Space Calendar

Last Updated April 14, 1995

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The Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. This Calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send any updates or corrections to baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov.

Note that launch dates are subject to change. Also, anniversary dates are listed in 5 year increments only.

This Month in Space History - April

Celestial Events - April 1995

This Month's Contributers to the Space Calendar.

March 1995

• Mar 14 - Soyuz TM-21 Launch (Russian), Successful
• Mar 15 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Helios 1 Perihelion (0.309 AU from Sun)
• Mar 16 - Galileo, Atmospheric Probe Checkout, Successful
• Mar 16 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Mariner 10, 3rd Mercury Flyby
• Mar 18 - GMS-5/SFU H-2 Launch (Japan), Successful
• Mar 18 - 30th Anniversary (1965), 1st Space Walk, Leonov on Voskhod 2
• Mar 20 - Virginids Meteor Shower
• Mar 21 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Ranger 9 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)
• Mar 21 - Vernal Equinox
• Mar 22 - Intelsat 705 Atlas 2 Launch, Successful
• Mar 22 - Cosmos 2311 Launch (Russian), Successful
• Mar 23 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 3 Launch
• Mar 24 - DMSP Launch, Successful
• Mar 25 - 340th Anniversary (1655), Christiaan Huygens' Discovery of Titan (Saturn Moon)
• Mar 28 - Eutelsat Hot Bird-1/Brasilsat Ariane Launch, Successful
• Mar 28 - Gurwin 1 Start Launch (Russian), Failed

• Apr ?? - HETE/SAC-B Pegasus Launch
• Apr ?? - Express Proton Launch (Russian)
• Apr ?? - Plasma Physics Black Brant Launch
• Apr ?? - DMSP Titan 2 launch
• Apr ?? - Consort 7 Starfire Launch
• Apr 01 - 35th Anniversary (1960), TIROS-1 Launch (1st Weather Satellite)
• Apr 03 - ORBCOMM 1 & 2 Pegasus Launch, Successful
• Apr 03 - 30th Anniversary (1965), SNAP-10A Launch (1st Reactor in Space)
• Apr 05 - Ofeq 3 Shavit Launch (Israel), Successful
• Apr 06 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Intelsat 1 Launch, 1st Commercial Communications Satellite
• Apr 07 - MSAT Atlas-2 Launch, Successful
• Apr 7-9 - Spaceset '95, JPL
• Apr 09 - Progress M-27 Launch (Russian), Successful
• Apr 11 - 25th Anniversary (1970), Apollo 13 Launch
• Apr 12 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #23 (TCM-23)
• Apr 15 - Partial Lunar Eclipse, Visible from Pacific Rim Countries
• Apr 21 - ERS-2 Ariane 4 Launch
• Apr 22 - Earth Day - JPL Open House
• Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower
• Apr 25 - 5th Anniversary (1990), Hubble Space Telescope Deployment
• Apr 28 - Cosmos Tsiklon-2 Launch
• Apr 29 - Annular Eclipse, Visible from South America

• May ?? - Intelsat 706 Ariane Launch
• May ?? - Vitasat 1 LLV1 Launch
• May 03 - Eta-Aquarids Meteor Shower
• May 06 - Astronomy Day
• May 08 - STEP-3 Pegasus Launch
• May 08 - Delta Clipper-X Test
• May 08 - US Air Force Titan 4 Launch
• May 15 - Thunderstorm Series Black Brant Launch
• May 18 - Spektr Module Launch (Russian)
• May 19 - GOES-J Atlas I Launch
• May 20 - Galileo, Gravity Wave Experiment Begins
• May 20 - TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectromter) Pegasus Launch
• May 21 - Saturn, Rings Edge-On from Earth's Perspective,
• May 24 - Asteroid 1989 VA, Near-Earth Flyby (0.1820 AU)
• May 24 - AUSROC II-2 Launch
• May 26-28 - Venus Unveiled Educators Conference, Pasadena, CA.
• May 27 - Venus/Moon Occultation, Visible from Europe
• May 29 - COMET Conestoga Launch
• May 30 - European Space Agency's 20th Birthday (1975)
• May 30 - MSX Delta 2 Launch

