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Welcome to the Space Calendar!
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
baalke@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov.
Note that launch dates are subject to change at any time.
Also, anniversary dates are listed in
5 year increments only.
December 2008
- Dec 18 - Asteroid 2008 WJ96
Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
- Dec 18 - Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
- Dec 19 - Comet P/2008 X4 (Christensen)
Perihelion (0.535 AU)
- Dec 19 - Comet Tsuchinshan 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.328 AU)
- Dec 19 - Asteroid 2008 YL2
Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)
- Dec 19 - 210th Anniversary (1798), Benares Meteorite Fall (Hit House in India)
- Dec 20 - Comet C/2008 X1 (Hill)
Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
- Dec 20 - Asteroid 2004 XL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
- Dec 21 - Cassini,
Titan Flyby, Successful
- Dec 21 - Winter Solstice,
12:04 UT
- Dec 21 - Hotbird 9/
Eutelsat W2M
Ariane 5 Launch, Successful
- Dec 21 - Asteroid 2008 YG29
Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
- 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 2 Pallas Occults UCAC2 17865121 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
- Dec 22 - Asteroid 2008 YM2
Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
- 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 - Feng Yun 2-E
CZ-3A Launch, Successful
- Dec 23 - Comet 85P/Boethin
Closest Appproach To Earth (0.873 AU)
- Dec 23 - Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill)
Perihelion (2.512 AU)
- Dec 23 - Asteroid 1655 Comas Sola Occults HIP 26777 (4.8 Magnitude Star)
- Dec 23 - Asteroid 2008 EV5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
- Dec 23 - Asteroid 2008 SH82
Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 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 - Asteroid 2008 YC3
Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
- Dec 24 - Asteroid 2008 YM27
Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
- Dec 24 - Asteroid 2008 YN27
Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
- Dec 24 - Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.703 AU)
- Dec 24 - Deep Space Network's 45th Birthday (1963)
- Dec 25 - Cosmos 2447-2449 Proton M-DM2 Launch (Russia), Successful
- Dec 25 - Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte
Perihelion (1.724 AU)
- Dec 25 - Asteroid 2008 YH30
Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)
- Dec 25 - Asteroid 2008 YQ2
Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
- Dec 25 - Asteroid 2008 YO2
Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
- Dec 25 - Asteroid 2008 YA29
Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 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 2 Pallas Occults TYC 7046-00580-1 (10.7 Magnitude Star)
- Dec 27 - Asteroid 2008 YB29
Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
- 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 - Epoxi,
Earth Flyby
- Dec 29 - Moon Occults Jupiter
- Dec 29 - Asteroid 2008 YQ27
Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
- Dec 30 - Comet C/2008 Q1 (Maticic)
Perihelion (2.959 AU)
- Dec 30 - NASA Glenn Visitor Center Event: Space in 3D, Cleveland, Ohio
- Dec 31 - Asteroid (16936) 1998 FJ112 Occults HIP 72217 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
- Dec 31 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
January 2009
- Jan 01 - International Year of Astronomy 2009
- Jan ?? - Amsat Phase 3E Express Ariane 5 Launch
- Jan ?? - FSW-23 CZ-2D Launch (China)
- Jan ?? - Unamsat 3 Dnepr 1 Launch
- Jan ?? - Hausat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
- Jan ?? - Lapansat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
- Jan ?? - Bluesat Dnepr 1 Launch
- Jan ?? - Cosmos-Parus/
Sterkh 1 (Cospas 11)
Cosmos 3M Launch
- Jan 01 - Asteroid 2008 LW16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
- Jan 02 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 7046-00691-1 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
- Jan 02 - Asteroid 2008 YC29
Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)
- 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 03 - Asteroid 2560 Siegma Occults HIP 33715 (5.7 Magnitude Star)
- Jan 03 - Asteroid 2008 YY32
Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)
- Jan 03 - Asteroid 2008 WQ63
Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
- Jan 04 - Earth
At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
- Jan 04 - Asteroid 4013 Ogiria Occults HIP 24512 (6.3 Magnitude Star)
- Jan 04 - Asteroid 2008 YG30
Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)
- 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 04-08 - 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Long Beach, California
- Jan 05 - Comet P/2008 X4 (Christensen)
Closest Approach To Earth (0.408 AU)
- 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 08 - Comet C/2008 Y1 (Boattini)
Closest Approach To Earth (1.798 AU)
- Jan 08 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.567 AU)
- Jan 09 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Occults TYC 0587-00858-1 (15.5 Magnitude Star)
- Jan 09 - Asteroid 2008 YV32
Near-Earth Flyby (0.007 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 - Comet P/2008 Y3 (McNaught)
Perihelion (4.434 AU)
- Jan 11 - Asteroid 2008 YF29
Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
- 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 2008 YF30
Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
- Jan 12 - Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.776 AU)
- Jan 12 - Forum for Astrobiology Research (FAR) Seminar: Habitability
- 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 -[Jan 11] NROL-26
Delta 4H Launch
- 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 13-16 - 2nd Heidelberg Workshop: High-Energy Gamma-rays and Neutrinos from Extra-Galactic Sources, Heidelberg, Germany
- Jan 14 - Stardust-NEXT,
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 14-15 - ESA Workshop on GNC for Small Body Missions, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Jan 14-16 - VII Reunion Anual de la Sociedad Chilena de Astronomia (Sochias), Cepal, Chile
- Jan 15 - Dawn,
Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
- Jan 15 - Asteroid 2002 AO11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
- Jan 15 -[Jan 13] Lecture: Mars Rovers' Five-Year Anniversary, Pasadena, California
- Jan 15-16 - Launch Conference of the International Year of Astronomy, Paris, France
- Jan 16 - Asteroid 5430 Luu Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU)
- Jan 16 -[Jan 13] Lecture: Mars Rovers' Five-Year Anniversary, Pasadena, California
- Jan 17 - Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT
Closest Approach To Earth (0.990 AU)
- Jan 17 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Closest Approach To Earth (5.115 AU)
- Jan 17 - Asteroid 2105 Gudy Occults HIP 46511 (5.7 Magnitude Star)
- 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 17 -[Jan 13] NASA Glenn Visitor Center Event: Lake Erie Through NASA's Eyes, Cleveland, Ohio
- 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 18-24 - International Heidelberg Conference on Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics (DARK 2009), Christchurch, New Zealand
- Jan 19-23 - IAU Symposium 260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture, Paris, France
- Jan 19-23 - Constellation School on Numerical Astrophysics and its Role in Star Formation, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- 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 20-22 - 2nd European CubeSat Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Jan 21 - 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 21 - Comet 195P/Hill
Perihelion (4.439 AU)
- Jan 21 - Asteroid 132524 APL Closest Approach To Earth (2.305 AU)
- Jan 21 - Lecture: Prospecting for Water on the Moon: The Upcoming LCROSS MIssion, Altos Hills, California
- Jan 22 - Venus Express, End of Extended Mission
- Jan 22 - Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
Perihelion (1.638 AU)
- Jan 22 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Occults TYC 0013-00545-1 (11.7 Magnitude Star)
- Jan 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #180 (OTM-180)
- Jan 23 - Asteroid 2000 CK59
Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
