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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
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Subject: Space Calendar - 02/26/94
Date: 26 Feb 1994 20:38 UT
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     The Space Calendar is updated monthly and the latest copy is available
at explorer.arc.nasa.gov in the /pub/SPACE/FAQ directory.  Please send any
updates or corrections to Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov).
Anniversary dates are listed in 5 year increments only.  Note that launch
dates are subject to change.  The Ariane launch dates are out of date, but
since a new launch manifest has not been published yet, the old dates are
listed.

     The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:

     o Dennis Wingo - GPS launch date is now March 7, and also carries the
                      SEDS payload.
     o Kieran Carroll - RADARSAT launch date is now February 1995.
     o Various people on the Space Shuttle launch dates.

                          =========================
                               SPACE CALENDAR
                              February 26, 1994
                          =========================

* indicates changes from last month's calendar

February 1994
  Feb 27 - Odyssey Space Auction, Corona, California

March 1994
  Mar ?? - TC-2C Launch
  Mar ?? - Solidaridad II Ariane Launch
  Mar ?? - COMET Conestoga Launch
* Mar ?? - MSTI-2 Scout Launch
  Mar 03 - 25th Anniversay, Apollo 9 Launch
* Mar 03 - STS-62, Columbia, U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-2)
  Mar 05 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 1, Jupiter flyby
* Mar 06 - Biosphere II, 2nd Trial Run Begins
* Mar 07 - GPS/SEDS Launch
  Mar 08 - Galileo, Ida Data Playback, Part 2 (for 3 months)
  Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 115th Birthday
  Mar 25 - DSPSE (Clementine) Lunar Mapping Orbit Change
  Mar 27 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 7 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
  Mar 29 - 20th Anniversary, Mariner 10, 1st Mercury Flyby
  Mar 31 - Galaxy 1R Delta 2 Launch

April 1994
  Apr ?? - Equator S Scout Launch
  Apr ?? - GOES-I Atlas Launch
  Apr ?? - Telstar 4 Ariane Launch
  Apr 02 - 35th Anniversary, Selection of 7 Mercury Astronauts
* Apr 07 - STS-59, Endeavour, Shuttle Radar Laboratory (SRL-1)
  Apr 08 - 30th Anniversary, Gemini 1 Launch (Unmanned)
  Apr 14 - Christian Huygens' 365th Birthday
  Apr 21-22 - Lynids Meteor Shower
  Apr 29 - DSPSE (Clementine) Lunar Orbit Change

May 1994
  May ?? - Soyuz TM-19 Launch (Russian)
  May ?? - ISO Launch
  May ?? - TOMS Pegasus Launch
  May ?? - Panamsat 2 Ariane Launch
  May ?? - NOAA-J Launch
  May 01 - 45th Anniversary, Kuiper's Discovery of Nereid, Moon of Neptune
  May 03 - DSPSE (Clementine) Lunar Orbit Departure
  May 03-4 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
  May 04 - 5th Anniversary, Magellan Launch (Venus Orbiter)
  May 06 - DSPSE (Clementine), 3rd Earth Flyby
  May 10 - Annular Eclipse, Visible from Mexico, USA, Canada
  May 18 - 25th Anniversary, Apollo 10 Launch
  May 24-25 - Partial Lunar Eclipse
  May 25 - DSPSE (Clementine), 4th Earth Flyby
  May 27 - DSPSE (Clementine), Lunar Flyby
  May 29 - Ulysses, Begin of 1st Solar Passage

June 1994
  Jun ?? - Soyuz TM-18 Landing (Russian)
  Jun ?? - Brasilsat B1/Turksat 2 Ariane Launch
  Jun 09 - UHF Follow-On Launch
  Jun 20-23 - International Conference of Environmental Systems, Germany

July 1994
  Jul ?? - NOAA-K Launch
  Jul ?? - DirecTV Ariane Launch
* Jul 08 - STS-65, Columbia, International Microgravity Lab #2 (IML-2)
  Jul 09 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 2, Jupiter Flyby
* Jul 11 - 15th Anniversary, Skylab Re-enters Earth's Atmosphere
  Jul 16-22 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1993e Collision with Jupiter
* Jul 16 - 25th Anniversary, Apollo 11 Launch
  Jul 20 - 25th Anniversary, Man on the Moon (Apollo 11)
  Jul 22 - Seastar Pegasus Launch
  Jul 28 - 30th Anniversary, Ranger 7 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)
  Jul 31 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 6, Mars Flyby

