Space Calendar - August 27, 2004

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SPACE CALENDAR
August 27, 2004
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.

August 2004
* Aug 27 - NROL-1 Atlas 2AS Launch
Aug 27 - Uranus At Opposition
Aug 28 - Asteroid 7086 Bopp Closest Approach To Earth (0.952 AU)
Aug 28 - 215th Anniversary (1789), William Herschel's Disocovery of
Saturn Moon Enceladus
Aug 29 - Genesis, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #10 (TCM-10)
Aug 30 - Venus Occults TYC 1368-02021-1 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
Aug 31 - Cosmos 2408 Soyuz U Launch
Aug 31 - Venus Passes 1.9 Degrees From Saturn
Aug 31 - Start of Mars Solar Conjunction

September 2004
Sep ?? - Tansuo KT-1 Launch (China)
Sep ?? - Feng Yun 2-3 CZ-3A Launch (China)
Sep ?? - Cosmos-Parus Cosmos M Launch
Sep 01 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Perihelion (2.648 AU)
Sep 01 - 25th Anniversary (1979), Pioneer 11, Saturn Flyby
Sep 02 - 200th Anniversary (1804), Karl Harding's Discovery of
Asteroid 3 Juno
Sep 03 - Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (0.895
AU)
Sep 04 - Asteroid 2000 AE205 Near-Earth Flyby (0.161 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 2002 CE26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.102 AU)
Sep 05 - Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)
* Sep 06 - Asteroid 287 Nephthys Occults HIP 84012 (3.0 Magnitude
Star)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (0.968 AU)
Sep 06 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.000 AU)
Sep 06 - American Astronomical Society's 105th Birthday (1899)
Sep 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #3 (OTM-3)
Sep 07 - Genesis, Trajectory Correction Manuever #11 (TCM-11)
Sep 07 - Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (0.712 AU)
Sep 07 - Asteroid 18626 Michaelcarr Closest Approach To Earth (0.913
AU)
Sep 08 - Genesis, Return To Earth
Sep 08 - Asteroid 5143 Hercales Closest Approach To Earth (1.140 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Closest Approach To Earth (1.373 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (1.524
AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.564 AU)
Sep 08 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.928 AU)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 2003 UX34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Sep 09 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.282
AU)
Sep 09 - William Bond's 215th Birthday (1789)
Sep 10 - Mercury Occults TYC 0833-00847-1 (8.3 Magnitude Star)
Sep 10 - Asteroid 2004 JA27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Sep 10 - Asteroid 1998 SZ27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 914 Palisana Occults HIP 1642 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
Sep 12 - Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (2.934
AU)
Sep 12 - 45th Anniversary (1959), Luna 2 Launch (USSR Moon Impact
Mission)
Sep 14 - Asteroid 1998 OX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Sep 14 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Sep 14 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (2.279 AU)
Sep 14 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Charles Kowal's Discovery Of
Jupiter Moon Leda
Sep 15 - Asteroid 11066 Sigurd Near-Earth Flyby (0.137 AU)
Sep 16 - Venus Occults TYC 1393-01290-1 (10.0 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 16 - Asteroid 383 Janina Occults HIP 38856A (7.3 Magnitude Star)
Sep 16 - Asteroid 2002 JR100 Near-Venus Flyby (0.049 AU)

Sep 16 - Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (2.079 AU)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 4 Vesta At Opposition (6.1 Magnitude)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (9.1 Magnitude)
* Sep 17 - Asteroid 78 Diana Occults HIP 89429 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
Sep 17 - Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (1.229 AU)
Sep 17 - 215th Anniversary (1789), William Herschel's Discovery of
Saturn Moon Mimas
Sep 18 - Venus Occults TYC 1394-00232-1 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 20 - Edusat GSLV Launch
Sep 20 - Mars Solstice (Beginning of Northern Summer)
* Sep 20 - Asteroid 202 Chryseis Occults HIP 27316A & B (6.2 & 6.9
Magnitude Stars)
Sep 20 - Asteroid 2004 HO Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Sep 21 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Mariner 10, 2nd Mercury Flyby
Sep 21 - Gustav Holst's 130th Birthday (1874)
Sep 22 - GPS 2R F-13 Delta 2 Launch
Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox, 16:30 UT
Sep 22 - Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
* Sep 24 - AMC-15 ProtonK/Briz M Launch
* Sep 24 - MESSENGER, Trajectory Correction Manuever #2 (TCM-2)
Sep 25 - Comet P/1998 X1 (ODAS) Closest Aporoach To Earth (1.627 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 66063 (1998 RO1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Sep 26 - Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
Sep 27 - Mars Passes 0.2 Degrees From Jupiter
Sep 27 - Comet Slaughter-Burnham Closest Approach To Earth (1.676
AU)
Sep 28 - Venus Occults PPM 126767 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
Sep 28 - Comet Howell Closest Approach To Earth (1.268 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 2002 VZ91 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.268
AU)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.821 AU)
* Sep 29 - SpaceShipOne F-2 Launch (2nd Private Manned Space Flight)
Sep 29 - Mercury Passes 0.6 Degrees From Jupiter
Sep 29 - Mercury Passes 0.8 Degrees From Mars
Sep 29 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Closest Approach To Earth
(4.734 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (2.406 AU)
Sep 30 - Comet Mueller 1 Perihelion (2.747 AU)
Sep 30 - Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)