- Jan 23-25 -[Jan 13] Lecture: Mars Rovers' Five-Year Anniversary, Los Angeles, California
- 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 2 Pallas Occults TYC 6468-01802-1 (11.2 Magnitude Star)
- 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 26-30 - 4th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POLinSAR 2009), Frascati, Italy
- 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 - Koronas-Foton Tsyklon 3 Launch
- Jan 29 - 20th Anniversary (1989), Phobos 2, Mars Orbit Insertion
- Jan 30 - Comet P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)
Perihelion (1.247 AU)
- Jan 31 - TacSat 3/
Genesat 2/PharmaSat 1/HawkSat 1/CP-6
Minotaur 1 Launch
- Jan 31 - Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)
- Jan 31-Feb 04 - 32nd Annual Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado
February 2009
- Feb ?? - Yamal 301/302 Proton K-DM-2M Launch
- Feb ?? - SBIRS-Geo 1
(SBIRS-High 2)
Atlas 5 Launch
- Feb ?? - TacSat 4 Minotaur 4 Launch
- Feb ?? - Cosmos-Liana Soyuz U Launch
- Feb ?? - Measat 3A Zenit 3SLB Launch
- Feb ?? - Katysat 1/
KiwiSat/Atmocube/
Cubesat-RAFT/Funsat/UCISA Dnepr 1 Launch
- Feb ?? - SBSS-1 Minotaur 4 Launch
- Feb 01 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Galileo,
Europa 19 Flyby
- Feb 01-07 - Conference: Thirty Years of Magnetars - New Frontiers, Aspen, Colorado
- Feb 01-07 - Snowbird Workshop on Particle Astrophysics, Astronomy & Cosmology, Snowbird, Utah
- Feb 01-08 - 44th Rencontres de Moriond: Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe, Val d'Aosta, Italy
- Feb 02 - Cassini, Distant Rhea Flyby
- Feb 02 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Occults UCAC2 33505934 (11.9 Magnitude Star)
- Feb 02 - Asteroid 2008 CD119
Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
- Feb 02 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.642 AU)
- Feb 03 - Lecture: Transiting Exoplanets, Baltimore, Maryland
- Feb 04 -[Jan 17] NOAA-N Prime (NOAA-19)
Delta 2 Launch
- Feb 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #181 (OTM-181)
- Feb 04 - Comet C/2008 Y3 (McNaught)
Closest Approach To Earth (3.654 AU)
- Feb 04 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
- Feb 04 - Asteroid 976 Benjamina Occults HIP 91132 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
- 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 04-06 - Solar-Extrasolar Meeting, Moffett Field, California
- 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 - Alert Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Feb 05 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, Venus Flyby
- Feb 05-06 - 12th Annual FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference, Arlington, Virginia
- Feb 05-10 - TIARA Winter School on Star Formation, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Feb 06 - Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (1.399 AU)
- Feb 07 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
- Feb 07 - 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 - Comet 201P/LONEOS
Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 AU)
- Feb 08 - Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (1.954 AU)
- Feb 08-12 - 19th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Savannah, Georgia
- 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 - 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 09-10 - Workshop on Fracture Control of Spacecraft, Launchers and their Payloads and Experiments, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Feb 09-11 - Dark Matter Conference, Florence, Italy
- Feb 09-13 - International Workshop: Europa lander - Science Goals and Experiments, Moscow, Russia
- Feb 10 - Progress M-66
Soyuz U Launch
(International Space Station 32P)
- Feb 10 - Express AM-44/Express MD-1 Proton M-Briz M Launch
- Feb 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #182 (OTM-182)
- Feb 10 - Comet P/2008 Y2 (Gibbs)
Closest Approach To Earth (0.665 AU)
- Feb 10 - Comet C/2008 X3 (LINEAR)
Closest Approach To Earth (1.579 AU)
- Feb 10 - Asteroid 2006 AS2
Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
- Feb 10 - Asteroid 472 Roma Closest Approach To Earth (1.506 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 10-11 - European Workshop on Far-Infrared Interferometry Technology Development, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Feb 10-12 - 2009 Space Nuclear Systems Forum, Houston, Texas
- Feb 10-12 - U.S. Air Force T&E Days 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Feb 11 - Asteroid 2008 EE5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
- Feb 12 - STS-119 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery
(International Space Station 15A)
- Feb 12 - Hotbird 10/
NSS-9/
Spirale 1 & 2
Ariane 5 Launch
- Feb 12 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Mars 5, Mars Orbit Insertion
- Feb 12-13 - Meeting: New Views on the Earth's Interior, London, United Kingdom
- Feb 12-13 - Mechanisms Final Presentation Days and Tribology Forum 2009, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Feb 13 - Asteroid 2007 GX5 Near-Venus Flyby (0.026 AU)
- Feb 13 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.725 AU)
- Feb 13 - Lecture: Future Exploration of the Jupiter and Saturn Systems, London, United Kingdom
- Feb 13-14 - National Workshop on Design of Antenna & Radar Systems, Bangalore, India
- Feb 14 - Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
- Feb 15 - Asteroid 4925 (1981 XH2) Occults HIP 32055 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
- Feb 15 - Asteroid 3873 Roddy Occults HIP 78384 (3.5 Magnitude Star)
- Feb 15 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.641 AU)
- Feb 15 - Galileo Galilei's 445th Birthday (1564)
- Feb 16 - Comet C/2008 Y1 (Boattini)
Perihelion (1.416 AU)
- Feb 16 - Asteroid 2005 YR3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
- Feb 16-18 - International Workshop in Honour of Agnes Acker: Legacies of the Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg H-alpha Planetary Nebula Project, Sydney, Australia
- Feb 16-19 - AKARI Conference: A Light to Illuminate the Misty Universe, Tokyo, Japan
- Feb 17 - Dawn,
Mars Flyby
- 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 - 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 - Sicral 1-B Zenit 3SL Launch
- Feb 19 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)
- Feb 19 - Kuiper Belt Object 90482 Orcus
Closest Approach To Earth (46.913 AU)
- Feb 19-22 - Spacefest 2009, San Diego, California
- Feb 20 - Cosmos-Garpun N-1 Proton M-Briz M 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 -[Jan 11] Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 5904-00624-1 (12.7 Magnitude Star)
- Feb 21 - Asteroid 1247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (2.741 AU)
- Feb 21-28 - 25th Annual Winter Star Party, West Summerland Key, Florida
- Feb 23 -[Jan 17] Orbiting Carbon Observator (OCO)
Taurus Launch
- 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 24-25 - NASA Project Management Challenge 2009, Daytona Beach, Florida
- Feb 24-27 - 1st Symposium on Astrosociology, Huntsville, Alabama
- Feb 25 - Asteroid 1 Ceres At Opposition (6.9 Magnitude)
- Feb 25 - Asteroid 2004 DA53 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
- Feb 25 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.576 AU)
- Feb 25 - 6th Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG), Houston, Texas
- Feb 25-Mar 01 - Orange Blossom Special Star Party, Dade City, Florida
- Feb 26 - Telstar 11N Zenit 3SLB Launch
- Feb 26 - Comet P/2008 T1 (Boattini)
Perihelion (3.045 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 26-27 - Conference: Venus Geochemistry - Progress, Prospects, and New Missions, Houston, Texas
- Feb 26-28 - 3rd Workshop on Titan Chemistry - Observations, Experiments, Computations, and Modeling, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 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 - Sally Ride Science Festival, Beaumont, Texas
- Feb 28 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Discoverer 1 Launch
March 2009
- Mar ?? - CBERS 3 CZ-4B Launch
- Mar ?? - NROL-29 Atlas 5 Launch
- Mar ?? - Sirius FM-5 Proton M-Briz M Launch
- Mar ?? - Cubesats/
PW-Sat 1/Laser Relativity Satellite (LARES) Vega Launch (Inaugural Vega Launch)
- Mar ?? - X-37A F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
- Mar ?? - TacSat 1 Falcon 1 Launch
- Mar ?? - RazakSAT/Cubesats
Falcon 1 Launch
- Mar ?? - Meteor-M-N1/
Sterkh 2 (Cospas 12)/IRIS/Ugatusat/Sumbandila/
Tatyana 2 Soyuz 2-1b-Fregat Launch