• Jun ?? - LIFESAT-02 Delta 2 Launch
• Jun ?? - AsiaSat 2 Long March Launch (China)
• Jun ?? - Direct-TV 3 Ariane Launch
• Jun 03 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 4 Launch
• Jun 03 - Priority Mail Space Stamp, First Day of Issue, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
• Jun 08 - STS-71, Atlantis, MIR Docking, Space Life Sciences (SL-M)
• Jun 08 - Prognoz-M2 Molniya-M Launch (Russian)
• Jun 08 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Venera 9 Launch (Russian Venus Orbiter/Lander)
• Jun 08 - Giovanni Cassini's 370th Birthday (1625)
• Jun 09 - Asteroid 1991 JX, Near-Earth Flyby (0.0341 AU)
• Jun 11 - 10th Anniversary (1985), Vega 1 Landing on Venus (Russian)
• Jun 14 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10 Launch (Russian Venus Orbiter/Lander)
• Jun 15 - 10th Anniversary (1985), Vega 2 Landing on Venus (Russian)
• Jun 19 - Ulysses, Begin of 2nd Solar Passage (70.33 Latitude)
• Jun 21 - Progress M-28 Launch (Russian)
• Jun 21 - Summer Solstice
• Jun 22 - STS-70, Discovery, TDRS-G
• Jun 22 - Priority Mail Space Shuttle Stamp, First Day of Issue, Anaheim, California
• Jun 23 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #24 (TCM-24)
• Jun 26 - Charles Messier's 265th Birthday (1730)
• Jun 28 - Galileo, Gravity Wave Experiment Ends

• Jul ?? - Sich-1 Cyclone Launch (Ukraine)
• Jul ?? - Helios Ariane Launch
• Jul 01 - SeaStar Pegasus Launch
• Jul 02 - 10 Anniversary (1985), Giotto Launch (Halley's Comet Flyby)
• Jul 10 - FAST (Fast Auroral Snapshot) XL Pegasus Launch
• Jul 13 - Galileo Probe Separation from Orbiter
• Jul 15 - SWAS (Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite) XL Pegasus Launch
• Jul 15 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Mariner 4, Mars Flyby
• Jul 15 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Apollo 18 Launch (Apollo-Soyuz)
• Jul 16-22 - 1st Anniversary, Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter
• Jul 17 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Apollo-Soyuz Handshake
• Jul 18 - Progress M-29 Launch (Russian)
• Jul 18 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Zond 3 Launch (Russian Moon Flyby)
• Jul 18 - Mugunghwa Launch (South Korea)
• Jul 20 - STS-69, Endeavour, Wake Shield Facility (WSF-2)
• Jul 27 - Galileo, TCM-25, Orbiter Deflection Maneuver
• Jul 31 - Ulysses, Maximum Northern Latitude (80.22 degrees)

• Aug ?? - N-Star A Ariane Launch
• Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1990), Magellan Venus Orbit Insertion
• Aug 11 - Saturn Rings Edge-On from Earth's Perspective
• Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower (Potential Meteor Storm)
• Aug 17 - 25th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7 Launch (Venus Lander)
• Aug 18 - 10th Anniversary (1985), Suisei Launch (Halley's Comet Flyby)
• Aug 20 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Viking 1 Launch (Mars Lander/Orbiter)
• Aug 21 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 5 Launch
• Aug 28 - Soyuz TM-22 Launch (Russian)
• Aug 29 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #26 (TCM-26)
• Aug 31 - XTE (X-Ray Timing Explorer) Delta 2 Launch

• Sep ?? - Panamsat 4, Amos 1 Ariane Launch
• Sep 06 - Progress M-30 Launch (Russian)
• Sep 09 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Viking 2 Launch (Mars Orbiter/Lander)
• Sep 11 - 10th Anniversary (1985), ICE Flyby of Comet Giacobini-Zinner
• Sep 12 - 25th Anniversary (1970), Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return)
• Sep 19 - Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) Ariane 4 Launch
• Sep 20 - Radarsat/SURFSAT-1 Delta-2 Launch (Canada)
• Sep 21 - STS-73, Columbia, Spacelab USML-2
• Sep 21 - Autumnal Equinox
• Sep 29 - Ulysses, End of 2nd Solar Passage (70.05 degrees latitude)
• Sep 30 - Ulysses, End of Primary Mission

• Oct 06 - 5th Anniversary (1990), Ulysses Launch (Solar Polar Orbiter)
• Oct 08 - Punumbral Lunar Eclipse, Visible from Asia
• Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower
• Oct 11 - 50th Anniversary (1945), JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to Escape Earth's Atmosphere).
• Oct 11 - Galileo, Jupiter Approach Global Image
• Oct 20 - 25th Anniversary (1970), Zond 8 Launch (Moon Orbit & Return)
• Oct 22 - Orionids Meteor Shower
• Oct 22 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Venera 9, Venus Orbit Insertion & Landing
• Oct 24 - Solar Eclipse, Visible from Southeast Asia & Indonesia
• Oct 25 - 20th Anniversary (1975), Venera 10, Venus Orbit Insertion & Landing
• Oct 26 - STS-74, Atlantis, 2nd Mir Docking
• Oct 31 - SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) Atlas-2 Launch (ESA/NASA)

• Nov ?? - NOAA-K Titan 2 Launch
• Nov ?? - Astra 1E Ariane Launch
• Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower
• Nov 10 - Priroda Module Launch (Russian)
• Nov 10 - 25th Anniversary (1970), Luna 17 Launch (Russian Moon Rover)
• Nov 12 - 15th Anniversary (1980), Voyager 1, Saturn Flyby
• Nov 17 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #27 (TCM-27)
• Nov 18 - Saturn Rings Edge-On to the Sun, No Shadow
• Nov 18 - Leonids Meteor Shower
• Nov 22 - Progress M-31 Launch (Russian)
• Nov 23 - Asteroid 1993 WD, Near-Earth Flyby (0.1789 AU)
• Nov 27 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #28 (TCM-28)
• Nov 29 - Cluster Ariane 5 Launch (ESA/NASA)
• Nov 30 - STS-72, Endeavour, Space Flyer Unit Retrieval

• Dec ?? - POLAR Launch
• Dec ?? - P91-1/Argos Delta-2 Launch
• Dec ?? - LIFESAT-03 Launch
• Dec ?? - Data Relay Satellite Launch (ESA)
• Dec ?? - Telecom 2C Ariane Launch
• Dec 02 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #28A (TCM-28A)
• Dec 04 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 7 Launch
• Dec 07 - Galileo, Io Gravity Assist
• Dec 08 - Galileo, Jupiter Orbit Insertion (JOI), 12:23 AM UTC
• Dec 08 - 5th Anniversary (1990), Galileo, first Earth Flyby
• Dec 09 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #1 (OTM-1)
• Dec 12 - 25th Anniversary (1970), Explorer 42 Launch, 1st Orbiting X-Ray Astronomy Platform
• Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower
• Dec 15 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 6 Launch
• Dec 15 - 25th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7, Venus landing
• Dec 16 - 30th Anniversary (1965), Pioneer 6 Launch
• Dec 19 - Galileo, Solar Conjunction
• Dec 21 - Winter Solstice
• Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower
• Dec 25 - Soyuz TM-23 Launch (Russian)

• Jan ?? - VSOP Launch
• Jan 01 - 195th Anniversary (1801), Piazzi's Discovery of the First Asteroid (Ceres)
• Jan 02 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #2 (OTM-2)
• Jan 15 - 20th Anniversary (1976), Helios 2 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
• Jan 18 - Asteroid 1992 QN Near-Earth Flyby (0.1588 AU)
• Jan 24 - Asteroid Aten Near-Earth Flyby (0.2234 AU)
• Jan 24 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Voyager 2, Uranus Flyby
• Jan 28 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
• Jan 31 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 14 Launch
• Jan 31 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Launch (Russian Moon Lander)

• Feb 01 - ADEOS/NSCAT Launch
• Feb 04 - Clyde Tombaugh's 90th Birthday (1906)
• Feb 04 - Comet Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Near-Earth Flyby (0.1702 AU)
• Feb 11 - Saturn, Rings Edge-On from Earth's Perspective
• Feb 14 - Chiron, Perihelion
• Feb 15 - STS-75, Columbia, Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R)
• Feb 16 - NEAR Delta 2 Launch (Asteroid Eros Orbiter).
• Feb 19 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Mir Space Station Launch (Russian)
• Feb 22 - Venus/Moon Occultation, Visible from Hawaii

• Mar ?? - Astra 1F Proton Launch (Russian)
• Mar 01 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Venera 3 Impact on Venus
• Mar 04 - 215th Anniversary (1781), Herschel's Discovery of Uranus
• Mar 06 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Vega 1, Comet Halley Flyby
• Mar 08 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Suisei, Comet Halley Flyby
• Mar 09 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Vega 2, Comet Halley Flyby
• Mar 11 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Sakigake, Comet Halley Flyby
• Mar 13 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Giotto, Comet Halley Flyby
• Mar 16 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 8 Launch
• Mar 21 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #3 (OTM-3)
• Mar 21 - STS-76, Atlantis, 3rd Shuttle-Mir Mission, SPACEHAB
• Mar 28 - 10th Anniversary (1986), ICE, Comet Halley Flyby
• Mar 31 - Asteroid 1990 VA, Near-Earth Flyby (0.2253 AU)
• Mar 31 - Asteroid Bacchus, Near-Earth Flyby (0.0678 AU)
• Mar 31 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Luna 10 Launch (1st Moon Orbiter).