Space Calendar - May 24, 2006

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SPACE CALENDAR
May 24, 2006
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

May 2006
* May 24 - GOES-N Delta 4M Launch
May 24 - Asteroid 2004 DR8 Near-Mars Flyby (0.035 AU)
May 24 - Asteroid 5066 Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (1.079 AU)
May 24 - Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (1.732 AU)
* May 25 - Compass 2 Shtil-N Launch
May 25 - Asteroid 2003 PN5 Near-Mars Flyby (0.048 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (2.476 AU)
May 25 - 5th Anniversary (2001), Galileo, Callisto 30 Flyby
May 25 - 45th Anniversary (1961), John F. Kennedy's Moon Goal Speech
* May 26 - Thaicom 5/Satmex-6 Ariane 5 Launch
May 26 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.028 AU)
* May 28 - Asteroid 8036 Maehara Occults HIP 69427 (4.2 Magnitude Star)
May 28 - Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.017 AU)
May 28 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Mars 3 Launch (USSR Mars Lander)
May 29 - Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.004 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)
May 30 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.577 AU)
May 30 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Mariner 9 Launch (USA Mars Orbiter)
May 30 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Surveyor 1 Launch (USA Moon Lander)
* May 31 - Comet P/2006 K2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.108
AU)

June 2006
Jun ?? - Sinosat 2 CZ-3B Launch
Jun ?? - DSP-24 Delta 4 Heavy Launch
* Jun ?? - Mitex Delta 2 Launch
* Jun ?? - C/NOFS Pegasus XL Launch
Jun 01 - Asteroid 3783 Morris Closest Approach To Earth (1.101 AU)
* Jun 02 - Asteroid 278 Paulina Occults HIP 45606 (7.0 Magnitude Star)
Jun 02 - Asteroid 2004 VM24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 2004 DC Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)
Jun 03 - Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.226 AU)
Jun 03 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 9 Launch (Thomas Stafford &
Eugene Cernan)
* Jun 04 - Venus Express, Science Phase Begins
Jun 04 - Asteroid 8249 Gershwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.161 AU)
* Jun 05 - Galaxy 16 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Jun 05 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BS Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 05 - Comet Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Closest Approach To Earth
(1.289 AU)
* Jun 05 - Asteroid 1364 Safara Occults HIP 71873 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
* Jun 06 - SAR-Lupe 1 Cosmos M Launch
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AP Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AR Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AS Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AV Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BC Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BE Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BR Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-P Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AT Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AZ Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BA Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 06 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BD Perihelion (0.946 AU)
Jun 06 - Comet Clark Perihelion (1.562 AU)
Jun 06 - Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth
(1.889 AU)
Jun 06 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (1.965 AU)
Jun 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #63 (OTM-63)
Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-C Perihelion (0.937 AU)
* Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AQ Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-B Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AW Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BF Perihelion (0.940 AU)
Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-Q Perihelion (0.940 AU)
Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AF Perihelion (0.941 AU)
* Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AO Perihelion (0.941 AU)
* Jun 07 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BB Perihelion (0.942 AU)
Jun 07 - Comet Shoemaker 1 Perihelion (1.974 AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 9016 Henrymoore Closest Approach To Earth (2.644
AU)
Jun 07 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Closest Approach To Earth
(42.300 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-V Perihelion (0.912 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AM Perihelion (0.931 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AI Perihelion (0.936 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AJ Perihelion (0.936 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AL Perihelion (0.937 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AK Perihelion (0.938 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AB Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AC Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AE Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AN Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AU Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BG Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BJ Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BL Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BO Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BQ Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-G Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-H Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-J Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-K Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-L Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-M Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-N Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-R Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-T Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-W Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-X Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-Y Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AY Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BH Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BI Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BK Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BN Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BP Perihelion (0.940 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AD Perihelion (0.941 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-Z Perihelion (0.942 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AH Perihelion (0.943 AU)
* Jun 08 - Asteroid 6582 Flagsymphony Occults HIP 54336 (5.5 Magnitude
Star)
Jun 08 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.694 AU)
* Jun 08 - Asteroid 78577 JPL Closest Approach To Earth (2.208 AU)
Jun 09 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-E Perihelion (0.937 AU)
* Jun 09 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AX Perihelion (0.938 AU)
Jun 09 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AA Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 09 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AG Perihelion (0.939 AU)
Jun 09 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-U Perihelion (0.939 AU)
* Jun 09 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-BM Perihelion (0.940 AU)
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 1165 Imprinetta Occults HIP 42049 (6.0 Magnitude
Star)
* Jun 09 - Asteroid 1177 Gonnessia Occults TYC 4918-01215-1 (7.9
Magnitude Star)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth
(1.191 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 2003 YN107 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
Jun 11 - Comet Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak Perihelion (1.048 AU)
* Jun 12 - Asteroid 612 Veronika Occults TYC 1046-00801-1 (7.5
Magnitude Star)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 17640 Mount Stromlo Closest Approach To Earth
(1.778 AU)
Jun 13 - Genesis Pathfinder 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
* Jun 13 - Asteroid 2006 HQ30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (2.452 AU)
Jun 15 - Resurs-DK1 N1 Soyuz 2-1a Launch
* Jun 16 - Asteroid 1844 Susilva Occults HIP 58069 (7.8 Magnitude Star)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (2.039 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 532 Herculina At Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
* Jun 17 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea Occults HIP 97417 (6.8 Magnigude Star)
* Jun 18 - KazSat 1 Proton K/DM-3 Launch
Jun 18 - Mars Passes 0.6 Degrees from Saturn
* Jun 18 - Asteroid 2115 Irakli Occults HIP 4382 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
* Jun 19 - Asteroid 1391 Carelia Occults TYC 6310-02230-1 (7.8
Magnitude Star)
Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 12:26 UT
Jun 21 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation
Jun 21 - Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.730 AU)
* Jun 22 - Cosmos (US-PM N12) Tsyklon 2 Launch
* Jun 22 - Asteroid 826 Henrika Occults HIP 95973 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
Jun 22 - 30th Anniversary (1976), Salyut 5 Launch (USSR Space
Station)
* Jun 23 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults UCAC2 40217259 (11.6 Magnitude
Star)
* Jun 23 - Asteroid 3872 Akirafujii Occults HIP 101808 (6.4 Magnitude
Star)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (2.542
AU)
Jun 26 - Comet Clark Closest Appraoch To Earth (0.586 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
* Jun 27 - NROL-22 Delta 4 Medium Launch
Jun 27 - Comet C/2005 K1 (Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (3.177 AU)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.297 AU)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.779 AU)
Jun 27 - 5th Anniversary (2001), Discovery of SAU 060 Meteorite (Mars
Meteorite)
Jun 27 - 10th Anniversary (1996), Galileo Ganymede 1 Flyby
* Jun 28 - Progress M-57 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
22P)
Jun 28 - Belka-1/Baumanets 1/AIMaSat 1/Unisat 4/Cubesats/Can
X-2/Saudisat 4/JAE-Sat/
Katysat
1/KiwiSat/Atmocube/CP-3/Cubesat-RAFT/Funsat/UCISAT/Palamede Dnepr 1
Launch
Jun 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #64 (OTM-64)
Jun 28 - Asteroid 2003 OS13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Jun 28 - 95th Anniversary (1911), Nakhla Meteorite Fall in Egypt
(Mars Meteorite, Hit Dog)
Jun 29 - Comet Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Perihelion (0.530 AU)
Jun 29 - Comet C/2005 S2 (Skiff) Perihelion (6.398 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (9.5 Magnitude)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
Jun 29 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.801
AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (2.983 AU)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.694 AU)
Jun 30 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Death of 3 Cosmonauts in Soyuz 11

