul 01 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Giotto, Earth Flyby
• Jul 02 - Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.667 AU)
• Jul 03 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)
• Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
• Jul 04 - 955th Anniversary (1054), The Crab Nebula Supernova
• Jul 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #205 (OTM-205)
• Jul 05 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (0.875 AU)
• Jul 05 - Asteroid 2675 Tolkien Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
• Jul 06 - Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) Perihelion (3.127 AU)
• Jul 06-10 - Conference: L'Univers Invisible - Energie Noire et Matiere Noire - l'Univers Outre Noir, Paris, France
• Jul 07 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• Jul 07 - Asteroid 2710 Veverka Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
• Jul 08 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Jul 08 - Asteroid 6560 Pravdo Closest Approach To Earth (1.074 AU)
• Jul 08 - Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.330 AU)
• Jul 08-15 - 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz, Poland
• Jul 09 - Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
• Jul 09 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.922 AU)
• Jul 09 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (1.990 AU)
• Jul 09 - 30th Anniversary (1979), Voyager 2, Jupiter Flyby
• Jul 10 - Asteroid 2001 HY7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
• Jul 10 - Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (1.706 AU)
• Jul 11 - Cassini, Distant Dione Flyby
• Jul 11 - Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.431 AU)
• Jul 11 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Appraoch To Earth (1.657 AU)
• Jul 11 - 30th Anniversary (1979), Skylab Re-Enters Into Earth's Atmosphere
• Jul 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #206 (OTM-206)
• Jul 12 - Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.325 AU)
• Jul 13 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU)
• Jul 13 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
• Jul 16 -[Sep 16] Comet C/2008 N1 (Holmes) Closest Approach To Earth (2.576 AU)
• Jul 16 - Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
• Jul 16 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 11 Launch (1st Manned Moon Landing)
• Jul 16-22 - 15th Anniversary (1994), Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impacts on Jupiter
• Jul 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #207 (OTM-207)
• Jul 17 - Asteroid 4535 Adamcarolla Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
• Jul 18 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (2.372 AU)
• Jul 19 - Asteroid 17898 Scottsheppard Closest Approach To Earth (1.011 AU)
• Jul 19-22 - Conference: Galaxy Wars - Stellar Populations and Star Formation in Interacting Galaxies, Johnson City Tennessee
• Jul 19-23 - 3rd International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT 2009), Pasadena, California
• Jul 20 - Asteroid 2006 TU7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
• Jul 20 - Asteroid 8749 Beatles Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)
• Jul 20 - Asteroid 12927 Pinocchio Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
• Jul 20 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Retrieval Of Liberty Bell 7 Capsule From Ocean Floor
• Jul 20 - 40th Anniversary (1969), 1st Man On The Moon (Apollo 11)
• Jul 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #208 (OTM-208)
• Jul 21 - 95th Anniversary (1914), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Sinope
• Jul 22 - Total Solar Eclipse
• Jul 22 - Comet C/2008 P1 (Garradd) Perihelion (3.898 AU)
• Jul 22 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
• Jul 22 - Friedrich Bessel's 225th Birthday (1784)
• Jul 24 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Jul 24 - Asteroid 2006 LC Near-Pallas Flyby (0.036 AU)
• Jul 25 -[Sep 20] Comet P/1999 XB69 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.652 AU)
• Jul 25 - Asteroid 2001 GM2 Near-Mars Flyby (0.023 AU)
• Jul 25 - 25th Anniversary (1984), 1st Woman Spacewalk (Svetlana Savitskaya)
• Jul 26 - Cassini, Distant Tethys Flyby
• Jul 26 - Asteroid 2005 SP9 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.034 AU)
• Jul 26 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
• Jul 26 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
• Jul 27 -[Sep 17] Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.706 AU)
• Jul 27-Oct 02 - Conference: Particle Acceleration in Astrophysical Plasmas, Santa Babara, California
• Jul 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #209 (OTM-209)
• Jul 28 - Asteroid 6312 Robheinlein Closest Approach To Earth (1.275 AU)
• Jul 28 - 45th Anniversary (1964), Ranger 7 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)
• Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
• Jul 29 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Deep Space 1Deep Space 1, Asteroid Braille Flyby
• Jul 30 - STS-128 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis (International Space Station)
• Jul 30 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Saturn Orbit Insertion
• Jul 31 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
• Jul 31 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (2.594 AU)
• Jul 31 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Lunar Prospector, Moon Impact
• Jul 31 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 6, Mars Flyby

August 2009

• Aug ?? - Oceansat 2/SRE-2 PSLV Launch
• Aug ?? - Sitch 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
• Aug ?? - IGS-4A/ IGS-4B H-2A Launch
• Aug ?? - Cassiope 1 Falcon 9 Launch
• Aug ?? -[Sep 17] JC-Sat 12 Ariane 5 Launch
• Aug 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #210 (OTM-210)
• Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
• Aug 02 - Asteroid 243 Ida Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
• Aug 03 - 5th Anniversary (2004), MESSENGER Delta 2 Launch
• Aug 03-05 -[Sep 20] Joint Discussion IAU-GA: Dark Matter in Early-Type Galaxies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Aug 05 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (1.547 AU)
• Aug 05 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 7 Mars Flyby
• Aug 06 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #211 (OTM-211)
• Aug 06 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
• Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
• Aug 06 - Asteroid 3773 Smithsonian Closest Approach To Earth (0.823 AU)
• Aug 06 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (2.435 AU)
• Aug 07 - Asteroid 2006 UL185 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.032 AU)
• Aug 08 - Asteroid 2322 Kitt Peak Closest Approach To Earth (1.245 AU)
• Aug 08 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Zond 7 Launch (Soviet Moon Mission)
• Aug 09 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Aug 09 - Comet 24P/Schaumasse Perihelion (1.214 AU)
• Aug 09 - Asteroid 2007 RQ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
• Aug 10 - Asteroid 2000 SJ8 Near-Mars Flyby (0.026 AU)
• Aug 10 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
• Aug 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 PG115 Closest Approach To Earth (35.781 AU)
• Aug 11 -[Sep 19] Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (14.935 AU)
• Aug 11 - Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (0.871 AU)
• Aug 11 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (1.429 AU)
• Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
• Aug 12 - Asteroid 2006 BM8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
• Aug 12 - Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (0.976 AU)
• Aug 12 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
• Aug 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #212 (OTM-212)
• Aug 13 - Comet P/2004 X1 (LINEAR) Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
• Aug 14 - Jupiter At Opposition
• Aug 14 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 22 Flyby
• Aug 15 -[Sep 19] Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.638 AU)
• Aug 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #213 (OTM-213)
• Aug 16 - Asteroid 434 Hungaria Closest Approach To Earth (0.854 AU)
• Aug 17 - Neptune At Opposition
• Aug 17 - Comet 89P/Russell At Perihelion (2.280 AU)
• Aug 17 - Asteroid 163697 (2003 EF54) Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
• Aug 18 - Asteroid 2002 RQ25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
• Aug 18 -[Sep 17] Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
• Aug 18 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Earth Flyby
• Aug 20 - Asteroid 2005 CW25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
• Aug 20 -[Sep 19] Asteroid 2006 SQ372 Closest Approach To Earth (23.328 AU)
• Aug 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #214 (OTM-214)
• Aug 21 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (2.578 AU)
• Aug 22 -[Sep 19] Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.404 AU)
• Aug 22 -[Sep 15] Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.310 AU)
• Aug 22 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.463 AU)
• Aug 22 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 3192 A'Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
• Aug 23 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 12426 Racquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.282 AU)
• Aug 24 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
• Aug 24 - Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
• Aug 24-27 - 2009 International Kepler Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
• Aug 25 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
• Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
• Aug 25 - Asteroid 1855 Korolev Closest Approach To Earth (1.404 AU)
• Aug 25 - 20th Anniversary (1989), Voyager 2 Neptune Flyby
• Aug 26 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
• Aug 27 - Cassini, Telesto Flyby
• Aug 27 - Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)
• Aug 28 - Asteroid 2008 KT Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
• Aug 28 -[Sep 17] Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
• Aug 28 - 220th Anniversary (1789), William Herschel's Discovery of Saturn Moon Enceladus
• Aug 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #215 (OTM-215)

September 2009

• Sep ?? -[Sep 17] Express AM-4/Express MD-2 Proton M-Briz M Launch
• Sep 01 - HTV-Demo Test Flight H-2B Launch (International Space Station, Japan)
• Sep 01 - Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU)
• Sep 01 - 30th Anniversary (1979), Pioneer 11, Saturn Flyby
• Sep 02 - 205th Anniversary (1804), Karl Harding's Discovery of Asteroid 3 Juno
• Sep 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #216 (OTM-216)
• Sep 04 - Saturn's Rings Edge-on From Earth
• Sep 04 - Asteroid 2006 SV217 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)
• Sep 06 -[Sep 19] Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)
• Sep 06 - American Astronomical Society's 110th Birthday (1899)
• Sep 07 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 11945 Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (1.658 AU)
• Sep 08 - Comet P/2001 MD7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.224 AU)
• Sep 08 -[Sep 19] Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (0.989 AU)
• Sep 08 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Genesis, Return To Earth
• Sep 09 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (1.029 AU)
• Sep 09 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.330 AU)
• Sep 09 -[Sep 14] William Bond's 220th Birthday (1789)
• Sep 09 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
• Sep 12 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 1831 Nicholson Closest Approach To Earth (1.249 AU)
• Sep 12 -[Sep 15] Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
• Sep 12 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.931 AU)
• Sep 12 -[Sep 15] 50th Anniversary (1959), Luna 2 Launch (USSR Moon Impact Mission)
• Sep 13 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 2007 UT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
• Sep 13 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)
• Sep 14 -[Sep 17] Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (1.927 AU)
• Sep 14 -[Sep 16] 35th Anniversary (1974), Charles Kowal's Discovery Of Jupiter Moon Leda
• Sep 15 -[Sep 17] Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Atlas 5 Launch
• Sep 16 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)
• Sep 17 -[Sep 17] Uranus At Opposition
• Sep 17 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 2008 EJ68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
• Sep 17 -[Sep 18] Asteroid 2000 CO101 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
• Sep 17 -[Sep 19] Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (1.243 AU)
• Sep 17 -[Sep 19] 220th Anniversary (1789), William Herschel's Discovery of Saturn Moon Mimas
• Sep 18 -[Sep 20] 40th Anniversary (1959), Vanguard 3 Launch
• Sep 20 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
• Sep 20 -[Sep 17] Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.301 AU)
• Sep 20 -[Sep 14] Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.499 AU)
• Sep 21 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.178 AU)
• Sep 21 -[Sep 20] 35th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 2nd Mercury Flyby
• Sep 22 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (1.689 AU)
• Sep 23 -[Sep 16] Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
• Sep 23-25 -[Sep 20] 13th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium 2009, Vienna, Austria
• Sep 25 -[Sep 17] Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)
• Sep 25 -[Sep 13] Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)

Please direct questions and comments about this calendar to
Ron Baalke
Jet Propulsion Lab

ron@jpl.nasa.gov