- Mar ?? - Cosmos-Meridian N2 Soyuz 2-1a-Fregat Launch
- Mar 01 - Asteroid 2008 EY5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
- 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 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Rosetta Launch
- Mar 02-04 - Dark Energy Conference, Florence, Italy
- Mar 02-06 - Conference: Planet Formation and Evolution - The Solar System and Extrasolar Planets, Tubingen, Germany
- Mar 02-06 - Meeting: The Interferometric View on Hot Stars, Vina del Mar, Chile
- Mar 03 - Lecture: Circumstellar Disks Around Young Stars - The Birthplace of Planets, Baltimore, Maryland
- Mar 03 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 9 Launch
- Mar 03-04 - Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) Meeting #20, Washington DC
- Mar 05 -[Jan 17] Kepler
Delta 2 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 07 - Triad Starfest (TriStar), Jamestown, North Carolina
- Mar 08 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)
- Mar 08 - Saturn
At Opposition
- Mar 08 - Sally Ride Science Festival, Pasadena, California
- Mar 09 - Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS-2) F-2 Atlas 5 Launch
- 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 09-11 - Workshop on Cross-Scale Coupling in Plasmas, Cosenza, Italy
- Mar 09-12 - 2nd Subaru International Conference: Exoplanets and Disks - Their Formation and Diversity, Keauhou, Hawaii
- Mar 10 - Comet P/2008 J3 (McNaught)
Perihelion (2.287 AU)
- Mar 10-12 - Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Mar 11 - GOCE
Rokot Launch
- 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 2008 EZ84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 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 - 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 17-20 - Workshop and Spectroscopy School: High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy - Towards IXO, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Mar 19 - Asteroid 9954 Brachiosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.961 AU)
- Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox,
11:44 UT
- Mar 20 - Comet P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness)
Perihelion (1.551 AU)
- Mar 20 - Comet C/2008 T2 (Cardinal)
Closest Approach TO Earth (1.727 AU)
- Mar 20 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (2.320 AU)
- Mar 21-22 -[Jan 12] Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 49: Volcanism on the Moon and Mercury - A New Paradigm in Comparative Planetology, Houston, Texas
- Mar 23 - Asteroid 2008 WN2
Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
- Mar 23 - Pierre Simon Laplace's 260th Birthday (1749)
- Mar 23-26 - Ground System Architectures Workshop 2009, Torrence, California
- Mar 23-26 - Annual Conference of the Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft, Kiel, Germany
- 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 - GPS 2RM F-7
Delta 2 Launch
- Mar 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #184 (OTM-184)
- Mar 24-27 - Conference: Reionization@Ringberg - The Cosmic Evolution of Helium and Hydrogen, Ringberg Castle, Germany
- Mar 25-27 - 27th Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC), Darmstadt, Germany
- Mar 25-29 - 1st Annual Hodges Gardens Star Party, Florien, Lousiana
- Mar 26 - Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5
Perihelion (1.891 AU)
- Mar 26 - Asteroid 7958 Leakey Closest Approach To Earth (1.029 AU)
- Mar 26-27 - Workshop: Beyond JWST - The Next Steps in UV-Optical-NIR Space Astronomy, Baltimore, Maryland
- 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 28-29 - 2009 All Arizona Messier Marathon, Arizona City, Arizona
- 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 30-Apr 02 - 5th European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, Germany
- 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)
- Mar 31-Apr 03 - 6th European WS on Thermal Protection Systems & Hot Structures, Stuttgart, Germany
April 2009
- 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 ?? - SMOS/Proba 2 Rokot KM Launch
- Apr ?? - Electro-L N1 Zenit 2-Fregat Launch
- Apr ?? - Bissat Cosmos 3M Launch
- Apr ?? - Deimos (DMC #6)/Nanosat 1-B/UK-DMC 2/Dubaisat 1/AprizeSat 3+4 Dnepr 1 Launch
- Apr 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #186A (OTM-186A)
- Apr 01 - Asteroid 2008 SV11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
- Apr 01 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (2.080 AU)
- Apr 01-03 - Workshop: Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: from First Light to Galactic Nuclei, Irvine, California
- 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 02-04 - Conference on Micro-Raman Spectroscopy and Luminescence Studies in the Earth and Planetary Sciences (Spectroscopy 2009),Mainz, Germany
- 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 06-10 - Meeting: Astrophysical Magnetohydrodynamics, Kiljava, Finland
- 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 - Kuiper Belt Object 136108 Haumea
Closest Approach To Earth (50.179 AU)
- Apr 07 - Lecture: Earth: Unique or Ubiquitous?, Baltimore, Maryland
- 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 - Comet 209P/LINEAR
Near-Earth Flyby (0.261 AU)
- Apr 11 - Comet Shoemaker 4
Perihelion (2.935 AU)
- Apr 11 - Asteroid 2005 YR3 Near-Venus Flyby (0.043 AU)
- Apr 12 - Herschel/
Planck
Ariane 5 Launch
- 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 - Comet 209P/LINEAR
Perihelion (0.914 AU)
- 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 19-24 - European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria
- Apr 20 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
- Apr 20-23 - Conference: Microanalysis of Particles (Particles 2009), Westmont, Illinois
- Apr 21 - Comet C/2008 O2 (McNaught)
Perihelion (3.804 AU)
- Apr 21 - Asteroid 14 Irene At Opposition (8.9 Magnitude)
- Apr 21-23 -[Jan 12] European Week of Astrononmy and Space Science, Hatfield, United Kingdom
- Apr 21-23 - Meeting: Missions for Exoplanets - 2010-2020, Pasadena, California
- Apr 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #191 (OTM-191)
- Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
- Apr 22-25 - Mid-South Star Gaze, French Camp, Mississippi
- Apr 23 - Asteroid 2006 DM63 Near-Venus Flyby (0.042 AU)
- Apr 23 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.253 AU)
- Apr 23-26 - Georgia Sky View 2009, near Jackson, Georgia
- Apr 23-26 - Two Rivers Spring Star Party, Barry, Illionis
- Apr 24 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)
Atlas 5 Launch
- Apr 24 - Comet C/2008 Q1 (Maticic)
Closest Approach To Earth (2.469 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 27-30 - Workshop: The Coming of Age of X-ray Polarimetry, Rome, Italy
- Apr 27-May 01 - IAU Symposium 261: Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy - Dynamics, Reference Frames, and Data Analysis, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Apr 27-May 02 - 16th Young Scientists' Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Apr 28 -[Jan 11] GOES-O Delta 4 Launch
- 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 ?? - 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 ?? - Tugsat 1 (Brite-Austria) Dnepr 1 Launch
- May ?? - Insat 4-D GSLV-1 Launch
- May ?? - Insat 4-G Ariane 5 Launch
- May ?? - Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS-3) F-3 Delta 4M Launch
- May ?? - HealthSat (G-Sat 4)/
Tauvex
GSLV Launch
- May 01 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Genesis, Earth Flyby
- May 01 - 60th Anniversary (1949), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of
Neptune Moon Nereid
- May 01-07 - 8th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Shock Waves in Space and Astrophysical Environments, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
- May 02 - Astronomy Day
- May 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #193 (OTM-193)
- May 02 - Comet 88P/Howell
Closest Approach To Earth (1.230 AU)
- 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 02-03 - Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open House, Pasadena, California
- May 02-05 - American Astronomical Society Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- May 02-10 - School on Particle Physics and Cosmology, Oran, Algeria
- 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 04-09 - Symposium: The Search for Life in the Universe, Baltimore, Maryland
- May 05 - Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demo Delta 2 Launch