October 2004
Oct ?? - Mars Global Surveyor, End of Mission
Oct ?? - Zi Yuan 5 CZ-4B Launch (China)
Oct ?? - Astro F M-V Launch (Japan)
* Oct ?? - XTAR-EUR/Sloshsat-FLEVO/MaqSat B2 Ariane 5-ECA Test Launch
Oct 01 - STARDUST, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Oct 01 - End of Mars Solar Conjunction
Oct 01 - Asteroid 2003 UO25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.165 AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (0.639
AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.085
AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.427
AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (1.986 AU)
* Oct 02 - Wild Fire Launch (Private Manned Launch)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 5736 Sanford Closest Approach To Earth (0.976 AU)
Oct 04 - 45th Anniversary (1959), Luna 3 Launch (Soviet Moon Flyby
Mission)
* Oct 05 - SpaceShipOne Launch F-3 (3rd Private Manned Space Flight)
Oct 05 - Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.130 AU)
Oct 06 - Venus Occults PPM 127322 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 1998 UP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.133 AU)
Oct 07 - SWIFT Delta 2 Launch
Oct 07 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (1.766
AU)
Oct 08 - Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (0.872 AU)
Oct 09 - TMA-5 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 9S)
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Comet Mueller 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.470 AU)
Oct 09 - Comet P/2004 DO29 (Spacewatch-LINEAR) Perihelion (4.099 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1998 ST27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.121 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (2.393 AU)
* Oct 09 - 400th Anniversary (1604), Discovery of Supernova 1604
(Kepler's Nova)
Oct 10 - Comet P/2004 K2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (0.991
AU)
Oct 10 - Comet C/2004 G1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.416
AU)
Oct 10 - Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (0.954 AU)
Oct 11 - Comet Johnson Perihelion (2.310 AU)
Oct 11 - Asteroid 2002 NW Near-Venus Flyby (0.031 AU)
Oct 12 - Comet C/2002 V2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (6.618
AU)
Oct 12 - 10th Anniversary (1994), Magellan Burnup in Venus'
Atmosphere
Oct 12 - 40th Anniversary (1964), Voskhod 1 Launch
Oct 13 - Moon Occults Mars
Oct 13 - Comet C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.024 AU)
Oct 14 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible From Russia, Alaska &
Pacific Ocean
Oct 14 - Moon Occults Mercury
Oct 15 - Asaph Hall's 175th Birthday (1829)
Oct 16 - Asteroid 40 Harmonia At Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (1.675
AU)
Oct 18 - DART Pegasus Launch
* Oct 18 - STARDUST at Aphelion
Oct 18 - Asteroid 1999 LF6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Oct 18 - 15th Anniversary (1989), Galileo Launch (Jupiter Orbiter)
Oct 19 - Soyuz TMA-5 Return To Earth (International Space Station
8S)
Oct 19 - Comet Parker-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.259 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 2003 UL9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.197 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.225 AU)
* Oct 20 - 3C-Sat 1-3/HLVOLSDP Delta 4H Heavy Demo Launch
Oct 20 - Asteroid 1998 YW5 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.047 AU)
Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #4 (OTM-4)
Oct 23 - Venus Occults TYC 0274-00719-1 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Oct 23 - Comet McNaught-Hughes Perihelion (2.104 AU)
Oct 24 - Mercury Occults TYC 6154-00401-1 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 24 - Comet C/2004 Q1 (Tucker) Closest Approach To Earth (1.124
AU)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 1998 XX2 Near-Venus Flyty (0.042 AU)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 2002 VS14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.127 AU)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.074 AU)
Oct 24 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.092 AU)
Oct 26 - Cassini, 1st Targeted Titan Flyby
Oct 26 - Comet C/2003 S3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (7.824
AU)
Oct 27 - Comet Gehrels 2 Perihelion (2.008 AU)
Oct 28 - Express AM-1 Proton K Launch
Oct 28 - Lunar Eclipse
Oct 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #5 (OTM-5)
Oct 28 - Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (0.962
AU)
* Oct 29 - Oblik Soyuz 2-1A Launch
Oct 29 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
Oct 30 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Discovery of the Los Angeles
Meteorite (Mars Meteorite)
Oct 31 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe, North
America)
Oct 31 - Intelsat Americas 8 Zenit 3SL Launch
Oct 31 - Comet C/2003 S4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.092
AU)