August 1994
  Aug ?? - Astra 1D Ariane Launch
  Aug ?? - FAST (Fast Auroral Snapshot) Pegasus Launch
  Aug ?? - ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite) H2 Launch (Japan)
  Aug 05 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 7, Mars Flyby
  Aug 06 - Comet Machholz Returns
  Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower (Potential Meteor Storm)
  Aug 18 - STS-68, Atlantis, Shuttle Radar Laboratory (SRL-2)
  Aug 25 - 5th Anniversary, Voyager 2, Neptune Flyby
  Aug 28 - Ulysses, End of 1st Solar Passage
* Aug 28 - 205th Anniversary (1789), William Herschel's Discovery of Enceladus,
           Moon of Saturn
  Aug 31 - DSPSE (Clementine), Asteroid 1620 Geograplus Flyby

September 1994
  Sep ?? - Soyuz TM-20 Launch
  Sep ?? - Soyuz TM-19 Landing
  Sep ?? - FAST Pegasus Launch
  Sep 01 - 15th Anniversary, Pioneer 11, Saturn Flyby
* Sep 09 - STS-64, Discovery, Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE-I)
* Sep 12 - 35th Anniversary, Luna 2 Launch (Russian Moon Impact Mission)
  Sep 21 - 20th Anniversary, Mariner 10, 2nd Mercury Flyby

October 1994
  Oct ?? - Brasilsat B2 Ariane Launch
  Oct 01 - Saturn, Rings Edge-On from Earth's Perspective
* Oct 12 - 30th Anniversary, Voskhod 1 Launch (1st 3-Man Space Flight)
* Oct 14 - Orion 1 Atlas 2A Launch
  Oct 18 - 5th Anniversary, Galileo Launch
* Oct 20-22 - Orionids Meteor Shower
  Oct 21 - Mars '94 Launch (Russian)
  Oct 27 - STS-66, Endeavour, Atmospheric Lab (ATLAS-3)
  Oct 28 - Sakigake, 3rd Earth Flyby (Japan)

November 1994
  Nov ?? - Panamsat 3 Ariane Launch
* Nov 02-04 Taurids Meteor Shower
  Nov 03 - Solar Eclipse, Visible from South America
* Nov 14 - 25th Anniversary, Apollo 12 Launch
* Nov 16-18 - Leonids Meteor Shower
* Nov 20 - Edwin Hubble's 105th Birthday
  Nov 28 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 4 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)

December 1994
  Dec ?? - Helios Ariane Launch
  Dec ?? - GOES Atlas 1 Launch
  Dec ?? - LIFESAT01 Delta 2 Launch
  Dec ?? - HETE Pegasus Launch
  Dec 01 - STS-67, Columbia, Ultraviolet Astronomy (ASTRO-2)
  Dec 03 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 11, Jupiter Flyby

January 1995
  Jan ?? - MUSES-B Launch (Japan)
  Jan ?? - ADEOS Launch
  Jan ?? - SPEKTR-RG Launch (Russian)
  Jan ?? - Spot-3 Ariane Launch
  Jan ?? - GMS-5 H-2 Launch (Japan)
  Jan 07 - 385th Anniversary (1610), Galileo's Discovery of Moons around
           Jupiter
* Jan 26 - STS-63, Discovery, SPACEHAB-3


February 1995
* Feb ?? - NSCAT Launch
* Feb ?? - RADARSAT Delta-2 Launch (Canada)
* Feb 09 - 5th Anniversary, Galileo, Venus Flyby
* Feb 14 - 5th Anniversary, Voyager 1, Family Portrait Images of Solar System
* Feb 15 - Ulysses, Perihelion
* Feb 18 - 65th Anniversary (1930), Clyde Tombaugh's Discovery of Pluto
* Feb 20 - 30th Anniversary, Ranger 8 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)
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    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab | 
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