- May 05 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
- May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
- May 05 - Lecture: Transneptunian Binaries and Collision Families - Probes of our Local Dust Disk, Baltmore, Maryland
- May 05 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 20 Flyby
- May 07 - Space Day
- May 07 - Comet C/2008 X1 (Hill)
Perihelion (2.362 AU)
- 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 - First International Symposium on Reliability of Optoelectronics For Space (ISROS 2009), Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- May 11-15 - International Conference on Comparative Planetology: Venus - Earth - Mars, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- May 11-15 - 3rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at Dome C (Antarctica) for the Next Decade, Rome, Italy
- May 11-15 - Workshop: The Giant Branches, Leiden, The Netherlands
- May 12 - STS-125 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis,
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission #4
- 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 Logistics Module - Exposed Section (ELM-ES)
(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 18-20 - 5th ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technologies and Applications and 31st ESA Antenna Workshop, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- May 18-20 - Workshop on Robotic Autonomous Observatories, Malaga, Spain
- 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 22-24 - Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
- 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 24-27 - The Meeting of the Americas - 2009 Joint Assembly, Toronta, Canada
- May 24-29 - Meeting: Tidal Dwarf Galaxies - Ghosts from Structure Formation, Bad Honnef, Germany
- May 25 - Soyuz TMA-15 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 19S)
- 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 - 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 25-29 - Conference: Tidal Dwarf Galaxies - Ghosts from Structure Formation, Bad Honnef, Germany
- May 26 - 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 2006 KY67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
- May 30 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (2.220 AU)
- May 31 - Asteroid 2753 Duncan Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
- May 31-Jun 05 - Conference: Stellar Pulsation - Challenges for Theory and Observation, Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 2009
- Jun ?? - Prisma/
Picard Dnepr 1 Launch
- Jun ?? - NSS-12 Ariane 5ECA Launch
- Jun ?? - Intelsat 15 Zenit 3SLB Launch
- Jun ?? - Cosmos Geizer N21 Proton K Launch
- Jun ?? - COMS 1 Ariane 5 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 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (3.262 AU)
- Jun 01-03 - European Advanced Life Support Workshop, Barcelona, Spain
- Jun 01-04 - 4th International Meeting on Gravitation and Cosmology, Santa Clara, Cuba
- Jun 01-05 - Meeting: The Monster's Fiery Breath - Feedback in Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters, Madison, Wisconsin
- Jun 02 - Comet C/2008 Q3 (Garradd)
Closest Approach To Earth (0.933 AU)
- 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 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (3.836 AU)
- Jun 02-05 - Conference: Panoramic Radio Astronomy - Wide-field 1-2 GHz Research on Galaxy Evolution, Groningen, the Netherlands
- 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 (0.092 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 - 17th IAA Human in Space Symposium, Moscow, Russia
- Jun 07-11 - 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 08-12 - Conference: Binaries - Key to Comprehension of the Universe, Brno, Czech Republic
- Jun 08-12 - Conference: Millimeter and Submillimeter Astronomy at High Angular Resolution, Taipei, Taiwan
- Jun 09 - Asteroid 143651 (2003 QO104) Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
- Jun 09 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.485 AU)
- Jun 09 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.675 AU)
- Jun 09-11 - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Science Targeting Meeting, Tempe, Arizona
- 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 - 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 T2 (Cardinal)
Perihelion (1.202 AU)
- Jun 13 - Asteroid 74625 Tieproject Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
- Jun 13 - Jet Propulsion Lab's 65th Birthday (1944)
- Jun 13-20 - 2009 Grand Canyon Star Party (GCSP), Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
- Jun 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #201 (OTM-201)
- Jun 14 - Asteroid 137078 (1998 XZ4) Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
- Jun 15-18 - Workshop: Searching for the Origins of Cosmic Rays, Trondheim, Norway
- Jun 15-19 - 7th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-7), Barcelona, Spain
- Jun 15-19 - 7th Serbian Conference on Spectral Line Shapes in Astrophysics, Zrenjanin, Serbia
- 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 16-17 - 1st European Workshop on Launchers Avionics, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Jun 17 - Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
- Jun 18 - 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 21-26 - Symposium: Evolution of Planetary and Stellar Systems: Dynamical Interactions with DNC Lin, Prato, Italy
- 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 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.254 AU)
- Jun 22-25 - Conference: Observing the Dark Universe with Euclid, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
- Jun 22-26 - 1st International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, Paris, France
- Jun 22-26 - 8th International e-VLBI Workshop, Madrid, Spain
- Jun 23 - Pluto
At Opposition
- Jun 23 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 3 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.286 AU)
- Jun 23 - Comet C/2008 Q3 (Garradd)
Perihelion (1.796 AU)
- Jun 23 - Asteroid 2008 WM64
Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 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 - 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 28-Jul 01 - 2009 Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) Annual Meeting and Technical Conference, Green Bank, West Virginia
- Jun 28-Jul 03 - Conference: The Many Faces of Centaurus A, Sydney, Australia
- 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 ?? - Gonets D1 M2-M4 Rocket KM Launch
- Jul ?? - Dialog 1 Rokot-Briz Launch
- Jul ?? - Eros C Start 1 Launch (Israel)
- Jul ?? - DMSP F-18
Atlas 5 Launch
- Jul ?? - Sudansat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
- Jul ?? - Thor 6 Ariane 5 Launch
- Jul ?? - Equars VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
- Jul ?? - Condor E Strela Launch
- Jul ?? - Sinosat 4 CZ-3B Launch
- Jul ?? - Optus D-3 Ariane 5 Launch
- Jul 01 - Worldview 2 Delta 2 Launch
- 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 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)
- Jul 04 - Earth
At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
- Jul 04 - Asteroid 7 Iris at Opposition (8.7 Magnitude)
- Jul 04 - Galaxy Forum USA 2009, San Jose, California
- Jul 04 - 955th Anniversary (1054), The Crab Nebula Supernova
- Jul 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #205 (OTM-205)
- Jul 05 - Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (0.875 AU)
- Jul 05 - Asteroid 2675 Tolkien Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
- Jul 05-10 - Gordon Research Conference: Origins of Solar Systems, South Hadley, Massachusetts
- Jul 06 - Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) Perihelion (3.127 AU)
- Jul 06-10 - 25th IAP Annual Colloquium: The Lyman Alpha Universe, Paris, France
- Jul 06-10 - Conference: L'Univers Invisible - Energie Noire et Matiere Noire, 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 08-10 - Workshop: Supernova Remnants and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Chandra Era , Boston, Massachusetts
- Jul 08-12 - 9th Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop, Notre Dame, Indiana
- Jul 08-15 - 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz, Poland
- Jul 09 - Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
- Jul 09 - Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.922 AU)
- Jul 09 - 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 - Ares I-X
Test Flight