November 2004
* Nov ?? - Cosmos 1 Volna Launch (Solar Sail Mission)
Nov ?? - Desertsat Dnepr Launch
Nov ?? - Cryosat Rokot-KM Launch
Nov ?? - MTSAT-1RA H-2A Launch
Nov ?? - Microscope Ariane 5 Launch
Nov ?? - Galaxy 14/Syracuse 3-A Ariane 5G Launch
Nov ?? - Cosmos-Glonass M N4-6 Proton K Launch
Nov ?? - Mesbah Dnepr 1 Launch
* Nov ?? - Resurs F2 Soyuz U Launch
* Nov ?? - N-Cube Dnepr 1 Launch
* Oct 29 - Oblik Soyuz 2-1A Launch
* Nov ?? - AMC-12 Proton M Launch
* Nov ?? - Sich 1-M/Micron 1 Tsyklon 3 Launch
* Nov ?? - IRDT-3 Volna Launch
* Nov ?? - TacSat 1/Celestis 5 Falcon Launch (Inaugural Test Launch)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.979 AU)
Nov 01 - 10th Anniversary (1994), Wind Launch
Nov 02 - Comet Mueller 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.770 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 2000 JS66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.197 AU)
Nov 02 - Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (1.360 AU)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Asteroid 2003 LH Near-Earth Flyby (0.109 AU)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth
(1.055 AU)
Nov 04 - Comet Arend-Rigaux Closest Approach To Earth (1.065 AU)
Nov 05 - Venus Passes 0.5 Degrees From Jupiter
Nov 05 - Asteroid 434 Hungaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.096 AU)
Nov 05 - Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.103 AU)
Nov 06 - Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (0.954
AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 2002 JX8 Near-Venus Flyby (0.025 AU)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
Nov 07 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.422 AU)
Nov 08 - Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.358
AU)
Nov 09 - XSS-11 Minotaur Launch
Nov 09 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Nov 09 - Comet Gehrels 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.023 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.126 AU)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (1.194 AU)
Nov 09 - Carl Sagan's 70th Birthday (1934)
Nov 10 - Moon Occults Venus
Nov 10 - Mars Occults TYC 5556-00724-1 (11.8 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 10 - Asteroid 2000 JE5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.141 AU)
Nov 11 - Moon Occults Mars
Nov 11 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) Closest Approach To Earth
(1.793 AU)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.556 AU)
Nov 12 - Asteroid 33342 (1998 WT24) Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
* Nov 12 - Audouin Dollfus' 80th Birthday (1924)
Nov 13 - Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (1.397
AU)
Nov 13 - 2003 VB12 Closest Approach To Earth (88.298 AU)
Nov 14 - Moon Occults Mercury
* Nov 14 - Asteroid 3908 Nyx Near-Earth Flyby (0.139 AU)
Nov 14 - 35th Anniversary (1969), Apollo 12 Launch (Manned Moon
Mission)
* Nov 15 - SMART-1, Moon Orbit Insertion
Nov 15 - Asteroid 2000 WN10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.173 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (0.967 AU)
Nov 16 - Asteroid 9969 Braille Closest Approach To Earth (2.366 AU)
Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 18 - Mars Occults TYC 5561-00614-1 (11.7 Magnitude Star)
Nov 18 - Mercury Occults TYC 6815-04687-1 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.378
AU)
Nov 18 - 15th Anniversary (1989), COBE Launch
* Nov 19 - MESSENGER, Trajectory Correction Manuever #3 (TCM-3)
Nov 20 - Cassini, Post Titan A Apoapsis Maneuver (OTM-6)
Nov 20 - Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.769 AU)
Nov 20 - Edwin Hubble's 115th Birthday (1889)
Nov 21 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (22 Degrees)
Nov 21 - Asteroid 7753 (1988 XB) Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 2004 OB Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU)
Nov 22 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (1.915 AU)
Nov 23 - Cassini, Final Huygens Probe Checkout
Nov 23 - Asteroid 2003 FY6 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.043 AU)
Nov 23 - Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth
(1.313 AU)
* Nov 24 - Progress M-51 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station
16P)
Nov 24 - Comet C/2001 T4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (8.190 AU)
Nov 26 - Comet Comas Sola Closest Approach To Earth (1.237 AU)
Nov 26 - Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (1.957 AU)
Nov 26 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Galileo Io 25 Flyby
Nov 26 - 5th Anniversary (1999), Discovery of SAU 005 & 008 (Mars
Meteorites)
Nov 27 - Asteroid 2002 XV90 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Nov 28 - 40th Anniversary (1964), Mariner 4 Launch (Mars Flyby
Mission)
Nov 30 - Comet Taylor Perihelion (1.942 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 2001 RU17 Near-Venus Flyby (0.043 AU)
Nov 30 - Asteroid 2002 LW Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Nov 30 - 50th Anniversary (1954), Sylacauga Meteorite Fall (Hit
Woman)

December 2004
Dec ?? - Insat 4-A Ariane 5 Launch
Dec ?? - HK-Sat1 CZ-3C Launch (China)
Dec ?? - Express AM-2 Proton K Launch
Dec ?? - Helios 2A/Essaim 1-4/Parasol Ariane 5 Launch
Dec ?? - FSW 3-2 CZ-2D Launch (China)
Dec ?? - XM-3 Zenit 3SL Launch
Dec 01 - GOES-N Delta 4 Launch
Dec 02 - C/NOFS Pegasus XL Launch
Dec 02 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Pioneer 11, Jupiter Flyby
Dec 03 - Mercury Occults HIP 86515 (7.9 Magnitude Star)
* Dec 03 - 100th Anniversary (1904), Charles Perrine's Discovery of
Himalia (Jupiter Moon)
Dec 05 - Venus Passes 1.2 Degrees From Mars
Dec 05 - Asteroid 3420 Standish Closest Approach To Earth (2.176 AU)
Dec 06 - AMC-16 Atlas 5 Launch
Dec 06 - Asteroid 2002 YP2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.141 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth
(1.896 AU)
Dec 06 - Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.217
AU)
Dec 07 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Dec 07 - Comet Tsuchinshan 1 Perihelion (1.489 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.032 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU)
Dec 08 - Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)
Dec 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #7 (OTM-7)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (2.206 AU)
* Dec 10 - Comet C/2004 Q1 (Tucker) Perihelion (2.004 AU)
Dec 10 - 20th Anniversary (1984), Claxton Meteorite Fall (Hit
Mailbox)
Dec 10 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Helios 1 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
Dec 11 - Mars Occults TYC 6174-00681-1 (10.2 Magnitude Star)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (2.159 AU)
Dec 13 - Cassini, 2nd Titan Flyby
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - Comet C/2004 K3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.853
AU)
Dec 13 - Comet Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (5.046 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 2001 XX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.155 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 2001 XW10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.186 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)
Dec 13 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.502
AU)
Dec 15 - 20th Anniversary (1984), Vega 1 Launch (Soviet Venus/Comet
Halley Mission)
Dec 16 - Cassini, Probe Targeting Maneuver (PTM - OTM-8)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 2000 LB16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Dec 16 - 10th Anniversary (1994), Discovery of QUE 94201 (Mars
Meteorite)
Dec 17 - Comet Mueller 2 Perihelion (2.424 AU)
Dec 19 - Asteroid 2001 KO20 Near-Earth Flyby (0.149 AU)
Dec 20 - Asteroid 2001 YO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.192 AU)
Dec 20 - Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory's 100th Birthday (1904)
Dec 21 - Winter Solstice, 12:42 UT
Dec 21 - Asteroid 2000 AE205 Near-Earth Flyby (0.116 AU)
Dec 21 - 20th Anniversary (1984), Vega 2 Launch (Soviet Venus/Comet
Halley Mission)
Dec 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #9 (OTM-9)
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 23 - Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 Closest Approach To Earth (1.947
AU)
Dec 23 - Asteroid 2001 VJ5 Near-Mars Flyby (0.025 AU)
Dec 24 - Cassini, Huygens Probe Release
Dec 24 - Comet C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.153
AU)
Dec 24 - Asteroid 2002 VY91 Near-Earth Flyby (0.189 AU)
Dec 24 - 25th Anniversary (1979), 1st Ariane 1 Launch
Dec 25 - Asteroid 192 Nausikaa At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.251 AU)
Dec 26 - Comet C/2004 D1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (4.987 AU)
Dec 26 - 30th Anniversary (1974), Salyut 4 Launch (Soviet Space
Station)
Dec 27 - Cassini, Orbit Deflection Maneuver (OTM-10)
Dec 27 - Comet Helin-Roman-Crockett Perihelion (3.473 AU)
Dec 7 - Asteroid 2003 MS2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Dec 27 - Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (2.011
AU)
Dec 27 - 20th Anniversary (1984), Discovery of ALH 84001 (Mars
Meteorite)
Dec 28 - Comet P/2003 UD16 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.091
AU)
Dec 28 - Maarten Schmidt's 75th Birthday (1929)
Dec 29 - Comet P/2003 SQ215 (NEAT-LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth
(2.299 AU)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth
(2.402 AU)
Dec 30 - Deep Impact Delta 2 Launch
Dec 30 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (22 Degrees)
Dec 31 - Mars Occults HIP 79085 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 2001 XR30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (2.918 AU)
Dec 31 - Robert Aiken's 140th Birthday (1864)