July 2006
Jul ?? - Molniya 3K N3 Molniya M Launch (Russia)
Jul ?? - NROL-30 Atlas 5 Launch
Jul ?? - Ofeq 7 Shavit 1 Launch (Israel)
Jul ?? - Cartosat 2/SRE-1/Anusat PSLV Launch
Jul ?? - Measat 3 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Jul ?? - TWINS-A Pegasus Launch
* Jul ?? - IGS-3A H-2A Launch (Japan)
Jul ?? - Koreasat 5 Zenit 3SL Launch
Jul ?? - Rascom QAF-1 CZ-3B Launch
Jul ?? - Insat 4-C GSLV Launch
* Jul ?? - JC-Sat 10/Syracuse 3B Ariane 5 Launch
* Jul ?? - Lapan-Tubsat PSLV Launch
* Jul ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-3 Atlas 5 Launch
Jul 01 - STS-121 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery, MEPSI 2A & 2B
(International Space Station ULF-1.1)
Jul 01 - Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum's 30th Birthday
(1976)
Jul 02 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jul 02 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.090 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.153 AU)
Jul 03 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 03 - Comet C/2006 CK10 (Catalina) Perihelion (1.752 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 2004 XP14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.003 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 1994 WR12 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.015 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.719
AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (1.859 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
* Jul 04 - Comet C/2006 E1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (5.381
AU)
Jul 04 - Asteroid 1998 HD14 Near-Venus Flyby (0.025 AU)
Jul 04 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (2.434 AU)
Jul 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #65 (OTM-65)
Jul 05 - Comet Mueller 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.777 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak Closest Approach To Earth
(0.942 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet P/1999 X1 (Hug-Bell) Perihelion (1.947 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.929
AU)
* Jul 07 - Hotbird 8 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Jul 07 - Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.667
AU)
Jul 08 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth
(2.270 AU)
Jul 08 - Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (3.210 AU)
Jul 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #66 (OTM-66)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approacy To Earth (1.600 AU)
Jul 12 - Comet P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) Closest Approach To Earth (1.863
AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 2000 HB24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
* Jul 12 - Asteroid 2006 HW57 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.423 AU)
Jul 13 - Asteroid 10 Hygiea At Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
Jul 13 - Asteroid 29 Amphitrite At Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Jul 15 - Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (1.781 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 11548 Jerrylewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.968
AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.974 AU)
Jul 16 - Giuseppe Piazzi's 260th Birthday (1746)
Jul 17 - Metop-A Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
Jul 17 - Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (4.861 AU)
Jul 18 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #67 (OTM-67)
Jul 18 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.689
AU)
Jul 18 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 10 Launch (John Young &
Michael Collins)
Jul 19 - Asteroid 2003 EE16 Near-Mars Flyby (0.039 AU)
Jul 19 - Edward Pickering's 160th Birthday (1846)
Jul 20 - 30th Anniversary (1976), Viking 1, Mars Landing
Jul 21 - 45th Anniversary (1961), Mercury 4 Launch (Gus Grissom,
Liberty Bell 7)
Jul 22 - STEREO Delta 2 Launch
Jul 22 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jul 23 - Comet P/2005 GF8 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.704
AU)
Jul 24 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #68 (OTM-68)
Jul 24 - Comet Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (13.220 AU)
Jul 24 - Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
Jul 24 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.456
AU)
* Jul 25 - Asteroid 73079 Davidbaltimore Closest Approach To Earth
(1.276 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.514 AU)
Jul 26 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 15 Launch (4th Manned Moon
Landing)
Jul 27 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.686 AU)
Jul 27 - George Airy's 205th Birthday (1801)
* Jul 28 - Kompsat 2 Rokot KM Launch
Jul 28 - Asteroid 54509 (2000 PH5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Jul 28 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.292 AU)
Jul 28 - Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (0.853 AU)
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - Asteroid 15 Eunomia At Opposition (8.4 Magnitude)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 2006 BQ6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
Jul 29 - Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.048
AU)
Jul 30 - 5th Anniversary (2001), MAP, Moon Flyby
Jul 31 - Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (2.130 AU)
Jul 31 - Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (2.371 AU)