- Jul 11 - Cassini, Distant Dione Flyby
- Jul 11 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.084 AU)
- Jul 11 - Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.431 AU)
- Jul 11 - Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach 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 12-18 - 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, Paris, France
- Jul 13 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU)
- Jul 13 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
- Jul 13-18 - 72nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Nancy, France
- Jul 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 17-18 - IJCAI-09 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Space (IJCAI-09), Pasadena, California
- Jul 17-20 -[Jan 13] Astrobiology Graduate Student Conference 2009 (AbGradCon), Seattle, Washington
- Jul 18 - Asteroid 2008 NP3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU)
- Jul 18 - 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 19-24 - Meeting: New Technologies for Probing the Diversity of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets, Shanghai, China
- Jul 19-29 - Joint Assembly Meeting of IAMAS, IAPSO and IACS (MOCA-09), Montreal, Canada
- 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 20-24 - 4th Meeting on Hot Subdwarf Stars and Related Objects, Shanghai, China
- 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 (3.896 AU)
- Jul 22 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
- Jul 22 - Friedrich Bessel's 225th Birthday (1784)
- Jul 23-25 - 13th Paris Cosmology Colloquium 2009: The Standard Model of the Universe - From Inflation to Today Dark Energy, Paris, France
- Jul 24 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
- Jul 24 - Asteroid 2006 LC Near-Pallas Flyby (0.036 AU)
- Jul 25 - 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 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
- Jul 26 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
- Jul 27 - 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 - AEHF F-1
Atlas 5 Launch
- Jul 30 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Saturn Orbit Insertion
- Jul 31 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
- Jul 31 - 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 ?? - JC-Sat 12 Ariane 5 Launch
- Aug ?? - XM-5 Zenit 3SL Launch
- Aug ?? - TanDEM-X Dnepr 1 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 02-07 - Astrochemistry Symposium: 42nd IUPAC Congress, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Aug 03 - 5th Anniversary (2004), MESSENGER
Delta 2 Launch
- Aug 03-05 - Joint Discussion IAU-GA: Dark Matter in Early-Type Galaxies, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aug 03-07 - IAU Symposium 263: Icy Bodies in the Solar System, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aug 03-07 - IAU Symposium 264: Solar and Stellar Variability - Impact on Earth and Planets, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aug 03-14 - XXVII IAU General Assemby, 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 - STS-128 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis (International Space Station)
- 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 - Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (2.435 AU)
- Aug 07 - Asteroid 2006 UL185 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.032 AU)
- Aug 07-08 - Fifth International Workshop on Cometary Astronomy (IWCA V), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aug 07-08 - Annual Astronomical League Convention and Exposition (ALCON 2009),
- 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 09-13 - 2009 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Aug 10 - Asteroid 2000 SJ8 Near-Mars Flyby (0.026 AU)
- Aug 10 - 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 10-14 - IAU Symposium 265: Chemical Abundances in the Universe - Connecting First Stars to Planets, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aug 10-14 - IAU Symposium 266: Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time And Space, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aug 10-14 - IAU Symposium 267: Evolution of Galaxies and Central Black Holes - Feeding and Feedback, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aug 11 - Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (14.935 AU)
- Aug 11 - Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (0.871 AU)
- Aug 11 - Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (1.429 AU)
- Aug 11-15 - 6th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS 2009), Suntec City, Singapore
- 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 - 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 - GPS 2RM F-8 Delta 2 Launch
- Aug 14 - Jupiter
At Opposition
- Aug 14 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Galileo, Callisto 22 Flyby
- Aug 15 - Progress M-SO-2 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 5R)
- Aug 15 - 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 - Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
- Aug 18 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Earth Flyby
- Aug 19 - MESSENGER, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #31 (TCM-31)
- Aug 20 - Asteroid 2005 CW25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
- Aug 20 - Asteroid 2006 SQ372
Closest Approach To Earth (23.328 AU)
- Aug 20-23 - 2nd Annual Earth Wind and Sky Star Party, Barry Illinois
- Aug 20-23 - Julian Starfest II, Julian, California
- Aug 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #214 (OTM-214)
- Aug 21 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (2.578 AU)
- Aug 22 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.404 AU)
- Aug 22 - Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.310 AU)
- Aug 22 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.463 AU)
- Aug 22 - Asteroid 3192 A'Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
- Aug 23 - Asteroid 12426 Racquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.282 AU)
- Aug 23-30 - International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) 11th Scientific Assembly, Sopron, Hungary
- Aug 24 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern
Elongation (27 Degrees)
- Aug 24 - Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
- Aug 24-26 - International Conference on Space Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 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 - Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
- Aug 27 - Cassini, Telesto Flyby
- Aug 27 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT
Closest Approach To Earth (1.286 AU)
- 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 - 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)
- Aug 30-Sep 05 - Conference: Natrual Dynamos, Stara Lesna, Slovakia
September 2009
- Sep ?? - Express AM-4/Express MD-2 Proton M-Briz M Launch
- Sep ?? - Badr 5 (Arabsat 5B) Ariane 5 Launch
- Sep ?? - Amazonas 2 Ariane 5 Launch
- Sep ?? - Canopus 1 Strela 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 - Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)
- Sep 06 - American Astronomical Society's 110th Birthday (1899)
- Sep 07 - Asteroid 11945 Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (1.658 AU)
- Sep 07-11 - X-ray Astronomy 2009 Workshop: Present Status, Multiwavelength Approach and Future Perspectives, Bologna, Italy
- Sep 08 - Comet P/2001 MD7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.224 AU)
- Sep 08 - Asteroid 433 Eros
Closest Approach To Earth (0.989 AU)
- Sep 08 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Genesis, Return To Earth
- Sep 09 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (1.029 AU)
- Sep 09 - Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.330 AU)
- Sep 09 - William Bond's 220th Birthday (1789)
- Sep 09 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
- Sep 12 - Asteroid 1831 Nicholson Closest Approach To Earth (1.249 AU)
- Sep 12 - Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
- Sep 12 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.931 AU)
- Sep 12 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Luna 2 Launch (USSR Moon Impact Mission)
- Sep 13 - Asteroid 2007 UT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
- Sep 13 - Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)
- Sep 13-18 - European Planetary Science Congress 2009 (EPSC 2009), Potsdam, Germany
- Sep 14 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (1.927 AU)