January 2005
?? ?? - LUNAR-A Launch (Japan Moon Orbiter & Penetrator)
Jan ?? - Feng Yung 1-5 CZ-4B Launch (China)
Jan ?? - Molniya 3K-02 Molniya M Launch
Jan ?? - Hai Yang 2 CZ-4B Launch (China)
Jan ?? - Satmex-6 Ariane 5G+ Launch
Jan ?? - RazakSAT Falcon Launch
* Jan ?? - IP-Star 1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Jan ?? - STP R-1 Minotaur Launch
Jan 01 - Comet Kowal-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.742 AU)
Jan 02 - Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.926
AU)
Jan 02 - Isaac Asimov's 85th Birthday (1920)
Jan 02 - Leslie Peltier's 105th Birthday (1900)
Jan 03 - Cassini, ODM Cleanup Maneuver (OTM-10a)
Jan 03 - Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 03 - Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (2.657 AU)
Jan 03 - 5th Annivesary (2000), Galileo, Europa 26 Flyby
Jan 04 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Jan 04 - Comet Helin-Roman-Crockett Closest Approach To Earth (2.490
AU)
Jan 04 - Comet P/2004 F3 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.863 AU)
Jan 05 - Deep Impact, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #1 (TCM-1)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 2001 Einstein Closest Approach To Earth (1.154 AU)
Jan 05 - Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)
Jan 05 - 100th Anniversary (1905), Charles Perrine's Discovery of
Jupiter Moon Elara
Jan 06 - Asteroid 2001 TW1 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.032 AU)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.408 AU)
Jan 06 - 20th Anniversary (1985), La Criolla Meteorite Fall (Hit
House)
Jan 07 - 20th Anniversary (1985), Sakigake Launch (Japan Comet
Halley Mission)
Jan 07 - 395th Anniversary (1610), Galileo Galilei's Discovery of
Jupiter Moons Io, Europa and Callisto
Jan 08 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Jan 09 - Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.972
AU)
Jan 09 - 15th Anniversary (1990), STS-32 Columbia Launch (LDEF
Satellite)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 1997 UH9 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.015 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 27002 (1998 DV9) Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (0.828
AU)
Jan 11 - 395th Anniversary (1610), Galileo Galilei's Discovery of
Jupiter Moon Ganymede
Jan 12 - Royal Astronomical Society's 185th Birthday (1820)
Jan 13 - NROL-23 (MLV-15) Atlas 3B Launch
Jan 13 - Saturn at Opposition
Jan 13 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Venus
Jan 13 - Comet Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (3.001 AU)
Jan 13 - 25th Anniversary (1980), Discovery of EETA 79001 (Mars
Meteorite)
Jan 14 - Huygens Probe Lands on Titan
Jan 14 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jan 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #11 (OTM-11)
Jan 15 - Comet Slaughter-Burnham Perihelion (2.535 AU)
Jan 5 - Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
Jan 17 - Comet P/2003 S1 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.300 AU)
Jan 19 - Comet Taylor Closest Approach To Earth (1.023 AU)
Jan 19 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 2 launch (Unmanned
Suborbital Flight)
Jan 19 - 165th Anniversary (1840), Discovery of Antarctica
Jan 20 - Buzz Aldrin's 75th Birthday (1930)
Jan 24 - Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (2.834 AU)
Jan 24 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Hiten Launch (Japan Moon Orbiter)
Jan 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #12 (OTM-12)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (1.641
AU)
* Jan 30 - Progress M1-12 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
17P)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth
(2.169 AU)
Jan 31 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Jan 31 - Asteroid 2002 PN Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (2.365
AU)

