Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			01 1:22pm» Last Quarter Moon 1:22pm» Half Moon (waning)	02	03	04
05 (Week 36) Voyager 1	06 V2 - Midway	07 STS-69	08 STS-106 Geotail Surveyor 5 6:30am» New Moon 6:30am» New Moon	09 Big Joe 1 Amalthea Venera 11	10 Cassini - Iapetus James Keller	11 Sidewinder AIM Mars Global Sur.
12 (Week 37) Gemini 11 STS-51	13 Mercury Atlas 4	14	15 1:49am» First Quarter Moon 1:50am» Half Moon (waxing)	16 STS-79	17	18
19 (Week 38)	20 First Jupiter C	21	22 11:09pm» Autumnal Equinox	23 5:17am» Full Moon 5:18am» Full Moon	24	25 STS-86 Mars Observer
26 (Week 39)	27	28 Alouette	29 STS-26 Salyut 6	30 STS-68 Bumper-WAC 3 11:52pm» Last Quarter Moon 11:53pm» Half Moon (waning)

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1:22pm

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Last Quarter Moon

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1:22pm

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Half Moon (waning)

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(1977) Voyager 1 Launch. 3rd probe to the outer planets. Studied Jupiter and Saturn.

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(1947) V2 launched from carrier Midway in Atlantic tests

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(1995) STS-69 Endeavour Launch - SPARTAN 201-03; Wake Shield Facility -2 (WSF-2),

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(2000) STS-106 Atlantis Launch - ISS Assembly Flight 2A.2b, logistics and resupply cargo for outfitting. maintenance space walk

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(1992) Geotail Launch - Lunar flyby mission.

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(1967) Surveyor5 - Moon Lander

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6:30am

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New Moon

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6:30am

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New Moon

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(1959) Big Joe 1 launched to test ablation heat shield on Atlas 10-D

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(1892) Edward Barnard discovers Jupiter's moon Amalthea.

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(1978) Venera 11 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)

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(2007) Iapetus flyby -- one of the most exciting highlights of 2007! At about 1500 kilometers (932 miles), this is Cassini's closest encounter with this enigmatic moon. High-resolution observations will be made of the boundary between the light and very dark regions, and of the mountainous ridge discovered in Cassini images from the December 2004 flyby.

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(1857-1900) James Keller's Birthday. An American astrophysicist who proved that Saturn's rings were not solid.

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(1953) Sidewinder AIM 9A first succesful intercept at China Lake

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(1997) Mars Global Survey - Mars Orbiter - Mars orbit insertion.

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(1966) Gemini 11 Launch - Conrad, Gordon

It was the 9th manned Gemini flight, the 17th manned American flight and the 25th spaceflight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 km).

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(1993) STS-51 Discovery Launch - Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS)/Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS)

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(1961) Mercury Atlas 4 unmanned spacecraft environment control test

Time:

1:49am

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First Quarter Moon

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1:50am

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Half Moon (waxing)

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(1996) STS-79 Atlantis Launch - Fourth Shuttle-Mir docking

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(1956) First Jupiter C launched at Cape Canaveral to 680 miles

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11:09pm

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Autumnal Equinox

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5:17am

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Full Moon

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5:18am

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Full Moon

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(1997) STS-86 Atlantis Launch - Seventh Shuttle-Mir docking

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(1992) Mars Observer Launch

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(1962) Alouette Launch - Canada's first satellite.

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(1988) STS-26 Discovery Launch - Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-C (TDRS-C)

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(1977) Salyut 6 Launch - USSR Space Station.

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(1994) STS-68 Endeavour Launch - Space Radar Laboratory - 2 (SRL-2)

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(1948) Bumper-WAC 3 launced from WSPG, V2 attaining 93.4 miles, WAC failed to fire

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11:52pm

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Last Quarter Moon

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11:53pm

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Half Moon (waning)

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