- Sep 14 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Charles Kowal's Discovery Of Jupiter Moon
Leda
- Sep 14-18 - Conference: Pathways Towards Habitable Planets, Barcelona, Spain
- Sep 16 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)
- Sep 17 - Uranus
At Opposition
- Sep 17 - Asteroid 2008 EJ68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
- Sep 17 - Asteroid 2000 CO101 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
- Sep 17 - Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (1.243 AU)
- Sep 17 - 220th Anniversary (1789), William Herschel's Discovery of Saturn Moon
Mimas
- Sep 18 - 40th Anniversary (1959), Vanguard 3 Launch
- Sep 20 - Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
- Sep 20 - Asteroid 5535 Annefrank
Closest Approach To Earth (1.301 AU)
- Sep 20 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.499 AU)
- Sep 20-23 - 27th IAS Meeting OF Sedimentologists, Alghero, Italy
- Sep 21 - Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.178 AU)
- Sep 21 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 2nd Mercury Flyby
- Sep 21 - Gustav Holst's 135th Birthday (1874)
- Sep 21-24 - 9th Hellenic Astronomical Conference, Athens, Greece
- Sep 21-25 - International Conference: Asteroid-Comet Hazard - 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Sep 21-25 - 82nd Astronomische Gesellschaft Annual Meeting: Deciphering the Universe through Spectroscopy, Potsdam, Germany
- Sep 21-25 - Meeting: Ocean Information for Society - Sustaining the Benefits, Realizing the Potential (OceanObs09), Venice, Italy
- Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox,
21:18 UT
- Sep 22 - Asteroid 3 Juno At Opposition (7.8 Magnitude)
- Sep 22 - Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (1.689 AU)
- Sep 22-23 - 5th UN/ESA/NASA/JAXA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2009, Jeju, South Korea
- Sep 22-25 - Meeting: Ten Years of Science with Chandra - Chandra's First Decade of Discovery, Boston, Massachusetts
- Sep 23 - Comet C/2008 P1 (Garradd)
Closest Approach To Earth (3.028 AU)
- Sep 23 - Asteroid 1990 UA Near-Pallas Flyby (0.044 AU)
- Sep 23 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
- Sep 23-25 - 13th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium 2009, Vienna, Austria
- Sep 25 - Comet C/2008 N1 (Holmes)
Perihelion (2.783 AU)
- Sep 25 - Asteroid 2005 CN Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
- Sep 25 - Asteroid 2005 SP9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
- Sep 25 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)
- Sep 25 - Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
- Sep 26 - Asteroid 2000 WC67 Near-Mars Flyby (0.012 AU)
- Sep 28-Oct 02 - Conference: Nonlinear Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas - Particle Acceleration, Magnetic Field Amplification, and Radiation Signatures, Santa Barbara, California
- Sep 28-Oct 03 - Symposium: Astronomy and its Instruments Before and After Galileo, Venice, Italy
- Sep 29 - Asteroid 152664 (1998 FW4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
- Sep 29 - 5th Anniversary (2004), SpaceShipOne Launch F-2 (2nd Private Manned Space Flight)
- Sep 29-Oct 03 - Conference: Astronomy and its Instruments before and after Galileo, Padova, Italy
- Sep 30 - MESSENGER,
3rd Mercury Flyby
October 2009
- Oct ?? - Phobos-Grunt Soyuz 2 Launch (Russian Phobos Sample Return Mission)
- Oct ?? - NROL-39 Atlas 5 Launch
- Oct ?? - NROL-41 Atlas 5 Launch
- Oct ?? - Cosmos Glonass K1+K2 Soyuz 2 Fregat Launch
- Oct ?? - Microscope Ariane 5 Launch
- Oct ?? - Inaugural Falcon 9 Test Launch
- Oct ?? - Insat 3-D GSLV Launch (India)
- Oct ?? - Astra 3-B Ariane 5 Launch
- Oct 01 - Soyuz TMA-16 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 20S)
- Oct 01 - Glory Taurus Launch
- Oct 01 - Asteroid 2006 BT7 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.012 AU)
- Oct 03 - Karl Hermann Struve's 155th Birthday (1854)
- Oct 04 - Asteroid 21564 Widmanstatten Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
- Oct 04 - 5th Anniversary (2004), SpaceShipOne Launch F-3 (3rd Private Manned Space Flight)
- Oct 04 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Luna 3 Launch (USSR Moon Flyby Mission)
- Oct 04 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Little Joe 1 Launch
- Oct 04-08 - 4th International Workshop on Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics: New Phenomena and New States of Matter in the Universe in the AUGER, LHC, FAIR / GSI and GEO / LIGO Era, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Oct 04-10 - World Space Week
- Oct 06 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.787 AU)
- Oct 06 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, 1st Targeted Titan Flyby
- Oct 07 - Comet C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
Perihelion (2.253 AU)
- Oct 07 - Comet P/2008 O2 (McNaught)
Closest Approach To Earth (2.861 AU)
- Oct 08 - Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Atlas 5 Launch
- Oct 08 - Asteroid 68216 (2001 CV26) Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
- Oct 08 - Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (1.110 AU)
- Oct 08 - 405th Anniversary (1604), Discovery of Supernova 1604 (Kepler's Nova)
- Oct 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #217 (OTM-217)
- Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
- Oct 09 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead
Closest Approach To Earth (1.199 AU)
- Oct 09 - Asteroid 18 Melpomene At Opposition (7.9 Magnitude)
- Oct 09 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.559 AU)
- Oct 09 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
- Oct 09 - Asteroid 416 Vaticana Closest Approach To Earth (2.052 AU)
- Oct 11 - 15th Anniversary (1994), Magellan Burnup in Venus' Atmosphere
- Oct 12 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
- Oct 12 - Asteroid 2955 Newburn Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)
- Oct 12 - Comet 88P/Howell
Perihelion (1.363 AU)
- Oct 12 - 45th Anniversary (1964), Voskhod 1 Launch
- Oct 13 - Cassini, Distant Rhea Flyby
- Oct 13 - Asteroid 40227 Tahiti Closest Approach To Earth (2.000 AU)
- Oct 13 - Asteroid 661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.485 AU)
- Oct 13 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Explorer 7 Launch
- Oct 13-16 - Workshop: Towards Other Earths - Perspectives and Limitations in the ELT Era, Porto, Portugal
- Oct 14 - Cassini, Distant Mimas & Tethys Flyby
- Oct 14 - Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)
- Oct 14 - Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris (2003 UB313)
Closest Approach To Earth (95.725 AU)
- Oct 14-16 - 2nd International Colloquium on Fundamental Aspects and Scientific Applications of Galileo and GNSS, Padua, Italy
- Oct 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #218 (OTM-218)
- Oct 15 - Asteroid 2007 SV1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
- Oct 15 - Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (1.841 AU)
- Oct 15 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1)
Closest Approach To Earth (40.078 AU)
- Oct 15 - Asaph Hall's 180th Birthday (1829)
- Oct 16 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (3.799 AU)
- Oct 17 - Asteroid 23990 Springsteen Closest Approach To Earth (1.075 AU)
- Oct 17 - Asteroid 2620 Santana Closest Approach To Earth (1.660 AU)
- Oct 17 - Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (2.614 AU)
- Oct 18 - GPS 2F F-1 Delta 4M Launch
- Oct 18 - 20th Anniversary (1989), Galileo Launch (Jupiter Orbiter)
- Oct 18-21 - 2009 Geological Society of America (GSA) Meeting, Portland, Oregon
- Oct 18-23 - 6th International Conference on The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena: Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's First Astronomical Uses of the Telescope, Venice, Italy
- Oct 19 - Asteroid 1999 TM12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
- Oct 19 - Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.077 AU)
- Oct 19-23 - Galactic Center Workshop 2009: The Galactic Center - A Window to the Nuclear Environment of Disk Galaxies, Shanghai, China
- Oct 19-23 - Conference: Hunting for the Dark - The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation, Malta
- Oct 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #219 (OTM-219)
- Oct 20 - Asteroid 159402 (1999 AP10) Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
- Oct 20 - Asteroid 2001 Einstein Closest Approach To Earth (1.175 AU)