February 2005
Feb ?? - Cosmos Glonass M-4 Fregat Launch
Feb ?? - MSG-2 Ariane 5G Launch
Feb ?? - Agrani 2 Ariane 5 Launch
Feb ?? - Luch 3 Proton K Launch
Feb ?? - Belarus EO-Sat 1 Strela Launch
* Feb ?? - Cartosat 1/Vu-Sat PSLV Launch (India)
Feb ?? - Monitor E N1 Rokot KM Launch
Feb ?? - Spaceway 1 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Feb ?? - NSS-8 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Feb ?? - Telcom 2 Ariane 5 Launch
Feb 01 - GPS 2RM F-1 Delta 2 Launch
* Feb 01 - NOAA-N Delta 2 Launch
Feb 02 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (1.446 AU)
Feb 03 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.540 AU)
Feb 04 - Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth
(2.022 AU)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (2.608 AU)
Feb 06 - Comet Kowal 1 Closest Approach To Earth (4.373 AU)
Feb 06 - Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth
(1.667 AU)
Feb 07 - Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.876 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.317
AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.334
AU)
Feb 08 - Mercury Passes 2.0 Degrees From Neptune
Feb 09 - Chinese New Year
Feb 09 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Galileo, Venus Flyby
Feb 11 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #13 (OTM-13)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (1.808 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (4.071 AU)
Feb 11 - 35th Anniversary (1970), Ohsumi Launch (Japan's 1st
Satellite)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (0.960 AU)
Feb 14 - Asteroid 2000 YS134 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Feb 14 - 5th Anniversary (2000), NEAR, Asteroid Eros Orbit Insertion
Feb 14 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Voyager 1, Family Portrait Images
Feb 15 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Feb 15 - Venus Passes 0.9 Degrees From Neptune
Feb 15 - Comet Tempel 2 Perihelion (1.427 AU)
Feb 15 - Asteroid 1994 VE Near-Mercury Flyby (0.047 AU)
Feb 17 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #14 (OTM-14)
Feb 17 - Cassini, Enceladus Non-Targeted Flyby
Feb 17 - Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (3.894
AU)
Feb 17 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Ranger 8 Launch (Moon Impact
Mission)
Feb 18 - Mars Occults PPM 268667 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
Feb 18 - Comet Tsuchinshan 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.793 AU)
Feb 18 - 75th Anniversary (1930), Clyde Tombaugh's Discovery of
Pluto
Feb 19 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)
Feb 20 - NROL-16 Titan 4B Launch
Feb 20 - Mercury Passes 1.0 Degree From Uranus
Feb 21 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (1.846
AU)
Feb 22 - 5th Anniversary (2000), Galileo, Io 27 Flyby
Feb 23 - Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (1.634
AU)
Feb 24 - Comet Arend-Rigaux Perihelion (1.369 AU)
Feb 24 - Comet C/2003 A2 (Gleason) Closest Approach To Earth (10.691
AU)
Feb 27 - Inmarsat 4 F-1 Atlas 5 Launch
Feb 27 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Feb 27 - Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (1.059 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Appraoch To Earth (1.981 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (2.033 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (2.350 AU)
Feb 28 - Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (3.081 AU)

March 2005
Mar ?? - Rosetta, 1st Earth Gravity Assist
Mar ?? - Lunar TrailBlazer Dnepr Launch (Commerical Moon Orbiter)
Mar ?? - ETS VIII H-2A Launch (Japan)
Mar ?? - Express AM-3 Proton K Launch
Mar ?? - Resurs O1 Zenit 2 Launch
Mar ?? - Spainsat Ariane 5 Launch
Mar ?? - DSP-23 Delta 4 Heavy Launch
* Mar ?? - Space Technology 5A-5C Pegagus XL Launch
Mar 01 - NROL-22 Delta 4 Medium Launch
Mar 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #15 (OTM-15)
Mar 01 - Comet P/2004 A1 Closest Approach To Earth (4.532 AU)
Mar 01 - Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)
Mar 02 - Comet Machholz 2 Perihelion (0.753 AU)
Mar 03 - Jupiter Occults PPM 196171 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Mar 03 - Asteroid 1992 BF Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Mar 04 - Venus Passes 0.7 Degrees From Uranus
Mar 04 - Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.554 AU)
Mar 04 - Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth
(1.745 AU)
Mar 04 - Giovanni Schiaparelli's 170th Birthday (1835)
Mar 05 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #16 (OTM-16)
Mar 07 - Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.430 AU)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 22753 (1998 WT) Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Mar 08 - Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (0.366 AU)
Mar 09 - Cassini, Enceladus & Tethys Flyby
Mar 09 - Mars Occults PPM 269950 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
Mar 09 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
Mar 10 - Deep Impact, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
Mar 10 - Asteroid 2002 FW1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU)
Mar 11 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #17 (OTM-17)
Mar 11 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.425 AU)
Mar 11 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Pioneer 5 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
Mar 12 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.385
AU)
Mar 12 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (2.096 AU)
Mar 13 - Percival Lowell's 150th Birthday (1855)
Mar 16 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Mariner 10, 3rd Mercury Flyby
Mar 18 - Asteroid 1996 AW1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.011 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 17640 Mount Stromlo Closest Approach To Earth
(2.114 AU)
Mar 18 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (2.922 AU)
Mar 18 - 25th Anniversary (1980), Soviet Rocket Launch Explosion (48
Dead)
Mar 18 - 40th Anniversary (1965), 1st Spacewalk, Leonov On Voskhod 2
Mar 19 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #18 (OTM-18)
Mar 19 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Hiten, Moon Flyby (Japan)
Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 12:33 UT
Mar 21 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Ranger 9 Launch (Moon Impact
Mission)
Mar 22 - Mars Equinox (Beginning of Northern Fall)
Mar 22 - Asteroid 2000 KX43 Near-Mars Flyby (0.016 AU)
Mar 22 - Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU)
Mar 23 - Comet Machholz 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)
Mar 23 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 3 Launch (Virgil Grissom,
John Young)
Mar 24 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (2.098 AU)
Mar 25 - 350th Anniversary (1655), Christiaan Huygens' Discovery of
Saturn Moon Titan
Mar 26 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Mar 26 - Jupiter Occults PPM 195999 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Mar 26 - Comet C/2004 L1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.148
AU)
Mar 26 - Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU)
Mar 26 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
Mar 26 - Asteroid 2985 Skakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.917
AU)
Mar 27 - Easter Sunday
Mar 27 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #19 (OTM-19)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 2000 AC6 Near-Venus Flyby (0.022 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (1.094 AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 3773 Smithsonian Closest Approach To Earth (1.551
AU)
Mar 27 - Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (2.006
AU)
Mar 29 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Mar 29 - Comet C/2004 L1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.054 AU)
Mar 29 - Asteroid 1999 RR28 Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
Mar 30 - Mercury Passes 4.2 Degrees From Venus
Mar 31 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Mar 31 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)

April 2005
Apr ?? - Cubesats/Yamsat Strela Launch
Apr ?? - Globalstar-9 Delta 2 Launch
Apr ?? - ALOS 1 H-2A Launch (Japan)
Apr ?? - Agile PSLV Launch
Apr ?? - Direct-TV 8 Proton M Launch
Apr ?? - China Test Launch CZ-2E(A) Launch
* Apr ?? - TWINS-A Pegasus XL Launch
* Apr ?? - Topsat/Vietnam DMC/Thai-Paht 2/China-DMC Cosmos 3M Launch
Apr 01 - Mars Occults PPM 237883 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
Apr 01 - Comet Comas Sola Perihelion (1.833 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.774 AU)
Apr 01 - Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth
(2.249 AU)
Apr 01 - 45th Anniversary (1960), Tiros 1 Launch (1st Weather
Satellite)
Apr 03 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
Apr 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #20 (OTM-20)
Apr 03 - Jupiter At Opposition
Apr 03 - Comet C/2003 T4 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.850 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 9016 Henrymoore Closest Approach To Earth (2.764
AU)
Apr 05 - Asteroid 6434 Jewitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.780 AU)
Apr 06 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Intelsat 1 Launch (1st Commercial
Communications Satellite)
Apr 08 - Solar Eclipse (Visible From Pacific Ocean, Central America)
Apr 08 - Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (1.832
AU)
* Apr 09 - Soyuz TMA-6 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Stations
10S)
Apr 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #21 (OTM-21)
Apr 09 - Moon Occults Venus
Apr 09 - Jupiter Occults PPM 195890 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Apr 09 - Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)
Apr 11 - 35th Anniversary (1970), Apollo 13 Launch
Apr 12 - Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (2.047 AU)
Apr 13 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #22 (OTM-22)
Apr 13 - Mars Passes 1.2 Degrees From Neptune
Apr 13 - Asteroid 2340 Hathor Near-Mercury Flyby (0.032 AU)
Apr 15 - CloudSat/Calipso Delta 2 Launch
Apr 16 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
Apr 16 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (2.835
AU)
Apr 17 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
Apr 17 - Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Apr 19 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #23 (OTM-23)
Apr 19 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.776 AU)
Apr 20 - GPS 2RM F-2 Delta 2 Launch
Apr 20 - Comet C/2003 O1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (6.812
AU)
Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
Apr 22 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Apr 22 - Comet P/2004 DO29 (Spacewatch-LINEAR) Closest Approach To
Earth (3.277 AU)
Apr 23 - Comet C/2003 T4 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.082
AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach to Earth (1.840
AU)
Apr 23 - Asteroid 916 America Closest Approach To Earth (1.888 AU)
Apr 24 - Lunar Eclipse
Apr 24 - Asteroid 6611 (1993 VW) Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)
Apr 24 - Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth
(2.272 AU)
Apr 24 - 35th Anniversary (1970), Mao 1 Launch (1st Chinese
Satellite)
Apr 25 - Asteroid 6032 Nobel Closest Approach to Earth (1.515 AU)
Apr 26 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (27 Degrees)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 4511 Rembrandt Closest Approach To Earth (1.305
AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.431 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (2.209 AU)
Apr 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #24 (OTM-24)
Apr 28 - Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.611 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 5720 Halweaver Closest Approach To Earth (1.180
AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (1.370 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.515 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (2.796
AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 2001 GQ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)

May 2005
May ?? - Foton M-2 Soyuz U Launch
May ?? - Kompsat 2 Rokot KM Launch
May ?? - Astro E-2 M-V Launch
May ?? - M2A Delta 4M Launch
May ?? - DOD Delta 2 Launch
* May ?? - Cosmos/Rus Soyuz 2 Test Launch
* May ?? - Cosmos-Parus Cosmos 3M Launch
May 02 - Comet P/1998 X1 (ODAS) Perihelion (1.981 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (2.649 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (2.678 AU)
May 04 - Comet Tempel 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.712 AU)
May 04 - Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (0.765 AU)
May 05 - STS-121 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis (International Space
Station ULF-1.1)
May 05 - Deep Impact, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #3 (TCM-3)
May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
May 05 - Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (0.872 AU)
May 05 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.604
AU)
May 06 - Asteroid 9954 Brachiosaurus Closest Approach To Earth
(2.113 AU)
May 06 - Asteroid 5071 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (2.419
AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 1 Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.686 AU)
May 07 - Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.147
AU)
May 08 - Asteroid 6560 Pravdo Closest Approach To Earth(1.301 AU)
May 11 - Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.067 AU)
May 12 - Asteroid 2955 Newburn Closest Approach To Earth (0.965 AU)
May 13 - Asteroid 8749 Beatles Closest Approach To Earth (1.579 AU)
May 14 - Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (2.324 AU)
May 15 - NROL-25 Delta 4M Launch
May 15 - Mars Passes 1.1 Degrees From Uranus
May 15 - Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.286
AU)
May 16 - Asteroid 12927 Pinocchio Closest Approach To Earth (1.582
AU)
May 16 - Asteroid 12485 Jenniferharris Closest Approach To Earth
(1.796 AU)
May 19 - Moon Occults Jupiter
May 19 - Asteroid 2247 Hiroshima Closest Approach To Earth (1.689
AU)
* May 19 - Francescoe de Vico's 200th Birthday (1805)
May 20 - Asteroid 9500 Camelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.938 AU)
May 20 - 5th Anniversary (2000), Galileo Ganymede 28 Flyby
May 21 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
May 22 - 10th Anniversary (1995), Saturn Ring Plane Crossing (1 of
3)
* May 23 - Comet C/2004 K1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.556
AU)
May 23 - Asteroid 5231 Verne Closest Approach To Earth (2.009 AU)
May 24 - Comet Parker-Hartley Perihelion (3.044 AU)
* May 25 - Progress M1-13 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
18P)
May 25 - Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 1 Closest Approach To Earth (2.196
AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 1996 Adams Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)
May 25 - Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.626
AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 5261 Eureka Closest Approach To Earth (0.519 AU)
May 28 - Asteroid 13208 Fraschetti Closest Approach To Earth (1.230
AU)
May 30 - Very Large Array's (VLA) 25th Birthday (1980)
May 31 - Moon Occults Mars
May 31 - Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (2.118 AU)
May 31 - Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.398 AU)
May 31 - European Space Agency's 30th Birthday (1975)

June 2005
Jun ?? - Progress M1-14 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
18P)
Jun ?? - Radarsat 2 Delta 2 Launch
Jun ?? - SOTV-SE Taurus XL Launch
Jun ?? - Sinosat 2 CZ-3B Launch
Jun ?? - Radio-Astron Proton K Launch
Jun ?? - Insat 3-D GSLV Launch (India)
Jun ?? - ICO A-2 Atlas 5 Launch
Jun 01 - Asteroid 1999 MN Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Jun 03 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 4 Launch, USA's First
Spacewalk (Ed White)
Jun 04 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 3 Perihelion (2.807 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 3066 McFadden Closest Approach To Earth (1.648 AU)
Jun 04 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.841 AU)
Jun 05 - DMSP-17 Delta 4 Launch
Jun 05 - Asteroid 2002 SR41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
Jun 05 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach to Earth (3.704
AU)
Jun 07 - Asteroid 10444 Squyres Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
Jun 08 - Comet P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth
(3.359 AU)
Jun 08 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Venera 9 Launch (Soviet Venus
Orbiter/Lander)
Jun 08 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Luna 6 Launch (Soviet Moon Flyby)
Jun 08 - Giovanni Cassini's 380th Birthday (1625)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 23990 Springsteen Closest Approach To Earth (1.251
AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.286
AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (1.096
AU)
Jun 11 - 20th Anniversary (1985), Vega 1, Venus Landing/Balloon
Jun 13 - Asteroid 1198 Atlantis Closest Approach To Earth (1.050 AU)
Jun 14 - Pluto At Opposition
Jun 14 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (2.003 AU)
Jun 14 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.335 AU)
Jun 14 - 20th Anniversary (1985), Vega 2, Venus Landing/Balloon
Jun 14 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10, Venus Landing
Jun 16 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Jun 16 - Asteroid 10217 Richardcook Closest Approach To Earth (1.626
AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (1.222 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 11247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth
(2.072 AU)
Jun 19 - Comet Denning-Fujikawa Perihelion (0.797 AU)
Jun 20 - Comet Forbes Closest Approach To Earth (0.674 AU)
Jun 20 - 335th Anniversary (1670), Discovery Of Nova 1670 Vulpeculae
Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 06:46 UT
Jun 22 - Royal Greenwich Observatory's 330th Birthday (1675)
Jun 23 - Asteroid 2003 YN107 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU)
Jun 23 - Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.527
AU)
Jun 24 - GPS 2RM F-3 Delta 2 Launch
Jun 24 - Comet Giacobini-Zinner Closest Approach To Earth (1.425 AU)
* Jun 24 - Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)
Jun 25 - Comet Hartley-IRAS Perihelion (1.275 AU)
Jun 25 - Comet Gehrels 3 Closest Approach To Earth (3.603 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (1.556 AU)
Jun 26 - Mercury Passes 1.4 Degrees from Saturn
Jun 26 - Venus Passes 1.3 Degrees From Saturn
Jun 26 - Comet Russell 3 Perihelion (2.602 AU)
Jun 26 - Charles Messier's 275th Birthday (1730)
Jun 27 - Mercury Passes 0.1 Degrees From Venus
Jun 30 - NRO B-26 Titan 4B Launch (Final Launch of the Titan 4B)
Jun 30 - Deep Impact, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Jun 30 - Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth
(2.883 AU)

July 2005
Jul ?? - Cosmos (Geizer-21) Proton K Launch
Jul ?? - Yamal 203/204 Proton K Launch
Jul ?? - Insat 4-B Ariane 5 Launch
Jul ?? - WGS F-1 Delta 4M Launch
Jul ?? - Cosmos Angara 1-1 Launch (Inaugural Flight)
Jul ?? - Worldsat 3 Proton K Launch
Jul ?? - Apstar 6 CZ-3B Launch
* Jul ?? - NFIRE Minotaur Launch
* Jul ?? - Ofeq-6 Shavit Launch (Israel)
* Jul ?? - Wildblue 1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Jul ?? - SAR-Lupe 1 Cosmos M Launch
* Jul ?? - Meteor 3M N2 Zenit 2 Launch
Jul 01 - Asteroid 12426 Racquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.419
AU)
Jul 02 - Deep Impact, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #5 (TCM-5)
Jul 02 - Comet Giacobini-Zinner Perihelion (1.038 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 66146 (1998 TU3) Near-Mercury Flyby (0.028 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (1.692
AU)
Jul 02 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Giotto Earth Flyby
Jul 02 - 20th Anniversary (1985), Giotto Launch (ESA's Comet Halley
Mission)
Jul 03 - Deep Impact, Impactor Release
Jul 03 - Asteroid 2002 JQ97 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (2.014 AU)
Jul 04 - Deep Impact, Comet Tempel 1 Impact/Flyby
Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 05 - Comet Tempel 1 Perihelion (1.506 AU)
* Jul 05 - Comet C/2004 K1 (Catalina) Perihelion (3.399 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (0.824
AU)
Jul 07 - Jupiter Occults PPM 178840 (10.2 Magnitude Star)
Jul 08 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #25 (OTM-25)
Jul 08 - Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.475 AU)
Jul 09 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (26 Degrees)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 2000 FY Near-Vesta Flyby (0.048 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 25930 Spielberg Closest Approach To Earth (0.874
AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Closest Approach To Earth (1.165 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.144 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Appoach To Earth (0.782 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.331
AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 51828 Ilanramon Closest Approach To Earth (2.103
AU)
Jul 12 - Comet P/2004 F3 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.050 AU)
Jul 12 - Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.191 AU)
Jul 13 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Jul 13 - Comet P/2000 G1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.998 AU)
Jul 13 - Comet P/2003 L1 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (4.895
AU)
Jul 13 - Asteroid 2000 QK25 Near-Mars Flyby (0.024 AU)
Jul 13 - Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (1.520 AU)
Jul 14 - Cassini, Enceladus Flyby
Jul 14 - Comet Hartley-IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
Jul 14 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (1.696 AU)
Jul 14 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)
Jul 14 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Mariner 4 Mars Flyby
Jul 15 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Apollo 18 Launch (Apollo-Soyuz)
Jul 16 - 40th Anniversary (1965), 1st Proton Rocket Launch (USSR)
Jul 17 - Comet Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (12.570 AU)
Jul 17 - Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (2.397 AU)
Jul 17 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Apollo-Soyuz Handshake
Jul 18 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Zond 3 Launch (USSR Moon Flyby)
Jul 19 - Comet 3192 A'Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.697 AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (0.972
AU)
Jul 20 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (2.057 AU)
Jul 22 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
Jul 22 - Asteroid 8837 London Closest Approach To Earth (1.154 AU)
Jul 23 - 10th Anniversary (1995), Alan Hale's & Tom Bopp's Discovery
of Comet Hale-Bopp
Jul 24 - Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.893 AU)
Jul 24 - 55th Anniversary (1950), 1st Rocket Launch from Cape
Canaveral (Bumper/V-2 Rocket)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.364 AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.445
AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 16809 Galapagos Closest Approach To Earth (1.536
AU)
Jul 25 - Asteroid 1024 Hale Closest Approach To Earth (1.569 AU)
Jul 25 - Christoph Scheiner's 430th Birthday (1575)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 54509 (2000 PH5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Jul 26 - Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe Closest Approach To Earth (1.557
AU)
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 30 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.302 AU)
Jul 30 - 395th Anniversary (1610), Galileo Observes Saturn's Rings

August 2005
* Aug ?? - Eros B-1 Start-1 Launch
* Aug ?? - Assuresat 1 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Aug ?? - ROC-Sat 3A-F Minotaur Launch
* Aug ?? - Measat 3 Proton K Launch
* Aug ?? - Galaxy 15 Ariane 5G Launch
* Aug ?? - Resurs-DK1 N1 Soyuz U Launch
* Aug ?? - Dialog 1 Rokot-Briz Launch
* Aug ?? - Cosmos-Liana Tsyklon 2K Launch
* Aug ?? - Inmarsat 4 F-2 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Aug ?? - Oceansat 2 PSLV Launch
* Aug ?? - HK-Sat 2 CZ-3C Launch
* Aug 01 - MESSENGER, Earth Flyby
* Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 01 - Comet Forbes Perihelion (1.572 AU)
* Aug 02 - Asteroid 6602 Gilclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.010 AU)
* Aug 02 - Asteroid 2753 Duncan Closest Approach To Earth (1.883 AU)
* Aug 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #26 (OTM-26)
* Aug 03 - Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.505 AU
* Aug 04 - Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (0.340 AU)
* Aug 05 - Asteroid 5811 Keck Closest Approach To Earth (0.836 AU)
* Aug 05 - Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.277 AU)
* Aug 05 - Neil Armstrong's 75th Birthday (1930)
* Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 08 - Uranus at Opposition
* Aug 08 - Comet C/2004 L2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.313
AU)
* Aug 08 - Asteroid 1992 UY4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
* Aug 08 - Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.356
AU)
* Aug 10 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Atlas V Launch
* Aug 10 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #27 (OTM-27)
* Aug 10 - Asteroid 697 Galilea Closest Approach To Earth (1.541 AU)
* Aug 10 - 10th Anniversary (1995), Saturn Ring Plane Crossing (2 of
3)
* Aug 10 - 15th Anniversary (1990), Magellan, Venus Orbit Insertion
* Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 12 - Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.482 AU)
* Aug 14 - Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
* Aug 15 - Progress M1-15 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station
19P)
* Aug 16 - Mars Solstice (Beginning of Northern Winter)
* Aug 16 - Asteroid 2003 YO1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
* Aug 17 - 35th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7 Launch (USSR Venus
Lander)
* Aug 18 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #28 (OTM-28)
* Aug 18 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.051
AU)
* Aug 18 - 20th Anniversary (1985), Suisei Launch (Japan Comet Halley
Mission)
* Aug 19 - 45th Anniversary (1960), Sputnik 5 Launch (Carried Dogs
Belka & Strelka)
* Aug 20 - Asteroid 2000 QV7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
* Aug 20 - 30th Anniversary (1975), Viking 1 Launch (Mars
Lander/Orbiter)
* Aug 21 - 40th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 5 Launch (Gordon Cooper &
Charles Conrad)
* Aug 22 - Cassini, Titan Flyby
* Aug 23 - Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.933 AU)
* Aug 23 - Asteroid 2228 Soyuz-Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (2.140
AU)
* Aug 24 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
* Aug 25 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #29 (OTM-29)
* Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 25 - Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.055
AU)
* Aug 25 - Asteroid 2801 Huygens Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)
* Aug 26 - Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.208 AU)
* Aug 30 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #30 (OTM-30)
* Aug 31 - Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.509 AU)