Xref: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu sci.space:61316 sci.astro:35110 sci.space.shuttle:12919 alt.sci.planetary:1243Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov!baalkeFrom: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro,sci.space.shuttle,alt.sci.planetarySubject: Space Calendar - 04/27/93Date: 27 Apr 1993 21:20 UTOrganization: Jet Propulsion LaboratoryLines: 152Distribution: worldMessage-ID: <27APR199321203902@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>NNTP-Posting-Host: kelvin.jpl.nasa.govNews-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41         The Space Calendar is updated monthly and the latest copy is availableat ames.arc.nasa.gov in the /pub/SPACE/FAQ.  Please send any updates orcorrections to Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov).  Note that launchdates are subject to change.     The following person made contributions to this month's calendar:        o Dennis Newkirk - Soyuz TM-18 Launch Date (Dec 1993).                          =========================                               SPACE CALENDAR                               April 27, 1993                          =========================* indicates change from last month's calendarApril 1993* Apr 29 - Astra 1C Ariane LaunchMay 1993  May ?? - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch  May ?? - Radcal Scout Launch  May ?? - GPS/PMQ Delta II Launch* May ?? - Commercial Experiment Transporter (COMET) Conestoga Launch* May 01 - Astronomy Day* May 01-2 - Iapetus/Saturn Eclipse  May 04 - Galileo Enters Asteroid Belt Again  May 04 - Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 21:00 UT, Solar Lon: 44.5 deg)* May 13 - Air Force Titan 4 Launch* May 18 - STS-57, Endeavour, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R)* May 20 - 15th Anniversary, Pioneer Venus Orbiter Launch  May 21 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible from North America & Northern Europe  May 25 - Magellan, Aerobraking BeginsJune 1993  Jun ?? - Temisat Meteor 2 Launch  Jun ?? - UHF-2 Atlas Launch  Jun ?? - NOAA-I Atlas Launch  Jun ?? - First Test Flight of the Delta Clipper (DC-X), Unmanned  Jun ?? - Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B Ariane Launch  Jun 04 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from North America  Jun 14 - Sakigake, 2nd Earth Flyby (Japan)  Jun 22 - 15th Anniversary of Charon Discovery (Pluto's Moon) by Christy  Jun 30 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology SatelliteJuly 1993  Jul ?? - MSTI-II Scout Launch  Jul ?? - Galaxy 4 Ariane Launch  Jul 01 - Soyuz Launch (Soviet)  Jul 08 - Soyuz Launch (Soviet)  Jul 14 - Soyuz TM-16 Landing (Soviet)* Jul 20-21 - Iapetus/Saturn Eclipse  Jul 21 - Soyuz TM-17 Landing (Soviet)  Jul 28 - S. Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 19:00 UT,           Solar Longitude 125.8 degrees)  Jul 29 - NASA's 35th BirthdayAugust 1993  Aug ?? - ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite) H2 Launch (Japan)  Aug ?? - GEOS-J Launch  Aug ?? - Landsat 6 Launch  Aug ?? - ORBCOM FDM Pegasus Launch* Aug 08 - 15th Anniversary, Pioneer Venus 2 Launch (Atmospheric Probes)  Aug 09 - Mars Observer, 4th Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-4)  Aug 12 - N. Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower (Maximum: 07:00 UT,           Solar Longitude 139.7 degrees)  Aug 12 - Perseid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 15:00 UT,           Solar Longitude 140.1 degrees)  Aug 24 - Mars Observer, Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI)  Aug 25 - STS-58, Columbia, Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2)  Aug 28 - Galileo, Asteroid Ida FlybySeptember 1993  Sep ?? - SPOT-3 Ariane Launch  Sep ?? - Tubsat Launch  Sep ?? - Seastar Pegasus LaunchOctober 1993  Oct ?? - Intelsat 7 F1 Ariane Launch  Oct ?? - SLV-1 Pegasus Launch  Oct ?? - Telstar 4 Atlas Launch  Oct 01 - SeaWIFS Launch  Oct 22 - Orionid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 00:00 UT, Solar Longitude           208.7 degrees)November 1993  Nov ?? - Solidaridad/MOP-3 Ariane Launch  Nov 03 - 20th Anniversary, Mariner 10 Launch (Mercury & Venus Flyby Mission)  Nov 03 - S. Taurid Meteor Shower  Nov 04 - Galileo Exits Asteroid Belt  Nov 06 - Mercury Transits Across the Sun, Visible from Asia, Australia, and           the South Pacific* Nov 08 - Mars Observer, Mapping Orbit Established  Nov 10 - STS-60, Discovery, SPACEHAB-2  Nov 13 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible from Southern Hemisphere  Nov 15 - Wilhelm Herschel's 255th Birthday  Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower (Maximum: 13:00 UT, Solar Longitude           235.3 degrees)* Nov 22 - Mars Observer, Mapping Begins  Nov 28-29 - Total Lunar Eclipse, Visible from North America & South AmericaDecember 1993  Dec ?? - GOES-I Atlas Launch  Dec ?? - NATO 4B Delta Launch  Dec ?? - TOMS Pegasus Launch  Dec ?? - DirectTv 1 & Thiacom 1 Ariane Launch  Dec ?? - ISTP Wind Delta-2 Launch  Dec ?? - STEP-2 Pegasus Launch* Dec ?? - Soyuz TM-18 Launch (Soviet)  Dec 02 - STS-61, Endeavour, Hubble Space Telescope Repair  Dec 04 - SPEKTR-R Launch (Soviet)* Dec 05 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 10 Jupiter Flyby  Dec 08 - Mars Observer, Mars Equinox  Dec 14 - Geminids Meteor Shower (Maximum: 00:00 UT,           Solar Longitude 262.1 degrees)  Dec 20 - Mars Observer, Solar Conjunction Begins  Dec 23 - Ursids Meteor Shower (Maximum: 01:00 UT,           Solar Longitude 271.3 degrees)January 1994  Jan 03 - Mars Observer, End of Solar Conjunction  Jan 24 - Clementine Titan IIG Launch (Lunar Orbiter, Asteroid Flyby Mission)February 1994  Feb ?? - SFU Launch  Feb ?? - GMS-5 Launch  Feb 05 - 20th Anniversary, Mariner 10 Venus Flyby  Feb 08 - STS-62, Columbia, U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-2)  Feb 15 - Galileo's 430th Birthday  Feb 21 - Clementine, Lunar Orbit Insertion  Feb 25 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 6 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)March 1994  Mar ?? - TC-2C Launch  Mar 05 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 1 Jupiter flyby  Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 115th Birthday  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 LaunchApril 1994* Apr ?? - Equator S Scout Launch* Apr 04 - Mars Observer, Perihelion* Apr 14 - STS-59, Atlantis, SRL-1     ___    _____     ___    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab | ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | The aweto from New Zealand/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | is part caterpillar and|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | part vegetable.