- Oct 20 - Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.205 AU)
- Oct 20 - Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (3.799 AU)
- Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
- Oct 21 - Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead
Perihelion (2.196 AU)
- Oct 21 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (1.982 AU)
- Oct 21 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (2.098 AU)
- Oct 21 - Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.440 AU)
- Oct 22 - Comet Wilson-Harrington Perihelion (0.99 AU)
- Oct 22 - Asteroid 25275 Jocelynbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
- Oct 22 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (2.101 AU)
- Oct 23 - Asteroid 2003 EP4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
- Oct 25 - Asteroid 8837 London Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)
- Oct 26 - Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (1.895 AU)
- Oct 26-30 - 1st Galileo-Xu Guangqi Meeting: The Sun, the Stars,the Universe and General Relativity, Shanghai, China
- Oct 26-30 - Conference: High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows II, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Oct 27 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (1.920 AU)
- Oct 27 - Asteroid 2062 Aten
Closest Approach To Earth (0.840 AU)
- Oct 28 - Asteroid 2008 EL68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
- Oct 28 - Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU)
- Oct 28 - Asteroid 3420 Standish Closest Approach To Earth (2.305 AU)
- Oct 28 - 35th Anniverary (1974), Luna 23 Launch (USSR Moon Lander)
- Oct 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #220 (OTM-220)
- Oct 30 - Asteroid 25930 Spielberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.288 AU)
- Oct 30 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Discovery of the Los Angeles Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
November 2009
- Nov ?? - Astrosat 1 PSLV Launch (India)
- Nov ?? - Cryosat 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
- Nov ?? - Monitor IR1 Rokot KM Launch
- Nov ?? - RISAT PSLV Launch (India)
- Nov 01 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
- Nov 01 - 15th Anniversary (1994), Wind Launch
- Nov 02 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
- Nov 02 - Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Launch
- Nov 02 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)
- Nov 02 - Asteroid 2000 VZ44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
- Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
- Nov 03 - Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (0.954 AU)
- Nov 03 - Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
- Nov 03 - Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (1.971 AU)
- Nov 04 - Asteroid 2000 XK44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
- Nov 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #221 (OTM-221)
- Nov 05 - Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.470 AU)
- Nov 05 - Asteroid 7861 Messenger Closest Approach To Earth (1.562 AU)
- Nov 07 - Asteroid 2006 WV1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
- Nov 08 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne
Closest Approach To Earth (0.409 AU)
- Nov 08 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
- Nov 08 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
- Nov 09 - Asteroid 2007 JB21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
- Nov 09 - Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)
- Nov 09 - Carl Sagan's 75th Birthday (1934)
- Nov 10 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.715 AU)
- Nov 11 - Rosetta,
3rd Earth Flyby
- Nov 12 - STS-129 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery (International Space Station)
- Nov 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #222 (OTM-222)
- Nov 12 - Audouin Dollfus' 85th Birthday (1924)
- Nov 13 - Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (0.885 AU)
- Nov 13 - Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.330 AU)
- Nov 14 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (2.249 AU)
- Nov 14 - 40th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 12 Launch (Manned Moon Mission)
- Nov 15 - Asteroid 2004 PZ19 Near-Ceres Flyby (0.022 AU)
- Nov 15 - 5th Anniversary (2004), SMART-1, Moon Orbit Insertion
- Nov 16 - Comet C/2008 S3 (Boattini)
Closest Approach To Earth (7.736 AU)
- Nov 16 - Asteroid 7328 Casanova Closest Approach To Earth (1.452 AU)
- Nov 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna
Closest Approach To Earth (86.685 AU)
- Nov 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #223 (OTM-223)
- Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
- Nov 18 - Asteroid 202683 (2006 US216)
Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
- Nov 18 - 20th Anniversary (1989), COBE Launch
- Nov 19 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.132 AU)
- Nov 20 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Swift Launch
- Nov 20 - Edwin Hubble's 120th Birthday (1889)
- Nov 21 - Cassini, Enceladus & Rhea Flyby
- Nov 21 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (1.769 AU)
- Nov 21 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
- Nov 21 - Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (2.099 AU)
- Nov 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #224 (OTM-224)
- Nov 22 - Asteroid 1998 VF32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)
- Nov 23 - Asteroid 2004 XJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
- Nov 24 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (1.911 AU)
- Nov 25 - Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.000 AU)
- Nov 25 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.597 AU)
- Nov 26 - Asteroid 149244 Kriegh Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
- Nov 26 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Galileo
Io 25 Flyby
- Nov 26 - 10th Anniversary (1999), Discovery of SAU 005
& 008 (Mars Meteorites)
- Nov 27 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.517 AU)
- Nov 28 - Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT
Perihelion (2.172 AU)
- Nov 28 - 45th Anniversary (1964), Mariner 4 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
- Nov 29 - MESSENGER,
Deep Space Maneuver 5 (DSM-5)
- Nov 29 - Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
- Nov 29 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.891 AU)
- Nov 30 - Comet 169P/NEAT
Perihelion (0.607 AU)
- Nov 30 - Asteroid 2005 XC1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
- Nov 30 - 55th Anniversary (1954), Sylacauga Meteorite Fall (Hit Woman)
- Nov 30-Dec 02 - Workshop: Missing Baryons, Accretion, and Feedback in Galaxies, Sydney, Australia
- Nov 30-Dec 04 - 5th Workshop Lidar Measurements in Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina
December 2009
- Dec 01 - Asteroid 2006 WQ127 Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
- Dec 02 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.688 AU)
- Dec 02 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Pioneer 11, Jupiter Flyby
- Dec 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos
Closest Approach To Earth (40.745 AU)
- Dec 03 - 105th Anniversary (1904), Charles Perrine's Discovery of
Himalia (Jupiter Moon)
- Dec 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #225 (OTM-225)
- Dec 04 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
- Dec 04 - Asteroid 31664 Randiiwessen Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
- Dec 04 - 50th Anniversary (1959), Little Joe 2 Launch (Monkey "Sam")
- Dec 05 - Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.252 AU)
- Dec 06 - Comet 100P/Hartley
Perihelion (1.982 AU)
- Dec 07 - Asteroid 2002 XN14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
- Dec 07 - Asteroid 1198 Atlantis Closest Approach To Earth (1.192 AU)
- Dec 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190
Closest Approach To Earth (57.011 AU)
- Dec 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #226 (OTM-226)
- Dec 08 - Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (2.494 AU)
- Dec 09 - Cassini, Distant Helene Flyby
- Dec 09 - Comet P/2008 J3 (McNaught)
Closest Approach To Earth (2.138 AU)
- Dec 09 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (1.802 AU)
- Dec 10 - STS-130 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Node 3, Cupola, International Space Station