August 2006
Aug ?? - Cosmos-Glonass Soyuz 2-Fregat Test Launch
Aug ?? - Meteor-M-N1 Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
Aug ?? - Dialog 1 Rokot-Briz Launch
Aug ?? - NROL-21 Delta 2 Launch
Aug ?? - TacSat 1/Celestis 5 Falcon 1 Launch
Aug ?? - Egyptsat 1/Saudisat 3/Saudicomsat 3-7/AKS 1 & 2/N-Cube 1
Dnepr 1 Launch
* Aug ?? - AMC-14 Proton M-Briz M Launch
* Aug ?? - Shi Jian 8 CZ-1D Launch (China)
* Aug ?? - Yamal 203/204 Proton K Launch
* Aug ?? - Cosmos (Tselina-2 N23) Zenit 2 Launch
Aug 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #69 (OTM-69)
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 02 - Asteroid 13926 Berners-Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.152
AU)
Aug 02 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)
* Aug 03 - Comet P/2006 K2 (McNaught) Perihelion (2.029 AU)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 6 Hebe At Opposition (7.8 Magnitude)
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 06 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.341
AU)
Aug 06 - Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (0.771 AU)
Aug 06 - Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.623 AU)
Aug 06 - 5th Anniversary (2001), Galileo, Io 31 Flyby
Aug 06 - 45th Anniversary (1961), Vostok 2 Launch (Gherman Titov -
2nd Man in Space)
* Aug 06 - 825th Anniversary (1181), Discovery of Supernova Cassiopia
Aug 07 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation
Aug 07 - Comet Giclas Perihelion (1.852 AU)
Aug 07 - 10th Anniversary (1996), Announcement of Possible
Microfossils Found
in ALH84001 Martian Meteorite
Aug 07 - 30th Anniversary (1976), Viking 2, Mars Orbit Insertion
Aug 08 - 5th Anniversary (2001), Genesis Launch (Solar Particle
Sample Return)
Aug 09 - 30th Anniversary (1976), Luna 24 Launch (USSR Moon Sample
Return)
Aug 10 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degrees From Venus
Aug 10 - Neptune at Opposition
Aug 10 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Lunar Orbiter 1 Launch
Aug 11 - Asteroid 1998 DK36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 1 Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 13 - Asteroid 5720 Halweaver Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)
Aug 13 - 410th Anniversary (1596), Discovery of Mira, Omicron Ceti by
David Fabricius
Aug 14 - Comet Harrington-Abell Perihelion (1.757 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 2001 OC36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 39382 Opportunity Closest Approach To Earth (3.066
AU)
Aug 15 - Comet Vaisala-Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (3.253 AU)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 17898 Scottsheppard Closest Approach To Earth
(1.027 AU)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)
Aug 15 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.980 AU)
Aug 16 - Comet Russell 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.527 AU)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 1 Ceres At Opposition (7.6 Magnitude)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 349 Dembowsak At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Aug 17 - Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 1 Closest Approach To Earth (2.265 AU)
Aug 17 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Pioneer 7 Launch
* Aug 18 - Comet P/2006 G1 (McNaught) Perihelion (2.632 AU)
Aug 18 - Comet C/2005 S4 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (5.306
AU)
Aug 18 - Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach To Earth (1.264
AU)
Aug 18 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.643 AU)
Aug 19 - Orville Wright's 135th Birthday (1871)
Aug 19 - John Flamsteed's 360th Birthday (1646)
Aug 20 - Mercury Passes 0.5 Degrees From Saturn
Aug 20 - Asteroid 9500 Camelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.860 AU)
* Aug 21 - Comet C/2006 GZ2 (Spacewatch) Perihelion (3.303 AU)
Aug 21 - Asteroid 1990 UN Near-Venus Flyby (0.095 AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (1.777
AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (2.955
AU)
Aug 23 - Comet Schuster Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (0.749
AU)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
Aug 24 - Comet Takamizawa Closest Approach To Earth (1.408 AU)
Aug 24 - Comet P/2005 L1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.325
AU)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.565 AU)
Aug 24 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Luna 11 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 25 - Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Aug 25 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.082 AU)
Aug 26 - Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees From Saturn
Aug 26 - 25th Anniversary (1981), Voyager 2, Saturn Flyby
Aug 27 - Asteroid 2001 FD58 Near-Venus Flyby (0.037 AU)
Aug 27 - Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.710 AU)
Aug 28 - STS-115 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, MEPSI 3A & 3B,
(International Space Station 12A)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 2675 Tolkein Closest Approach To Earth (1.013 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 2002 VZ91 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)
Aug 30 - Asteroid 5231 Verne Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)
Aug 30 - 15th Anniversary (1991), Yohkoh Launch
* Aug 31 - Comet P/2006 H1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (1.654
AU)

September 2006
Sep ?? - Rosetta, Deep Space Maneuver #2 (DSM-2)
* Sep ?? - Griffith Observatory Reopens
* Sep ?? - Solar-B/Hitsat 1 M-V Launch
Sep ?? - Tansuo 2 KT-1 Launch (China)
Sep ?? - Condor E Strela Launch
Sep ?? - GSTB-V2B (Giove B) Soyuz FG-Fregat Launch
Sep ?? - Resurs F2 Soyuz U Launch
* Sep ?? - Direct-TV 9S Ariane 5 Launch
* Sep ?? - Star One C-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Sep ?? - Optus D-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Sep ?? - Insat 4-B Ariane 5 Launch
* Sep ?? - FSW-23 CZ-2D Launch
* Sep ?? - Cosmos-Geizer N21 Proton K Launch
* Sep ?? - Cosmos-Don N8 Soyuz U Launch
* Sep ?? - Orbcomm-CDS 3 Cosmos 3M Launch
* Sep ?? - Vietnam DMC/Thai-Paht 2 Cosmos 3M Launch
Sep 02 - Asteroid 2005 CN61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
* Sep 02 - Asteroid 6312 Robheinlein Closest Approach To Earth (1.198
AU)
* Sep 03 - SMART-1, Moon Impact
Sep 03 - Asteroid 2001 Einstein Closest Approach To Earth (1.038 AU)
Sep 03 - 30th Anniversary (1976), Viking 2, Mars Landing
Sep 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #70 (OTM-70)
Sep 05 - Uranus at Opposition
Sep 06 - Asteroid 74625 Tieproject Closest Approach To Earth (0.901
AU)
Sep 06 - 10th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Ganymede 2 Encounter
Sep 07 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 07 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Sep 08 - Asteroid 8749 Beatles Closest Approach To Earth (1.295 AU)
Sep 08 - 40th Anniversary (1966), 1st Star Trek Episode on TV
Sep 09 - Asteroid 85640 (1998 OX4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Sep 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #71 (OTM-71)
Sep 10 - Comet 2003 A1 (LINEAR) Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.060 AU)
Sep 10 - Asteroid 2002 SV Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
Sep 11 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (1.010 AU)
Sep 12 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 11 Launch (Charles Conrad
and Richard Gordon)
Sep 13 - Soyuz TMA-9 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
13S)
Sep 13 - Comet Wiseman-Skiff Perihelion (1.578 AU)
Sep 14 - GPS 2RM F-2 Delta 2 Launch
Sep 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #72 (OTM-72)
Sep 15 - 15th Anniversary (1991), UARS Launch from Space Shuttle
Discovery
Sep 16 - Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Venus Flyby (0.049 AU)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 916 America Closest Approach To Earth (0.830 AU)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (0.754 AU)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.415
AU)
Sep 19 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU)
Sep 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #73 (OTM-73)
Sep 20 - Asteroid 68 Leto At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Sep 20 - Asteroid 2004 FX31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Sep 21 - Asteroid 2004 SC56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Sep 21 - Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (0.977 AU)
Sep 21 - Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
Sep 22 - Annular Solar Eclipse
* Sep 22 - Arabsat 4B Proton M-Briz Launch
Sep 22 - Comet P/1995 A1 (Jedicke) Closest Approach To Earth (3.608
AU)
Sep 22 - Asteroid 4808 Ballaero Closest Approach To Earth (1.592 AU)
Sep 22 - 5th Anniversary (2001), Deep Space 1, Comet Borrelly Flyby
Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox (04:03 UT)
Sep 23 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Sep 23 - Asteroid 2001 RY47 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Sep 23 - 160th Anniversary (1846), Johann Galle's Discovery of
Neptune
Sep 25 - Comet Peters-Hartley Perihelion (1.634 AU)
Sep 25 - Comet P/2005 JD108 (Catalina-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth
(3.547 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 3773 Smithsonian Closest Approach To Earth (0.775
AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 6434 Jewitt Closest Approach To Earth (0.879 AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 11247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (1.738
AU)
Sep 25 - Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.588 AU)
Sep 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #74 (OTM-74)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 1998 YM4 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.026 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 2247 Hiroshima Closest Approach To Earth (1.219 AU)
Sep 28 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Luna 19 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Sep 29 - AIM Pegasus XL Launch
Sep 29 - Asteroid 2000 TH1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 1937 UB Near-Venus Flyby (0.052 AU)
Sep 30 - Comet C/2005 B1 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(3.003 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 2002 TA67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)

October 2006
Oct ?? - Lunar TrailBlazer Dnepr 1 Launch (Commerical Moon Orbiter)
Oct ?? - Astra 1-L Proton M Launch
Oct ?? - TechSAR PSLV Launch (Israel)
Oct ?? - Dong Fang Hong (DFH) 4 F-1 CZ-3B Launch (China)
Oct ?? - Corot Soyuz 2-1b-Fregat Launch
Oct ?? - Amsat Phase 3E Express Ariane 5 Launch
Oct ?? - NROL-26 Delta 4H Launch
Oct ?? - Galaxy 17 Ariane 5 Launch
Oct ?? - Skynet 5A Ariane 5 Launch
Oct ?? - Vulcan/Compass 2N Shtil-1N Launch
Oct ?? - Feng Yun 2-D CZ-3A Launch (China)
Oct ?? - Bluesat Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct ?? - Genesat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct ?? - Sudansat 1 Dnepr 1 Launch
* Oct ?? - NSS-8 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Oct ?? - Genesis 2 Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #75 (OTM-75)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 2710 Veverka Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 8353 Megryan Closest Approach To Earth (2.072 AU)
Oct 02 - Asteroid 2001 CB21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
Oct 04 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.231 AU)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.793 AU)
* Oct 06 - DMSP-17 Delta 4 Launch
Oct 06 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #76 (OTM-76)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (2.025 AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 12485 Jenniferharris Closest Approach To Earth
(0.964 AU)
Oct 09 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Asteroid 79896 Billhaley Closest Approach To Earth (1.912
AU)
Oct 10 - 160th Anniversary (1846), William Lassell's Discovery of
Neptune Moon Triton
Oct 12 - Astro/NextSat-CSC/STS-Sat 1/NP-Sat
1/CFE-Sat/Midsar1/Falconsat 3/
MEPSI 4A & 4B Atlas 5 Launch
Oct 12 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #77 (OTM-77)
Oct 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) Closest Approach To
Earth (40.005 AU)
Oct 12 - Astronomical Society of France's 115th Birthday (1891)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (1.160 AU)
Oct 13 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (2.239 AU)
Oct 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 2003 UB313 Closest Approach To Earth
(95.883 AU)
Oct 14 - Asteroid 1855 Korolev Closest Approach To Earth (1.425 AU)
Oct 15 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 1996 Adams Closest Approach To Earth (1.257 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
Oct 15 - Asteroid 51828 Ilanramon Closest Approach To Earth (1.593
AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 2005 TC51 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 12927 Pinocchio Closest Approach To Earth (1.002
AU)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 6560 Pravdo Closest Approach To Earth (1.559 AU)
Oct 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #78 (OTM-78)
Oct 17 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation (25 Degrees)
* Oct 18 - Progress M-58 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
23P)
Oct 18 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (1.918 AU)
Oct 19 - THEMIS Delta 2 Launch
Oct 19 - Comet C/2005 R4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.483
AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 2005 TF49 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Oct 20 - Cbers 2B CZ-4B Launch
Oct 21 - Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (1.379 AU)
Oct 21 - Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)
Oct 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #79 (OTM-79)
Oct 22 - Comet P/2005 JY126 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.814 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 2001 UP Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 2322 Kitt Peak Closest Approach To Earth (1.201 AU)
Oct 22 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Luna 12 Launch (USSR Moon Orbiter)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Mercury Flyby (0.006 AU)
Oct 24 - MESSENGER, 1st Venus Flyby
Oct 24 - 155th Anniversary (1851), William Lassell's Discovery of
Uranus
Moons Umbriel and Ariel
Oct 25 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Oct 25 - Asteroid 2000 UR16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 2002 JV15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Oct 25 - 335th Anniversary (1671), Giovanni Cassini's Discovery of
Saturn Moon Iapetus
Oct 26 - Comet C/2006 CK10 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.368 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 1997 US2 Near-Venus Flyby (0.091 AU)
Oct 26 - Asteroid 3066 McFadden Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 203 Pompeja Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
Oct 28 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Great Britian's First Space Launch
(Prospero)
Oct 29 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe, North
America)
Oct 29 - Comet Urata-Niijima Perihelion (1.465 AU)
Oct 29 - 15th Anniversary (1991), Galileo, Asteroid Gaspra Flyby
Oct 30 - Comet Faye Closest Approach To Earth (0.685 AU)
Oct 30 - Comet Shoemaker 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
Oct 30 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.524 AU)
Oct 30 - 25th Anniversary (1981), Venera 13 Launch (USSR Venus
Lander/Flyby Mission)
Oct 31 - TerraSAR-X Dnepr 1 Launch
Oct 31 - Comet P/2005 S2 (Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (5.418 AU)

November 2006
Nov ?? - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Mapping Begins
Nov ?? - SAR-Lupe 2 Cosmos 3M Launch
Nov ?? - X-Sat PSLV Launch
Nov ?? - Bissat Cosmos 3M Launch
Nov ?? - Wildblue 1 Ariane 5 Launch
Nov ?? - Lutch 3 Proton K Launch
Nov ?? - RazakSAT Falcon Launch
Nov ?? - GPS 2RM F-3 Delta 2 Launch
* Nov ?? - DSP-23 Delta 4 Heavy Launch
Nov 02 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 3192 A'Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 2004 WC1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.014 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 2000 VZ44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) Closest Approach To Earth (1.587
AU)
Nov 04 - 10th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Callisto 3 Flyby
Nov 04 - 25th Anniversary (1981), Venera 14 Launch (USSR Venus
Lander/Flyby)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)
Nov 05 - Fred Whipple's 100th Birthday (1906)
* Nov 06 - Comet Hergenrother Perihelion (2.088 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 2003 HF2 Near-Mars Flyby (0.030 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 6032 Nobel Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 4511 Rembrandt Closest Approach To Earth (1.615 AU)
Nov 07 - 10th Anniversary (1996), Mars Global Surveyor Launch
Nov 07 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Lunar Orbiter 2 Launch
Nov 08 - Mercury Transits the Sun
Nov 08 - Asteroid 2753 Duncan Closest Approach To Earth (1.755 AU)
Nov 08 - Edmund Halley's 350th Birthday (1656)
Nov 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #80 (OTM-80)
Nov 09 - Comet Comet Urata-Niijima Closest Approach To Earth (0.597
AU)
Nov 10 - Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.571
AU)
Nov 11 - Comet P/2005 RV25 (LONEOS-Christensen) Perihelion (3.605 AU)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 16809 Galapagos Closest Approach To Earth (1.801
AU)
Nov 11 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 12 Launch (Jim Lovell and
Buzz Aldrin)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.372 AU)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 2955 Newburn Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)
Nov 12 - 25th Anniversary (1981), Space Shuttle Columbia Launch
(STS-2)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 7 Iris At Opposition (6.8 Magnitude)
Nov 13 - James Clerk Maxwell's 175th Birthday (1831)
Nov 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna Closest Approach To Earth
(87.647 AU)
Nov 14 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Mariner 9, Mars Orbit Insertion
* Nov 15 - NROL-28 Atlas 5 Launch
Nov 15 - Comet Faye Perihelion (1.667 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU)
Nov 16 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 6 Perihelion (1.128 AU)
Nov 16 - 5th Anniversary (2001), Genesis, L1 Orbit Insertion
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 17 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Leonids Meteor Storm
Nov 18 - Comet P/2005 T5 (Broughton) Closest Approach To Earth (3.190
AU)
Nov 18 - Comet P/2005 T3 (Read) Closest Approach To Earth (5.279 AU)
Nov 19 - Comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura Perihelion (1.603 AU)
Nov 19 - Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.339 AU)
Nov 19 - Asteroid 13208 Fraschetti Closest Approach To Earth (1.546
AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 2002 XY38 Near-Venus Flyby (0.028 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 2001 WV1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.702 AU)
Nov 23 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 6 Closest Approach To Earth (0.740 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 2003 YO1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.046 AU)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 1996 BG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Nov 25 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (20 Degrees)
Nov 25 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth
(4.887 AU)
* Nov 26 - Anik F-3 Proton M Launch
Nov 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #81 (OTM-81)
Nov 26 - Comet P/2005 M1 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.388 AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (1.280
AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.435 AU)
Nov 27 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2, Mars Orbit Insertion
Nov 27 - Anders Celsius' 305th Birthday (1701)
Nov 29 - Asteroid 2004 QD14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Nov 29 - 45th Anniversary (1961), Mercury 5 Launch (Enos the
Chimpanzee)
Nov 30 - Comet Giclas Closest Approach To Earth (1.157 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 12426 Raquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.230
AU)
Nov 30 - Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos Closest Approach To Earth
(40.919 AU)

December 2006
Dec ?? - Radarsat 2 Soyuz Launch
Dec ?? - XM-4 Zenit 3SL Launch
Dec ?? - Cosmos-Glonass Proton K Launch
* Dec ?? - Molniya 1T N94 Molniya M Launch
* Dec ?? - HK-Sat 1 CZ-3C Launch (China)
* Dec ?? - Cosmos-Meridian N1 Soyuz 2-1a Launch
* Dec ?? - NROL-25 Delta 4M Launch
* Dec ?? - TWINS-B Pegasus XL Launch
Dec 01 - Asteroid 23990 Springsteen Closest Approach To Earth (1.126
AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 2001 VE76 Near-Mars Flyby (0.027 AU)
Dec 02 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.500 AU)
Dec 02 - 35th Anniversary (1971), Mars 3, Mars Orbit Insertion
Dec 03 - Asteroid 10217 Richardcook Closest Approach To Earth (1.409
AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 8837 London Closest Approach To Earth (1.472 AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 2228 Soyuz-Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.569
AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 39 Laetitia At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 697 Galilea Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
Dec 04 - 10th Anniversary (1996), Mars Pathfinder Launch
* Dec 05 - Asteroid 83360 Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
Dec 06 - Comet P/2005 SB216 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.957
AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 3297 Hong Kong Closest Approach To Earth (1.676 AU)

Dec 07 - 5th Anniversary (2001), Jason/TIMED Launch
Dec 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #82 (OTM-82)
* Dec 09 - Asteroid 4535 Adamcarolla Closest Approach To Earth (2.219
AU)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (1.845
AU)
Dec 11 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (3.613
AU)
Dec 12 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Dec 12 - Asteroid 2003 SM215 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.637 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 1024 Hale Closest Approach To Earth (1.666 AU)
* Dec 12 - Asteroid 10050 Rayman Closest Approach To Earth (2.363 AU)
Dec 12 - 45th Anniversary (1961), Oscar 1 Launch
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 14 - STS-116 Launch, Space Shuttle Discovery (International Space
Station 12A.1)
Dec 14 - Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.455 AU)
Dec 14 - Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.115
AU)
Dec 14 - Tycho Brahe's 460th Birthday (1546)
Dec 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #83 (OTM-83)
Dec 15 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Audouin Dollfus' Discovery of
Saturn Moon Janus
Dec 16 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 1620 Geographos Closest Approach To Earth (1.749
AU)
Dec 17 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
* Dec 18 - Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.274 AU)
Dec 18 - Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (2.440 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 22 Kalliope At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.184 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 10044 Squyres Closest Approach To Earth (1.571 AU)
Dec 19 - 10th Anniversary (1996), Galileo, Europa 4 Flyby
* Dec 20 - Progress M-59 Launch (International Space Station 24P)
Dec 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #84 (OTM-84)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 2004 XL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)
Dec 21 - 40th Anniversary (1966), Luna 13 Launch (USSR Moon Lander)
Dec 22 - Winter Solstice, 00:22 UT
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura Closest Approach To Earth (0.728
AU)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 97 Klotho At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Dec 22 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.855
AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (0.816 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 2003 UR12 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.039 AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.231
AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 25930 Spielberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.627
AU)
Dec 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #85 (OTM-85)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 2801 Huygens Closest Approach To Earth (1.920 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet P/1999 X1 (Hug-Bell) Closest Approach To Earth (1.448
AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 65909 (1998 FH12) Near-Venus Flyby (0.024 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 2004 YG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Dec 26 - Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.667 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.236 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 498 Tokio Closest Approach To Earth (1.877 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (2.042
AU)
Dec 27 - Johannes Kepler's 435th Birthday (1571)
Dec 28 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Dec 29 - Asteroid 44 Nysa At Opposition (9.0 Magnitude)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 9831 Simongreen Closest Approach to Earth (1.482
AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 5811 Keck Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)
Dec 30 - Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (0.992 AU)
Dec 31 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #86 (OTM-86)

January 2007
Jan ?? - Globalstar-9 Soyuz-Fregat Launch
Jan ?? - Nigcomsat 1 CZ-3B Launch
Jan ?? - Beidou 2A CZ-3A Launch
Jan ?? - Microscope Ariane 5 Launch
Jan ?? - Spaceway 3 Zenit 3SL Launch
Jan ?? - Winds H-2A Launch (Japan)
Jan ?? - Oceansat 2 PSLV Launch
Jan ?? - SMOS/Proba 2 Rokot KM Launch
Jan ?? - SSR-1 VSL-1 Launch (Brazil)
Jan ?? - HJ-1A/HJ-1B CZ-2C Launch (China)
Jan ?? - PS-2 KT-1 Launch
Jan ?? - Galaxy Express Test Launch
Jan ?? - Sitch 2 Tsyklon 3 Launch
Jan ?? - GPS 2RM F-4 Delta 2 Launch
* Jan ?? - Worldview 1 Delta 2 Launch
* Jan ?? - Uragan-Dummy K1/K2 Soyuz 2-1a-Fregat Launch
* Jan ?? - Cosmos-Oko N87 Molniya M Launch
Jan 01 - Asteroid 5143 Hercales Closest Approach To Earth (0.380 AU)
Jan 03 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 04 - Comet C/2005 EL173 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.310
AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 2001 YE4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Jan 04 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.662 AU)
Jan 04 - Wilhelm Beer's 210th Birthday (1797)
Jan 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #87 (OTM-87)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.010 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
* Jan 06 - Comet C/2006 E1 (McNaught) Perihelion (6.039 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 4664 Hanner Closest Approach To Earth (2.012 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (2.054 AU)
Jan 07 - Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
Jan 08 - Comet P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) Closest Appraoch To Earth
(3.257 AU)
Jan 08 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Sakigake, Earth Flyby
Jan 08 - Stephen Hawking's 65th Birthday (1942)
Jan 08 - Johannes Fabricius' 420th Birthday (1587)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.878 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.577
AU)
Jan 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #88 (OTM-88)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.407 AU)
Jan 11 - 220th Anniversary (1787), William Herschell's Discovery of
Uranus Moons Titania and Oberon
Jan 12 - Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU)
Jan 12 - Sergel Pavlovich Korolev's 100th Birthday (1907)
Jan 13 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jan 14 - Comet Kowal 1 Perihelion (4.719 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)
Jan 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #89 (OTM-89)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.316
AU)
Jan 16 - Asteroid 719 Albert Closest Approach To Earth (2.430 AU)
Jan 17 - 5th Anniversary (2002), Galileo, Io 33 Flyby
Jan 17 - Harvey Nininger's 120th Birthday (1887)
Jan 19 - Johann Bode's 260th Birthday (1747)
Jan 21 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #90 (OTM-90)
Jan 21 - Asteroid 7341 (1991 VK) Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Jan 21 - John Couch Adams' 215th Birthday (1792)
Jan 23 - Comet C/2006 GZ2 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.649 AU)
Jan 23 - Asteroid 2000 WP19 Near-Venus Flyby (0.046 AU)
Jan 23 - Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.623
AU)
Jan 23 - Asteroid 1198 Atlantis Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray Closest Approach To Earth (1.139
AU)
Jan 24 - Harold Babcock's 125th Birthday (1882)
Jan 25 - Asteroid 25143 Itokawa Closest Approach To Earth (0.447 AU)
Jan 26 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #91 (OTM-91)
Jan 26 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
Jan 26 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Ranger 3 Launch
Jan 27 - Asteroid 1996 AW1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.023 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (0.977 AU)
Jan 27 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire (Gus Grissom, Edward
White &
Roger Chaffee)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
Jan 29 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jan 29 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 2006 CJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)

February 2007
Feb ?? - Cosmos Glonass K1+K2 Soyuz 2 Fregat Launch
Feb ?? - Insat 3-D GSLV Launch (India)
Feb ?? - Star One C-2 Ariane 5 Launch
Feb ?? - AMC-18 Ariane 5 Launch
Feb ?? - Feng Yun 3A/Small Multimission Spacecraft CZ-4B Launch
(China)
Feb ?? - Chinasat 8 CZ-3B Launch (China)
Feb ?? - Express AM-33 Proton K Launch
Feb ?? - GOCE Rokot Launch
Feb ?? - PAS-11 Zenit 3SLB Launch
Feb ?? - RapidEye 1-5 Dnepr 1 Launch
* Feb ?? - IGS-3B H-2A Launch (Japan)
* Feb ?? - Radio-Astron Zenit 2-Fregat-SB Launch
Feb 01 - Selene 1 H-2A Launch (Japan Lunar Orbiter)
Feb 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #92 (OTM-92)
Feb 01 - Comet C/2005 W2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(3.273 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 2006 AM4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 243 Ida Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.388 AU)
Feb 02 - Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (2.074
AU)
* Feb 02 - Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (2.232 AU)
Feb 02 - 30th Anniverary (1977), Burnup of the Salyut 4 Space Station
(USSR)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (1.488
AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 2004 RN251 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)
Feb 04 - 40th Anniverary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 3 Launch
Feb 05 - Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet 2001 WF2 (LONEOS) Perihelion (0.980 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 9349 Lucas Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
Feb 07 - Progress M-60 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
25P)
Feb 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #93 (OTM-93)
Feb 07 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation
Feb 07 - Asteroid 2003 YX1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.040 AU)
Feb 08 - Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)
Feb 08 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Ulysses, Jupiter Flyby
Feb 09 - Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 2266 Tchaikovsky Closest Approach To Earth (2.115
AU)
Feb 11 - Comet 2001 WF2 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.298 AU)
Feb 12 - 60th Anniversary (1947), Sikhote Alin Meteorite Fall in
Russia
Feb 13 - John Dreyer's 155th Birthday (1852)
Feb 14 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Luna 20 Launch (Soviet Moon Sample
Return)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Feb 15 - 15th Anniversary (1992), Hiten, Moon Flyby
Feb 18 - Chinese New Year
Feb 18 - Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
Feb 19 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #94 (OTM-94)
Feb 20 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.644
AU)
Feb 20 - 10th Anniverary (1997), Galileo, Europa 6 Flyby
Feb 20 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Friendship 7 Launch (John Glenn)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.766
AU)
Feb 22 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Feb 23 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 AU)
Feb 23 - 20th Anniverary (1987), Supernova 1987A Explosion
Feb 24 - Comet P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) Perihelion (0.938 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (1.413 AU)
Feb 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #95 (OTM-95)
Feb 26 - Rosetta, Mars Flyby
Feb 26 - Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (1.651 AU)
Feb 27 - Bernard Lyot's 110th Birthday (1897)
Feb 28 - New Horizons, Jupiter Flyby
Feb 28 - Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)

March 2007
Mar ?? - Apstar 6B CZ-3B Launch
Mar ?? - Roadrunner (TacSat 2) Falcon 1 Launch
Mar ?? - Foton M-3/Yes-2 Soyuz U Launch
Mar ?? - GOES-O Delta 4 Launch
Mar ?? - Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) F-2 Delta 4M Launch
Mar ?? - Resurs O1-05 Zenit 2 Launch
Mar ?? - Team Encounter F-1/Space Technology 6 Falcon 1 Launch
Mar ?? - Healthsat/Tauvex GSLV Launch
Mar ?? - IGS-4A/IGS-4B H-2A Launch
Mar ?? - GPS 2RM F-5 Delta 2 Launch
Mar ?? - SAR-Lupe 3 Cosmos 3M Launch
Mar ?? - ETS VIII H-2A Launch (Japan)
* Mar ?? - Meteor 3M N2 Zenit 2 Launch
* Mar ?? - Echostar 11 Zenit 3SL Launch
Mar 01 - Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.224
AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.728 AU)
Mar 01 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Venera 13, Venus Landing/Flyby
(USSR)
Mar 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #96 (OTM-96)
Mar 02 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Pioneer 10 Launch (Jupiter Flyby
Mission)
Mar 04 - Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
Mar 05 - Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (1.572 AU)
Mar 05 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Venera 14, Venus Landing/Flyby
(USSR)
Mar 05 - Gerard Mercator's 495th Birthday (1512)
Mar 06 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #97 (OTM-97)
Mar 06 - Comet C/2005 EL173 (LONEOS) Perihelion (3.897 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)
Mar 06 - Asteroid 7328 Casanova Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU)
Mar 06 - Gordon Cooper's 80th Birthday (1927)
Mar 06 - Joseph Fraunhofer's 220th Birthday (1787)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (2.123 AU)
Mar 07 - Henry Draper's 170th Birthday (1837)
Mar 07 - John Herschel's 215th Birthday (1792)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (2.804 AU)
Mar 08 - 30th Annversary (1977), Discovery of Uranus' Rings
Mar 09 - Soyuz TMA-10 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
14S)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.042 AU)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
Mar 10 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Mar 10 - Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
Mar 11 - Asteroid 2005 ES70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
Mar 11 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (2.928 AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 2004 RE84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Mar 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #98 (OTM-98)
Mar 13 - Kuiper Belt Object 2005 FY9 Closest Approach To Earth
(51.120 AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.896 AU)
Mar 14 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (2.100
AU)
* Mar 15 - Block 2010 Spacecraft Risk Reduction Delta 2 Launch
Mar 15 - Asteroid 99942 Aphophis Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)
Mar 16 - 45th Anniversary (1962), 1st Titan 2 Rocket Launch
Mar 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #99 (OTM-99)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 2004 AM Near-Mars Flyby (0.028 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 2004 FA5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (2.119 AU)
Mar 18-21 - Space Engineering Conference (SEC '07), Albuquerque, New
Mexico
Mar 20 - Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
Mar 20 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (4.093 AU)
Mar 21 - Vernal Equinox, 00:07 UT
Mar 22 - STS-117 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space
Station 13A
Mar 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #100 (OTM-100)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 2006 GB Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
* Mar 23 - Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Mar 23 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.950 AU)
Mar 23 - Wernher von Braun's 95th Birthday (1912)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 2001 FE7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 6602 Gilclark Closest Approach To Earth (0.948 AU)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.538 AU)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.612 AU)
Mar 25 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.929
AU)
Mar 26 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Mar 27 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
Mar 27 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Venera 8 Launch (USSR Venus
Lander/Orbiter Mission)
Mar 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #101 (OTM-101)
Mar 28 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
Mar 28 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (2.703 AU)
Mar 28 - 205th Anniversary (1802), Heinrich Olbers' Discovery of
Asteroid 2 Pallas
Mar 29 - 200th Anniversary (1807), Heinrich Olbers' Discovery of
Asteroid 4 Vesta
Mar 31 - Asteroid 2004 FU162 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Mar 31 - Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.592
AU)

April 2007
Apr ?? - Chang'e 1 CZ-3A Launch (Chinese Lunar Orbiter)
Apr ?? - Canopus 1 Strela Launch
Apr ?? - Afristar 2 (Worldstar 3) Ariane 5 Launch
Apr ?? - KEO Ariane 5 Launch
Apr ?? - NROL-29 Atlas 5 Launch
Apr ?? - SSTS 1 & 2 Delta 2 Launch
* Apr ?? - Direct-TV 10 Proton M Launch
* Apr ?? - Horizons 2 Zenit 3SLB Launch
* Apr ?? - B-Sat 3A Ariane 5 Launch
* Apr ?? - Glonass-Uragan M7 GSLV Launch
* Apr ?? - AirTV-1 Ariane 5 Launch
Apr 01 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.414 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.602
AU)
Apr 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #102 (OTM-102)
Apr 02 - Comet Schuster Perihelion (1.556 AU)
Apr 02 - Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.938 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (0.927 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.618 AU)
Apr 04 - Comet Machholz 1 Perihelion (0.125 AU)
Apr 04 - Comet Comas Sola Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.311 AU)
Apr 04 - Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.916
AU)
Apr 05 - Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (2.589 AU)
Apr 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61 Closest Approach To Earth
(50.279 AU)
* Apr 05 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Ganymede 7 Flyby
Apr 06 - Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (2.401 AU)
Apr 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #103 (OTM-103)
Apr 07 - Asteroid 2002 OY21 Near-Mars Flyby (0.045 AU)
Apr 07 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.116 AU)
Apr 07 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
Apr 08 - Easter Sunday
Apr 08 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (1.594 AU)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 2620 Santana Closest Approach To Earth (2.068 AU)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 8120 Kobe Closest Approach To Earth (1.802 AU)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 5663 McKeegan Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
Apr 10 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Apr 11-17 - Astronomy Week
Apr 12 - Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.266 AU)
Apr 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #104 (OTM-104)
Apr 13 - Asteroid 1994 GL Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Apr 14 - Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.410 AU)
Apr 16 - Astronomy Day
Apr 16 - 35th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 16 Launch (Manned Moon
Landing)
Apr 16 - Wilbur Wright's 140th Birthday (1867)
Apr 16 - Leonardo DaVinci's 555th Birthday (1452)
Apr 17 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 3 Launch (Moon Lander)
Apr 18 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #105 (OTM-105)
Apr 19 - Comet 2P Encke Perihelion (0.339 AU)
Apr 19 - 25th Anniversary (1982), Salyut 7 Space Station Launch
* Apr 21 - NFIRE Minotaur Launch
Apr 21 - Asteroid 18106 Blume Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU)
Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
Apr 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #106 (OTM-106)
Apr 24 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Dione and Telesto
Apr 26 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Apr 27 - Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.206
AU)
Apr 28 - Asteroid 2003 WW26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Apr 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #107 (OTM-107)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 2002 FB3 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.016 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 2003 FU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.290 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.682 AU)

May 2007
* May ?? - Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-1) Jules Verne Ariane 5ESV
Launch
(International Space Station ATV-01)
* May ?? - Mars Gravity Biosatellite Falcon 1 Launch
* May ?? - GeoEye 1 (Orbview 5) Delta 2 Launch
* May ?? - HK-Sat 2 CZ-3C Launch
* May ?? - GPS 2F F-1 Delta 4M Launch
* May ?? - Zohreh 1 Proton K-DM-3 Launch
* May ?? - Cosmos-Liana Tsyklon 2K Launch
* May ?? - Insat 4-D GSLV-1 Launch
* May ?? - Wideband Gapfiller Satellte (WGS) F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
* May ?? - Monitor IR1 Rokot KM Launch
* May 02 - Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (0.958 AU)
* May 03 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.155 AU)
* May 03 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)
* May 04 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #108 (OTM-108)
* May 04 - Comet Holmes Perihelion (2.053 AU)
* May 04 - Asteroid 1999 HF1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.048 AU)
* May 04 - Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe Closest Approach To Earth (0.907 AU)
* May 04 - Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.007 AU)
* May 04 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)
* May 04 - 40th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 4 Launch
* May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* May 06 - Willem de Sitter's 135th Birthday (1872)
* May 07 - Asteroid 1998 VO Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
* May 07 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.958 AU)
* May 07 - Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
* May 07 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (2.125 AU)
* May 07 - Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (2.643 AU)
* May 07 - 10th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Ganymede 8 Flyby
* May 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #109 (OTM-109)
* May 08 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
* May 09 - Asteroid 2000 LG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
* May 09 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.577 AU)
* May 10 - Comet C/2006 F2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth
(4.108 AU)
* May 10 - Asteroid 9941 Iguanodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)
* May 12 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
* May 12 - Comet P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) Perihelion (1.880 AU)
* May 14 - Comet Hergenrother Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
* May 14 - Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (0.909 AU)
* May 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #110 (OTM-110)
* May 15 - Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (1.816 AU)
* May 15 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
* May 15 - Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (2.198 AU)
* May 15 - Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.822
AU)
* May 18 - Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.342 AU)
* May 19 - Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.519
AU)
* May 19 - Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
* May 20 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #111 (OTM-111)
* May 20 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
* May 20 - Asteroid 5145 Pholus Closest Approach To Earth (20.254 AU)
* May 21 - Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU)
* May 22 - Asteroid 2003 YN107 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
* May 23 - Asteroid 2003 HB Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
* May 23 - Asteroid 6371 Heinlein Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
* May 23 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (2.069
AU)
* May 24 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)
* May 24 - Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (2.124 AU)
* May 24 - 45th Anniversary (1962), Aurora 7 Launch (Scott Carpenter)
* May 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #112 (OTM-112)
* May 26 - Cassini, Tethys & Epimetheus Distant Flyby
* May 27 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Closest Approach To Earth (2.878 AU)
* May 28 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
* May 28 - Comet Machholz 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.618 AU)
* May 28 - Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.591 AU)
* May 29 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
* May 29 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.222 AU)
* May 29 - John F. Kennedy's 90th Birthday (1917)
* May 30 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 Perihelion (2.711 AU)
* May 30 - Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.251 AU)
* May 30 - Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
* May 31 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #113 (OTM-113)
* May 31 - Martin Schwarzschild's 95th Birthday (1912)