- Dec 10 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 AU)
- Dec 10 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.987 AU)
- Dec 10 - 10th Anniversary (1999), X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) Launch
- Dec 10 - 25th Anniversary (1984), Claxton Meteorite Fall (Hit Mailbox)
- Dec 10 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Helios 1 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
- Dec 11 - Asteorid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
- Dec 12 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
- Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
- Dec 13 - Asteroid 9349 Lucas Closest Approach To Earth (1.421 AU)
- Dec 13 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Cassini,
2nd Titan Flyby
- Dec 13 - Sir William Hunter McCrea's 105th Birthday (1904)
- Dec 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #227 (OTM-227)
- Dec 15 - 25th Anniversary (1984), Vega 1 Launch (Soviet Venus/Comet Halley Mission)
- Dec 16 - 15th Anniversary (1994), Discovery of QUE 94201 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
- Dec 19 - Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (0.942 AU)
- Dec 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #228 (OTM-228)
- Dec 20 - Asteroid 2002 PR1 Near-Ceres Flyby (0.049 AU)
- Dec 20 - Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (2.394 AU)
- Dec 20 - Ames Research Center's 70th Birthday (1939)
- Dec 20 - Mt. Wilson Observatory's 105th Birthday (1904)
- Dec 21 - Winter Solstice,
17:47 UT
- Dec 21 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (1.361 AU)
- Dec 21 - 25th Anniversary (1984), Vega 2 Launch (Soviet Venus/Comet Halley Mission)
- Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
- Dec 22 - Asteroid 2003 YL118 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
- Dec 22 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
- Dec 23 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.153 AU)
- Dec 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #229 (OTM-229)
- Dec 24 - Asteroid 2007 MK13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
- Dec 24 - 30th Anniversary (1979), Inaugural Ariane 1 Launch
- Dec 25 - Asteroid 2004 XG29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
- Dec 25 - Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (1.968 AU)
- Dec 26 - Cassini, Distant Tethys Flyby
- Dec 26 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.350 AU)
- Dec 26 - 35th Anniversary (1974), Salyut 4 Launch (USSR Space Station)
- Dec 27 - Asteroid 2008 YZ32
Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
- Dec 27 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)
- Dec 27 - 25th Anniversary (1984), Discovery of ALH84001 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
- Dec 28 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
- Dec 28 - Asteroid 1998 HE3 Near-Venus Flyby (0.017 AU)
- Dec 28 - Maarten Schmidt's 80th Birthday (1929)
- Dec 29 - Asteroid 896 Sphinx Closest Approach To Earth (1.649 AU)
- Dec 30 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #230 (OTM-230)
- Dec 31 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
- Dec 31 - Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (1.258 AU)
- Dec 31 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.209 AU)
- Dec 31 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (2.216 AU)
- Dec 31 - 5th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Iapetus Flyby
- Dec 31 - Robert Aiken's 145th Birthday (1864)
January 2010
- Jan ?? - GOES-P Delta 4M Launch
- Jan ?? - Luch 5A Soyuz 2-Fregat Launch
- Jan ?? - Afristar 3 (Worldstar 3) Ariane 5 Launch
- Jan ?? - X-37B
Atlas 5 Launch
- Jan ?? - NROL-25 Delta 4M Launch
- Jan 01 - Asteroid 25143 Itokawa
Closest Approach To Earth (0.571 AU)
- Jan 01 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (2.306 AU)
- Jan 02 - Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (1.350 AU)
- Jan 02 - Isaac Asimov's 90th Birthday (1920)
- Jan 02 - Leslie Peltier's 110th Birthday (1900)
- Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
- Jan 03 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.252 AU)
- Jan 03 - 10th Annivesary (2000), Galileo,
Europa 26 Flyby
- Jan 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #231 (OTM-231)
- Jan 04 - Earth
At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
- Jan 05 - Comet 82P/Gehrels 3
Closest Approach To Earth (2.650 AU)
- Jan 05 - Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.047 AU)
- Jan 05 - Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (2.333 AU)
- Jan 05 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.520 AU)
- Jan 05 - 105th Anniversary (1905), Charles Perrine's Discovery of Jupiter Moon
Elara
- Jan 06 - Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (1.473 AU)
- Jan 06 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (2.673 AU)
- Jan 06 - 25th Anniversary (1985), La Criolla Meteorite Fall (Hit House)
- Jan 07 - 25th Anniversary (1985), Sakigake Launch (Japan Comet Halley Mission)
- Jan 07 - 400th Anniversary (1610), Galileo Galilei's Discovery of Jupiter's Moons
- Jan 08 - Asteroid 2005 YO3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
- Jan 08 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.922 AU)
- Jan 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #232 (OTM-232)
- Jan 09 - 20th Anniversary (1990), STS-32 Columbia Launch (LDEF Satellite)
- Jan 10 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.373 AU)
- Jan 11 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pandora & Methone
- Jan 12 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
- Jan 12 - Comet 169P/NEAT
Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
- Jan 12 - Comet 82P/Gehrels 3
Perihelion (3.633 AU)
- Jan 12 - 5th Anniversary (2005), Deep Impact Delta 2 Launch,
- Jan 12 - Royal Astronomical Society's 190th Birthday (1820)
- Jan 13 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.237 AU)
- Jan 13 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.715 AU)
- Jan 13 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.334 AU)
- Jan 13 - 30th Anniversary (1980), Discovery of EETA 79001 (Mars Meteorite)
- Jan 14 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (2.444 AU)
- Jan 14 - 5th Anniversary (2005), Huygens Probe, Titan Landing
- Jan 15 - Annular Solar Eclipse, Visible in Africa, India & China
- Jan 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #233 (OTM-233)
- Jan 15 - Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (1.707 AU)
- Jan 16 - Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA)
Closest Approach To Earth (0.901 AU)
- Jan 17 - Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (1.235 AU)
- Jan 17 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (1.917 AU)
- Jan 17 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (2.194 AU)
- Jan 19 - 30th Anniversary (1980), Voyager 1's Discovery of Saturn Moon
Janus
- Jan 19 - 45th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 2 launch (Unmanned Suborbital Flight)
- Jan 19 - 170th Anniversary (1840), Discovery of Antarctica
- Jan 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #234 (OTM-234)
- Jan 20 - Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.347 AU)
- Jan 20 -[Jan 11] Buzz Aldrin's 80th Birthday (1930)
- Jan 21 -[Jan 11] 50th Anniversary (1960), Little Joe Launch (Miss Sam Monkey)
- Jan 22 -[Jan 11] Asteroid 2003 BH Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
- Jan 22 -[Jan 12] Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.226 AU)
- Jan 22 -[Jan 12] Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.493 AU)
- Jan 22 -[Jan 12] Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.390 AU)
- Jan 24 -[Jan 13] 10th Anniversary (2000), Discovery of Dhofar 019 Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
- Jan 24 -[Jan 13] 20th Anniversary (1990), Hiten Launch (Japan Moon Orbiter)
- Jan 25 -[Jan 13] Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #235 (OTM-235)
- Jan 25 -[Jan 14] Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
- Jan 26 -[Jan 15] Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (1.490 AU)
- Jan 26 -[Jan 16] 30th Anniversary (1980), Voyager 1's Discovery of Saturn Moon
Epimetheus
- Jan 27 -[Jan 17] Cassini, Distant Flyby of Dione, Telesto, Methone, Pan & Prometheus
- Jan 27 -[Jan 18] Mercury At Its Greatest Western
Elongation (25 Degrees)
Please direct questions and comments about this calendar to
Ron Baalke
Jet Propulsion Lab
baalke@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov