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2009
NET Jul 13 — Launch Falcon 1 / RazakSAT, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands: The fifth flight of the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket will launch the RazakSat Earth-imaging spacecraft for Malaysia; http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html.
Jul 13 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: 'Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Industry Day;' http://kscvc.ksc.nasa.gov/Contracts/Contract3.cfm?pageID=ind.
Jul 13-17 — National Institute of Space Research (INPE), Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil: '12th Course of Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics;' http://www.das.inpe.br/curso/.
Jul 13-18 — Meteoritical Society, Nancy, France: 'MetSoc 2009: 72nd Annual Meetings of the Meteoritical Society;' http://www.crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr/NEWS/MetSoc/.
Jul 13-19 — Wapakoneta Chamber of Commerce, Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Wapakoneta OH: 'Summer Moon Festival 2009;' http://www.summermoonfestival.com/.
Jul 14 — NASA Centennial Challenges Program, Spaceward Foundation, Edwards Air Force Base CA: '2009 Power Beaming Challenge;' http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/may/HQ_M09-097_Power_Beam.html.
Jul 14 — ESA, Russia Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), Moscow, Russia: Media representatives to meet the 6-person crew of the Mars mission simulator after 105 days of confinement; http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMJTC0P0WF_index_0.html.
Jul 14-15 — NASA Advisory Council, Washington DC: 'NASA Advisory Council: Aeronautics Subcommittee Meeting / Science Subcommittee Meeting;' http://www.nasa.gov/offices/nac/meetings/09-07_presentations.html.
Jul 15 — NASA Advisory Council, Washington DC: 'NASA Advisory Council: Audit and Finance Subcommittee Meeting / Exploration Subcommittee Meeting / Human Capital Subcommittee Meeting / Space Operations Subcommittee Meeting;' http://www.nasa.gov/offices/nac/meetings/09-07_presentations.html.
Jul 15 — Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, Cocoa Beach FL: 'Apollo 40th Anniversary Dinner with the Astronauts;' http://www.astronautstore.org/asfceap40an.html.
Jul 15-16 — World Technology Network, New York City NY: 'World Technology Summit and Awards: How to Save the Future;' Odyssey Moon among award finalists to be recognized; http://www.wtn.net/summits_events.html.
Jul 15-17 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel MD: 'NASA Europa Jupiter System Mission Instrument Workshop;' http://opfm.jpl.nasa.gov/InstrumentWorkshop/?CFID=15616930&CFTOKEN=1178d36f0b3438e-A38E84FB-F4C4-899E-A0CDB2416DA9B780.
Jul 16 — NASA Advisory Council, Washington DC: 'NASA Advisory Council Meeting;' http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=5285.
Jul 16 — NASA Headquarters, Washington DC: 'NASA History Apollo 40th Anniversary Symposium;' http://history.nasa.gov/.
Jul 16 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: Apollo 40th Anniversary events with opening of new exhibit 'Apollo Treasures Gallery' and book signing with Buzz Aldrin; http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/Apollo-40th-Anniversary.aspx.
Jul 16-18 — New Mexico Space History Museum, Alamogordo NM: 'Apollo 40th Anniversary;' http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/events.php?view=detail&event_id=112.
Jul 16 — W M Keck Observatory, Waimea HI: Mauna Kea Lecture Series, 'A Tale of Two Telescopes: Astronomy with Invisible Light' by Gary Davis; http://keckobservatory.org/calendar.
Jul 16 — NASA Advisory Council, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA: 'NASA Advisory Council Meeting;' http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oer/nac/.
Jul 16-17 — Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA: 'The von Karman Lecture Series: Exploring the Moon;' http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures.cfm.
Jul 16-18 — New Mexico Space History Museum, Alamogordo NM: 'Apollo 40th Anniversary' commemorative reenactment of Apollo 11 launch; http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/events.php?view=detail&event_id=112.
Jul 16-24 — National Space Society, Moon Society, Worldwide: 'Apollo Moon Party;' http://apollomoonparty.org/.
Jul 17 — Spacewalk of Fame Foundation, Titusville FL: Dedication ceremony of the Apollo Monument in Space View Park; http://www.spacewalkoffame.com/newsletter/APOLLO40th.pdf.
Jul 17 — Space Engineering and Science Institute (SESI), Mountain View CA: 'Space Elevator Day;' http://newspace2009.spacefrontier.org/.
Jul 17-20 — University of Washington Astrobiology Program, Seattle WA: 'ABGradCon 2009;' http://sites.google.com/a/u.washington.edu/abgradcon09/.
Jul 18 — NASA, National Symphony Orchestra, Washington DC: 'Salute to Apollo: The Kennedy Legacy;' http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=RJXEC.
Jul 18 — University of Houston, Houston TX: 'Fly Me to the Moon: A Community Celebration of the First Lunar Landing;' http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/ALR/flyme/lunar_landing/event_info.html.
Jul 18 — National Aviation Hall of Fame, Dayton OH: 'NAHF 48th Annual Enshrinement Dinner and Ceremony of 2009 Inductees;' http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/.
Jul 18 — Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego CA: 'Apollo 40th Anniversary Talk and Book Signing with Author Francis French;' http://www.rhfleet.org/site/education/weekendtalk.html.
Jul 18 — Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland CA: '40th Anniversary Celebration of our Moon Landing Missions;' http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/calendar/?date=7/18/2009#calendar.
Jul 18 — University of Arizona Department of Planetary Sciences, Tucson AZ: 'Apollo Moon Landing 40th Anniversary;' http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/calendar/calendar.php?ID=254.
Jul 18-19 —Moon Society, Worldwide: Apollo Moon Party; http://apollomoonparty.org/.
Jul 18-20 — Space Frontier Foundation, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA: 'NewSpace 2009 Conference;' http://spacefrontier.org/.
Jul 18-20 — Virginia Living Museum, Newport VA: '40th Anniversary: For All Mankind;' http://www.thevlm.org/planetarium.aspx.
Jul 18-23 — National Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, et al, Beijing, PR China: 'Frontiers of Cosmology at Dome A, Antarctica;' http://dome-a.physics.tamu.edu/~lifanwang/FrontCosmo/FrontCosmo/Frontiers_of_Cosmology.html.
Jul 19 — Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC: 'Annual John H Glenn Lecture: 40th Anniversary of Apollo;' http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=1378.
Jul 19 — NASA Lunar Science Institute, Lunar CRater Observation Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), Moffett Field CA: 'Moon Fest: From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond;' http://quest.nasa.gov/lunar/moonfest/index.html.
Jul 19-20 — Discovery Green, Houston TX: 'Spacefest: 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing Celebration;' http://www.discoverygreen.com/en/cev/eb/3924944/.
Jul 19-22 — East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN: 'Galaxy Wars: Stellar Populations and Star Formation in Interacting Galaxies;' http://www.etsu.edu/physics/wars/wars.html.
Jul 19-23 — NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Pasadena CA: '3rd Annual International Conference on Space-Mission Challenges for Information Technology;' http://smc-it.org/.
Jul 20 — 40th Apollo 11 Observation, Nationwide USA / Global: 1st Human mission to land on Moon in 1969; 1st steps by humans on another planetary body taken by Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin.
Jul 20 — NASA Headquarters, Washington DC: News conference with astronauts from several Apollo missions to commemorate 40th Anniversary of the first lunar landing at 09:30-10:30 EDT; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-117_Apollo_Events.html.
Jul 20 — NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX: 'Discovery Channel Documentary: Moon Machines' for Johnson Space Center Employees; http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/events/apollo40yrs_events_prt.htm.
Jul 20 — National Space Society, Space Frontier Foundation, et al, Online: 'Space Settlement Blog Day;' http://www.nss.org/settlement/blogging.html.
Jul 20 — Major League Baseball, Houston Astros, Houston TX: 'NASA Night with the Astros;' http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/Events/.
Jul 20 — Major League Soccer, Houston Dynamo, Houston TX: 'NASA Night with the Dynamos;' http://starport.jsc.nasa.gov/Events/.
Jul 20 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: '40 inch Moon Pie at the Rocket Garden;' http://media.kennedyspacecenter.com/kennedy/news/events/apollo40thanniversary.htm.
Jul 20 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: 'Apollo 40th Overnight Adventure;' http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/lunar.aspx.
Jul 20-22 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Williamsburg VA: '7th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1.
Jul 20-24 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: 'Camp Kennedy Space Center (KSC);' http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/event.aspx?id=c91013ca-8541-4660-b3d8-c0d7e2a88c7b&calendar=2009/7/20/.
Jul 21 — NASA Headquarters, Washington DC: 'STS-125 Space Shuttle Crew's Tweetup in Washington;' http://www.nasa.gov/collaborate/tweetup.html.
Jul 21 — Total Solar Eclipse: 14:51-18:19; The path of the Moon’s umbral shadow begins in India and extends through China, Southern Japan, and the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific; http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html.
Jul 21-23 — NASA Lunar Science Institute, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA: '2nd Annual Lunar Science Forum and EPO Forum;' http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/.
Jul 21-23 — National Institute of Space Research (INPE), Immigrant Convention Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil: 'GEO Summit Latin America 2009;' http://www.geobr.com.br/en/Home/.
Jul 22 — Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Black Mountain, Australia: 'Forum: Look! Up In the Sky! Australia at the Cutting Edge of Astronomy;' http://www.csiro.au/events/Look-up-in-the-sky.html.
Jul 23-24 — NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD: 'Afterschool Universe Astronomy Program;' http://universe.nasa.gov/au/overview.html.
Jul 23-26 — USS Hornet Museum, Alameda CA: 'Splashdown 2009: Apollo 11 Anniversary Celebration;' Appearance by US Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on July 25; http://www.uss-hornet.org/posters/splashdown/index.shtml.
Jul 24 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 34 (M68), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 34 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS Expedition 20 crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Jul 24 — Space Center Houston, Houston TX: 'Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Splashdown Celebration;' http://www.spacecenter.org/apollo11anniversary.html.
Jul 24 — The Space Walk of Fame, Astronaut Memorial Foundation, et al, Cocoa Beach FL: 'Apollo XI 40th Anniversary Event at US Space Walk of Fame;' http://www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=5265.
Jul 24 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude = 955 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Jul 24-25 — NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: 'Astronaut Training Experience;' http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/event.aspx?id=81cc74f9-f1fb-4234-9539-f1ae3066e7e6&calendar=2009/7/20/.
Jul 26 — Space Generation Advisory Council, Worldwide / Online: 'Move an Asteroid 2009 Competition' submission deadline for International Technical Paper; http://astronautical.org/awards/criteria/.
Jul 27 — American Astronautical Society (AAS), Springfield VA: Deadline for AAS Award Nominations; http://astronautical.org/awards/criteria/.
Jul 27-31 — University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany: 'Magnetospheres of Outer Planets Conference;' http://mop2009.uni-koeln.de/.
Jul 27-Aug 1 — International Community for Composites Engineering, Waikiki HI: '17th Annual International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering;' http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~mmktlau/ICCE/ICCE_Main.htm.
Jul 27-Aug 2 — Experimental Aircraft Association Inc., Oshkosh WI: 'EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009;' features debut public flight of Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo mothership; http://www.airventure.org/.
Jul 30-31 — NASA, Point Lookout ME: 'Beginning Engineering, Science and Technology Workshop;' http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/current-opps-index.html.
Aug 1 — The Moon Society, Plano TX: Moon Society Elections 2009 Ballot Deadline; http://www.moonsociety.org/reports/frontlines/Frontlines2009-04.html#elections09.
Aug 2-5 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Denver CO: '45th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=1980.
Aug 3-14 — International Astronomical Union, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: '27th IAU General Assembly;' http://www.iau.org/IAU/News/deadlines.html.
Aug 4-5 — Canadian Space Agency, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada: '2009 Educators Space Conference;' http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/events/2009/educators_conference.asp.
Aug 5 — Moon: Full or Sturgeon Moon; Hoku I Mahoe-mua; 14:55.
Aug 6-7 — International Astronomical Union, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 'XXVII General Assembly: Astronomy in Antarctica;' http://www.astronomy2009.com.br/.
Aug 7 — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 'Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica;' http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/JACARA/AAA_SRP_webpage/index.html.
Aug 9 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude = 970 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Aug 9-13 — American Astronautical Society, AIAA, Pittsburgh PA: '2009 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference;' http://www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/2009_astro/2009%20astro.html.
Aug 10-13 — Utah State University, Logan UT: '23 Annual Small Satellite Conference Utah State;' http://sefspaceworks.com/?q=node/54.
Aug 10-13 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Chicago IL: 'AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics / AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control / AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1.
Aug 10-14 — NASA, Ellington Airport, Houston TX: Flights for the 'Facilitated Access to the Space Environment for Technology Development and Training (FAST);' http://ipp.nasa.gov/ii_fast.htm
Aug 11 — Cassini Spacecraft, Saturn Orbit: Beginning of Equinox campaign to observe Saturn rings as the Sun crosses from the southern hemisphere to the north; http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Aug 13 — Alliant Techsystems, Cape Canaveral FL: Ares 1 first-stage motor demonstration; http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/20/325343/atk-sets-13-august-as-ares-i-first-stage-motor-demonstration.html.
Aug 13 — W M Keck Observatory, Waimea HI: Mauna Kea Lecture Series, 'W M Keck Observatory' by Taft Armandroff; http://keckobservatory.org/calendar.
Aug 14-23 — Sirius Optics, Orion, Linville, Queensland, Australia: 'Queensland Astrofest 2009;' http://www.qldastrofest.org.au/.
Aug 15-23 — Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia: 'National Science Week;' http://www.csiro.au/events/NationalScienceWeek.html.
Aug 15-23 — Australia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Cosmos Magazine, Several cities, Australia: 'SCINEMA 09' science film festival; http://www.csiro.au/scinema/.
Aug 18 — Launch Discovery STS-128 / 17A, Cape Canaveral FL: 33rd U.S. construction mission to the International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Aug 25 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude = 970 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Aug 30 — Launch Ares I-X Flight Test, Cape Canaveral FL: Ares I-X first flight test for new Constellation launch vehicle Ares I which will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with Ares I; http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html.
Aug 31-Sep 4 — International Academy of Astronautics, Goa, India: 'IAA Symposium on Low Cost Planetary Missions;' http://iaaweb.org/content/view/171/287/.
Sep 4 — Moon: Full or Corn Moon; Hoku I Mahoe-hope; 06:03.
Sep 7-9 — National Institute of Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil: '10th International Workshop on Plasma Based Ion Implantation and Deposition (PBII&D 2009);' http://www.inpe.br/plasma/pbiid2009/.
Sep 7-11 — European Space Agency, Barcelona, Spain: 'Atmospheric Science Conference;' http://earth.esa.int/workshops/atmos2009/intro.html.
Sep 10-11 — OCR Services, Los Angeles CA: 'Focusing on ITAR: Training in Defense Trade Regulatory Requirements and Practices;' http://www.asdevents.com/event.asp?ID=361.
Sep 12-13 — Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco CA: 'Hands-on Astronomy and Earth-science Education Workshops for Grade 4-12 Teachers;' http://www.astrosociety.org/events/2009mtg/workshops.html.
Sep 12-16 — Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Millbrae CA: 'Science Education and Outreach: Forging a Path to the Future;' http://www.astrosociety.org/events/meeting.html.
Sep 13 — Quasarchile, Santiago, Chile: Amateur astronomy adventure tour departure date; http://www.quasarchile.cl/fixed_departure_date_option.htm.
Sep 13-18 — European Planetary Network, European Geosciences Union, Potsdam, Germany: 'European Planetary Science Congress 2009;' http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc2009/.
Sep 14-18 — Brazilian Society of Physics, Passa Quatro, MG, Brazil: '30th National Meeting on Physics of Particles and Fields;' http://www.sbfisica.org.br/~enfpc/.
Sep 14-17 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Pasadena CA: 'AIAA Space 2009 Conference and Expo;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1.
Sep 15-18 — HughesNet, iDirect, et al, London, United Kingdom: 'The COMSYS VSAT2009 Conference;' http://www.comsys.co.uk/vc09_mn.htm.
Sep 17 — W M Keck Observatory, Waimea HI: Mauna Kea Lecture Series, 'Subaru Telescope' by Masahiko Hayashi; http://keckobservatory.org/calendar.
Sep 17-18 — European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy: '3rd Coastal Altimetry Workshop;' http://www.congrex.nl/09C32/.
Sep 17-24 — Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Paris, France: 'Paris: Art, Astronomy and History;' http://www.astrosociety.org/events/france.html.
Sep 21-23 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hilton Head Island SC: '9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO),' 'AIAA / AAAF Aircraft Noise and Emissions Reduction Symposium (ANERS);' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2196.
Sep 22 — German Astronomical Society, Potsdam, Germany: 'German Astronomical Society Annual Meeting;' University of Hawai`i Institute for Astronomy Director Rolf-Peter Kudritzki to receive prestigious Karl Schwarzschild Prize for 2009; http://www2.ifa.hawaii.edu/newsletters/article.cfm?a=421&n=35.
Sep 22-25 — Chandra X-ray Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, et al, Boston MA: 'Chandra's First Decade of Discovery;' http://cxc.harvard.edu/symposium_2009/.
Sep 23-25 — ESA, ESR Technology, et al., Vienna, Austria: '13th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium;' http://www.esmats.eu/.
Sep 24 — German Astronomical Society, Berlin, Germany: 'Killer Asteroids, Supernovae and the Dark Side of the Universe' talk by University of Hawai`i Institute for Astronomy Director Rolf-Peter Kudritzki; related to PAN-STARRS project; http://www2.ifa.hawaii.edu/newsletters/article.cfm?a=421&n=35.
Sep 28-Oct 2 — European Space Agency, Bergen, Norway: '2nd Advanced Training on Ocean Remote Sensing;' http://earth.esa.int/workshops/ocean2009/index.html.
Sep 29 — MESSENGER Encounter, Mercury Trajectory: Spacecraft conducts third Mercury flyby today; 200 km altitude; puts spacecraft in position to enter Mercury orbit in March 2011; http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/MESSENGERTimeline/TimeLine_content.html.
Sep 29-Oct 1 — Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC), Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: 'APSCC 2009 Satellite Conference and Exhibition;' http://www.apscc.or.kr/event/apscc2009.asp.
Sep 30 — Space Investment Summit Coalition, Harris, et al, Boston MA: Space Investment Summit; http://spaceinvestmentsummit.com/index.html.
Sep 30 — Launch Soyuz / ISS E21, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia to launch Soyuz TMA-16 with Expedition 21 crew to ISS; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Oct 3 — Moon: Full or Harvest Moon; Hoku I Hoku I Ikuwa; 20:10.
Oct 4 — 52nd Sputnik Observation, Worldwide: World's 1st artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957; orbited Earth in about 98 minutes.
Oct 4-9 — National Institute of Space Research (INPE), Ubatuba, SP, Brazil: 'International Living with a Star 2009: Influence of Solar Variability on Geophysical and Heliospheric Phenomena;' http://www.dge.inpe.br/maghel/ilws/.
Oct 4-10 — United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses for Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), World Space Week Association (WSWA), et al, Worldwide: ''World Space Week: Space for Education;' http://www.worldspaceweek.org/organization.html.
Oct 4-10 — American Astronomical Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico: '41st Meeting of the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting (DPS2009);' http://www.aas.org/dps/meetings.html.
Oct 5-9 — International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, Switzerland: 'ITU Telecom World 2009;' http://www.itu.int/WORLD2009/.
Oct 9 — Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), South Pole, Moon : LCROSS and its attached Centaur upper stage rocket separately will collide with the Moon in a permanently shadowed crater near the South Pole at approximately 07:30 EDT creating a pair of debris plumes that will be analyzed for the presence of water ice or water vapor, hydrocarbons and hydrated materials; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-143_LCROSS_Launch_Success.html.
Oct 11 — International Academy of Astronautics, Daejeon, South Korea: 'IAA Academy Day;' http://iaaweb.org/content/view/171/287/.
Oct 11 — Quasarchile, Santiago, Chile: Amateur astronomy adventure tour departure date; http://www.quasarchile.cl/fixed_departure_date_option.htm.
Oct 12 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude = 1300 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Oct 12-16 — International Astronautical Federation, KARI, Daejeon, South Korea: '60th International Astronautical Congress;' http://www.iafastro.com/index.php?id=78.
Oct 12-16 — Italian Space Agency (ASI), Tuscany, Italy: ''Geological Mapping of Mars: A Workshop on New Concepts and Tools;' includes field trip on Geology of Tuscany on Oct 15-16; http://www.irsps.unich.it/education/.
Oct 12-16— European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, ESO Garching, Germany: ''Detectors for Astronomy Workshop;' http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/dfa2009/index.html.
Oct 13-15 — The Aerospace Corporation, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, et al, Manhattan Beach CA: '25the Aerospace Testing Seminar: Balancing the Basics with Innovation for Mission Success;' http://www.aero.org/conferences/ats/.
Oct 13-16 — National Institute of Space Research (INPE), Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil: 'Workshop on Space Weather;' http://www.inpe.br/comunicacao_comunidade/calendario.php.
Oct 14-15 — The Aerospace Corporation, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, et al, Manhattan Beach CA: 'SATCON Conference and Expo;' http://www.aero.org/conferences/ats/.
Oct 15 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 35 (M69), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 35 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS Expedition 21 crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Oct 15 — W M Keck Observatory, Waimea HI: Mauna Kea Lecture Series, 'Smithsonian Submillimeter Array' by Raymond Blundell; http://keckobservatory.org/calendar.
Oct 15-16 — Satellite-General Electric (SAT-GE), New York NY: 'SATCON 2009 Conference and Expo;' http://www.satconexpo.com/.
Oct 17-18 — California Space Authority, NASA, et al, Moffett Field CA: 'Regolith Excavation Challenge;' http://regolith.csewi.org/node/59.
Oct 18-19 — Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments, San Antonio TX: 'Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments;' http://www.hpee.org/.
Oct 18-21 — United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation, San Antonio TX: 'GEOINT 2009;' http://www.geoint2009.com/.
Oct 18-21 — Geological Society of America, Portland OR: '2009 GSA Annual Meeting;' http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2009/index.htm.
Oct 19-22 — American lnstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Bremen, Germany: '16th AIAA/DLR/DGLR International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technology Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2238.
Oct 19-23 — European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, University of Porto Center for Astrophysics, Porto, Portugal: ''Towards Other Earths: Perspectives and Limitations on the ELT Era;' http://www.astro.up.pt/investigacao/conferencias/toe2009/.
Oct 21-23 — International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, Rome, Italy: '3rd IAASS Conference: Building a Safe Space Together;' http://www.congrex.nl/08a11/.
Oct 26-29 — Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange, Dayton OH: 'RASTE 2009;' http://www.usasymposium.com/raste/default.htm.
Oct 27-29 — Korea Communications Commission, Seoul, South Korea: 'The 11th International Space Radio Monitoring Meeting;' http://www.kcc.go.kr/.
Oct 29 — NASA Advisory Council, Johnson Space Center, Houston TX: 'NASA Advisory Council Meeting;' http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oer/nac/.
NET Nov 1 — Launch Delta 2 / WISE, Vandenberg Air Force Base CA: United Launch Alliance Delta 2-Heavy rocket will launch a Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to survey and catalog entire sky in infrared wavelengths; http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/wise-20090610.html.
Nov 1-5 — American Institute of Beamed Energy Propulsion, Scottsdale AZ: '6th International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion;' http://www.aibep.org/ISBEP_6/ISBEP_6.htm.
Nov 2 — Cassini Enceladus Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Enceladus (altitude = 99 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Nov 2 — Moon: Full or Beaver Moon; Hoku I Hoku I Welehua; 09:14.
Nov 6-8 — Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL: 'Astronaut Autograph and Memorabilia Show;' http://www.astronautscholarship.org/aams/index.html.
Nov 10-12 — International Academy of Astronautics, Abuja, Nigeria: '2nd IAA Regional Conference: Space for Africa;' http://iaaweb.org/content/view/171/287/.
Nov 12 — Launch Atlantis STS-129 / ULF3, Cape Canaveral FL: 31st U.S. mission to the International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Nov 12-15 — Government of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg: 'Science Festival 2009;' http://www.science-festival.lu/defaultUK.asp.
Nov 13 — ESA Rosetta Mission, Deep Space: Spacecraft conducts 3rd Earth gravity assist en route to Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko; http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=2279.
Nov 13-19 — American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Orlando FL: 'ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition;' http://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress09/GeneralInfo.cfm.
Nov 15 — Quasarchile, Santiago, Chile: Amateur astronomy adventure tour departure date; http://www.quasarchile.cl/fixed_departure_date_option.htm.
Nov 16-18 — NASA Science Mission Directorate Planetary Science Division, Washington DC: 'Steering Committee Meetings of the Decadal Survey for the Planetary Science Division;' http://www.lpi.usra.edu/leag/.
Nov 17 — Wichita Chamber of Commerce, Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Wichita KS: 'Failure is Not an Option' annual dinner and meeting with keynote NASA speaker Gene Kranz;' http://www.wichitachamber.org/news_room-events_calendar.php?v=daylist&day=2009-11-17&month=2009-11-01#anchor_40.
Nov 16-20 — National Institute of Space Research (INPE), Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil: '2nd Symposium of Geotechnologies in the Pantanal;' http://www.inpe.br/comunicacao_comunidade/calendario.php.
Nov 18-20 — ESA / ESRIN, Frascati, Italy: 'Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science;' http://www.congrex.nl/09c16/.
Nov 19 — W M Keck Observatory, Waimea HI: Mauna Kea Lecture Series, 'University of Hawai`i at Hilo Telescope' by David James; http://keckobservatory.org/calendar.
NET Nov 20 — Launch Soyuz / ISS E22, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia to launch Soyuz TMA-17 with Expedition 22 crew to ISS; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Nov 21 — Cassini Enceladus Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts flyby of Saturn moon Enceladus (altitude = 99 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Nov 22-26 — Brazilian Society of Physics, São Sebastião, SP, Brazil: '10th Brazilian Meeting on Plasma Physics;' http://www.sbfisica.org.br/~ebfp/.
Nov 24-26 — International Academy of Astronautics, National Space Research and Development Agency of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria: 'IAA 3rd African Regional Conference: Space for Africa – Joint Participation and Knowledge Sharing;' http://iaaweb.org/.
Nov 25-27 — ESA, Frascati, Italy: 'Methane on Mars: Current Observations, Interpretation and Future Plans;' http://www.congrex.nl/09c26/.
Nov 26-27 — International Telecommunications Union, Minsk, Belarus: 'Connect CIS Summit 2009;' http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/connect/cis/index.html.
Nov 30 — ESA / ESRIN, Frascati, Italy: 'Fringe 2009;' http://earth.esa.int/workshops/fringe09/.
Dec 1 — Moon: Full or Cold Moon; Hoku I Hoku I Makalii; 21:30.
Dec 2-3 —American Astronautical Society (AAS), Houston TX: 'AAS Imagine 2009: Ideas at Work;' http://astronautical.org/.
Dec 7-9 — Streamline Marketing Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE: 'Global Space Technology Forum: Space Technology Commercialization for the Future;' http://www.smg-conferences.com/index.php?module=conferencedetails&page=other&conference=3#sponsors.
Dec 7-18 — United Nations, Copenhagen, Denmark: 'COP15: United Nations Climate Change Conference;' http://en.cop15.dk/.
Dec 10 — Launch Endeavour STS-130 / 20A, Cape Canaveral FL: 32nd U.S. mission to the International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Dec 12 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude = 4850 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Dec 12-17 — European Science Foundation, Austrian Science Fund, Obergurgl, Austria: 'The Origin of Galaxies: Lessons from the Distant Universe;' http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=5261.
Dec 17 — W M Keck Observatory, Waimea HI: Mauna Kea Lecture Series, 'Thirty Meter Telescope' speaker TBD; http://keckobservatory.org/calendar.
Dec 26 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 36 (M70), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 36 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS Expedition 22 crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Dec 28 — Cassini Titan Flyby, Saturn Orbit: Spacecraft conducts close flyby of Saturn moon Titan (altitude = 955 km); http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/saturntourdates/.
Dec 31 — Moon: Full or Long Night Moon; Hoku I Hoku I Makalii; 09:13.
Dec 31 — Partial Lunar Eclipse: 08:51-09:53; Visible primarily from Europe and Africa to Asia and Australia; http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2009Dec31P.GIF.
2010
NET 2010 — Launch PSLV / Chandrayaan-2, India: 2nd India robotic Moon Mission expected to launch; lander / rover to be conducted in cooperation with Russia.
NET 2010 — Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e-2, China: 2nd China robotic Moon Mission expected to launch; 2nd orbiter follow-on to Chang'e-1 launched in late 2007.
2010 — Space Technology & Applications International Forum, Albuquerque NM: 'STAIF 2010;' major international technical forum hosts six concurrent conferences organized by the University of New Mexico's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies; http://www.unm.edu/~isnps/staif/main.html.
Jan 3-7 — Indian Space Research Organization, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India: '97th Indian Science Congress'; http://sciencecongress.nic.in/html/89th.html.
Jan 3-7 — American Astronomical Society, Washington DC: ‘215th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
Jan 4-7 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Orlando FL: ‘48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1.
Jan 10 — America's Space Prize, Las Vegas NV: US$50M award goes to first person to build spacecraft capable of taking at least five people to altitude of 400 km, complete two Earth orbits, and then do it again within 60 days; no more than 20 percent of hardware can be expendable; also, must be able to dock with Bigelow Aerospace’s inflatable space habitat and stay docked in orbit for up to six months; http://www.bigelowaerospace.com.
Jan 27 — 43rd Apollo 1 Observation, Nationwide USA: Spacecraft fire took place 27 January 1967 killing Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee; Apollo Command Module crew were conducting a preflight test for the Earth-orbiting mission at Cape Canaveral
Jan 28 — 24th Challenger 51-L Observation, Nationwide USA: Shuttle accident took place 28 January 1986 killing seven crew members including Commander Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, its pilot, Michael J. Smith, and its crew, Christa McAuliffe (the first 'Teacher in Space'), Mission Specialists Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnick and Ronald E. McNair, along with Payload Specialist Gregory B. Jarvis.
Feb 1 — Seventh Columbia STS-107 Observation, Nationwide USA: Shuttle explosion took place 1 February 2003 on its return to Earth killing David M. Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael P. Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon.
Feb 3 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 37 (M71), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 37 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Feb 9-10 — NASA Academy of Program / Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL), Galveston TX: '2010 PM Challenge;' http://pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
Feb 11 — Launch Atlantis STS-131 / 19A, Cape Canaveral FL: 33rd U.S. mission to the International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Feb 14-18 — American Astronautical Society / AIAA, San Diego CA: '20th AAS / AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting;' http://www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/2010_winter/2010%20winter.html.
Mar 1-4 — American Astronomical Society, Waikoloa HI: '11th Meeting of the AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD);' http://www.confcon.com/head2010/.
NET Apr 2 — Launch Soyuz / ISS E23, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia to launch Soyuz TMA-18 with Expedition 23 crew to ISS; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Apr 8 — Launch Discovery STS-132 / ULF4, Cape Canaveral FL: 34th U.S. mission to the International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Apr 10 — Launch Atlantis STS-132 / MRM1, Cape Canaveral FL: 11-day mission, last flight of Atlantis, Delivery of Russia-built research module to International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/may/HQ_09-105_STS-132_Crew.html.
Apr 11 — Quasarchile, Santiago, Chile: Amateur astronomy adventure tour departure date; http://www.quasarchile.cl/fixed_departure_date_option.htm.
Apr 12 — Yuri's Night and Space Generation, Worldwide: 'Yuri's Night 2010;' world space party celebrates 1st piloted flight to space, 1st human in space (1961) and 1st NASA Space Shuttle launch (1981); http://www.yurisnight.net/.
Apr 12-15 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Orlando FL: '51st AIAA / ASME / ASCE / AHS / ASC / Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference / '18th AIAA / ASME / AHS Adaptive Structures Conference / '12th AIAA Non-Deterministic Approaches Conference / 11th AIAA Gossamer Systems Forum / 6th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2336.
Apr 20-22 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Atlanta GA: 'AIAA Infotech@ Aerospace 2010;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2358.
Apr 25-30 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Huntsville AL: 'Space Ops 2010 Conference: Delivering on the Dream' hosted by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1.
Apr 27 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 38 (M72), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 38 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Apr 30-May 2 — Global Lunar Conference, Beijing, China: Global Lunar Conference being planned.
NET May — Launch Artemis Lander / Red Rover, ?: Google Lunar X Prize competitor Astrobotic Technology, Inc. intends to land in the Sea of Tranquility to film the Apollo 11 landing site in high definition and claim the Google Lunar X Prize; http://astrobotictechnology.com/?page_id=11.
May 12 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington DC: ‘2010 Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2359.
May 16 — Quasarchile, Santiago, Chile: Amateur astronomy adventure tour departure date; http://www.quasarchile.cl/fixed_departure_date_option.htm.
May 23-27 — American Astronomical Society, Miami FL: ‘216th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
NET Apr 2 — Launch Soyuz / ISS E24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia to launch Soyuz TMA-19 with Expedition 24 crew to ISS; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
May 31 — Launch Endeavour STS-133 / ULF5, Cape Canaveral FL: 35th U.S. mission to the International Space Station; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Jun — Hayabusa, Earth Return: Japan probe using ion engine returns to Earth, hopefully with samples from Asteroid Itokawa; http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/hayabusa/scenario.shtml.
Jun 14-18 — ESA, NASA, et al., Barcelona, Spain: ‘7th International Planetary Probe Workshop;' http://www.planetaryprobe.eu/.
Jun 25 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 39 (M73), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 39 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Jun 26 — Partial Lunar Eclipse: 00:16-03:00; Visible in Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Western portion of the Americas; http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2010Jun26P.GIF.
Jun 26-Aug 27 — International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, France and Stuttgart, Germany: ‘ISU Summer Session Program;' http://www.isunet.edu/.
Jun 28-Jul 1 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Chicago IL: '40th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit / 10th AIAA / ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference / 27th AIAA Aerodynamics Measurement and Ground Testing Conference / 28th AIAA Applied Aerodymanics Conference / 41st Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference / 5th Flow Control Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2120.
Jul 10 — ESA Rosetta Mission, Deep Space: Spacecraft conducts 2nd asteroid flyby (Asteroid Lutetia) en route to Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko; http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=2279.
Jul 11 — Total Solar Eclipse: 08:15-10:51; Eclipse is visible in the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Easter Island, and in Southern Chile and Argentina; http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2010/TSE2010.html.
Jul 18-25 — Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Bremen, Germany: '38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly;' http://cosparhq.cnes.fr/.
Jul 19-25 — Farnborough International Air Show 2010, Farnborough, United Kingdom: '46th Farnborough International Air Show;' International Space Pavilion offers 1,100 square meters of exhibit space dedicated to the products, projects, and professionals in the space industry; http://www.farnborough.com.
Jul 20 — 41st Apollo 11 Observation, Nationwide USA / Global: 1st Human mission to land on Moon in 1969; 1st steps by humans on another planetary body taken by Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin.
Jul 25-28 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nashville TN: '8th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1.
Jul 26-Aug 1 — Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc., Oshkosh WI: 'EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010;' http://www.airventure.org/.
Aug 2-5 — American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 'AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist / AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics / AIAA Atmospheric Space Environments / AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control / AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=1.
Aug 11 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 40 (M74), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 40 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Sep 13-15 — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fort Worth TX: '13th AIAA / ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference / 10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Conference;' http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2279&viewcon=visa.
Sep 20-24 — International Astronautical Federation, Czech Space Office, Prague, Czech Republic: '61st International Astronautical Congress;' http://www.iafastro.com/index.php?id=100.
NET Apr 2 — Launch Soyuz / ISS E25, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia to launch Soyuz TMA-20 with Expedition 25 crew to ISS; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Oct 4 — 53rd Sputnik Observation, Worldwide: World's 1st artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957; orbited Earth in about 98 minutes.
Oct 11 — Deep Impact / Epoxi, Deep Space: Deep Impact spacecraft to flyby additional target, Comet Hartley-2; spacecraft involved in Epoxi mission (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization and the Deep Impact Extended Investigation) since successful primary mission impact of Comet Temple-1 in Jul 2005; http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/dec/HQ_07279_EPOXI_mission_to_comet_Hartley.html.
Oct 19 — Launch Soyuz / Progress 41 (M75), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: Russia Progress 41 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to ISS crew; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html.
Oct 31-Nov 3 — Geological Society of America, Denver CO: '2010 GSA Annual Meeting;' http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2009/index.htm.
Dec — Launch Odyssey Moon M-1 / ILOA Precursor, ?: Google Lunar X Prize competitor Odyssey Moon, Limited MoonOne (M-1) mission to carry precursor instrument for International Lunar Observatory Association; will be a pathfinder mission with science and exploration goals that support and enable OM and ILOA successor missions; http://www.odysseymoon.com/, http://www.iloa.org/.
Dec 6 — China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Shanghai, China: '2010 Shanghai World Expo: Space Home Exhibit;' http://en.expo2010.cn/.
Dec 20 — Total Lunar Eclipse: 20:32-00:01 (Dec 21); Visible in Asia, Australia, the Pacific, the Americas, and Europe; http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2010Dec21T.GIF.
Dec 31 — X Prize Foundation, Santa Monica CA: Deadline for registration to compete for Google Lunar X Prize; http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/about-the-prize.
2011
Jan 9-13 — American Astronomical Society, Seattle WA: ‘217th Meeting of the AAS;' http://aas.org/meetings/meetings_future.php.
Feb 14 — Stardust NEXT, Deep Space: Spacecraft conducts flyby of comet Temple 1 to obtain high resolution images of the coma and nucleus, as well as measurements of the composition, size distribution, and flux of dust emitted into the coma; http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/070829.html.
Mar 18 — MESSENGER, Mercury Orbit: Spacecraft enters Mercury orbit; spacecraft to map entire planet in color and conduct various measurements; http://messenger.jhuapl.edu.
May 22-26 — American Astronomical Society, Boston MA: ‘218th Meeting of the AAS;' http://aas.org/meetings/meetings_future.php.
Aug 11 — Launch Juno Jupiter Orbiter, USA: 2nd mission in NASA New Horizons Program; arrives at Jupiter in Oct 2016.
Sep — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to arrive at asteroid Vesta this month; launch in Sep 2007; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html.
Oct 3-7 — International Astronautical Federation, Cape Town, South Africa: '62nd International Astronautical Congress;' http://www.iafastro.com/index.php?id=100.
Oct 9-12 — Geological Society of America, Minneapolis MN: '2011 GSA Annual Meeting;' http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2009/index.htm.
2012
NET 2012 — Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e, China: Earliest expected date for 2nd phase (Robotic Lunar Landing) of China Lunar Exploration Program; 1st China rover / vehicle to be used; time TBD.
Jan — American Astronomical Society, Austin TX: ‘219th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
Apr — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to depart asteroid Vesta this month; launch in Sep 2007; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html.
Jun — American Astronomical Society, Anchorage AK: ‘220th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
Jul 16-22 — Farnborough International Air Show 2012, Farnborough, United Kingdom: '47th Farnborough International Air Show;' International Space Pavilion offers 1,100 square meters of exhibit space dedicated to the products, projects, and professionals in the space industry; http://www.farnborough.com.
Aug 20-31 — International Astronomical Union, Beijing, China: '28th IAU General Assembly;' http://www.iau.org/science/meetings/future/general_assemblies/812/.
Sep — Launch Ares 1 / Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, KSC FL: Test flight of Ares 1 CLV to take place, dubbed 'Ares 2;' suborbital flight to test Ares 1 prototype upper stage, Orion launch abort system; time TBD.
Dec 31 — X Prize Foundation, Santa Monica CA: Google Lunar X Prize deadline for full $20M first prize; if prize not yet claimed first prize now drops to $15M.; http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/about-the-prize.
2013
Jan — American Astronomical Society, Long Beach CA: ‘221st Meeting of the AAS;' http://aas.org/meetings/meetings_future.php.
Mar — Launch Ares 1 CLV / Orion CEV, KSC FL: Unpiloted orbital test flight of Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle; time TBD.
Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘222nd Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
2014
Jan — American Astronomical Society, Washington DC: ‘223rd Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
May — ESA Rosetta Mission, Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko Orbit: Spacecraft arrives at Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko after 10 year journey; http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=2279.
Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘224th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
Jul 14-20 — Farnborough International Air Show 2014, Farnborough, United Kingdom: '48th Farnborough International Air Show;' International Space Pavilion offers 1,100 square meters of exhibit space dedicated to the products, projects, and professionals in the space industry; http://www.farnborough.com.
Dec 31 — X Prize Foundation, Santa Monica CA: Final deadline for winning Google Lunar X Prize; http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/lunar/about-the-prize.
2015
Jan — American Astronomical Society, Seattle WA: ‘225th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
Feb — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: Spacecraft scheduled to arrive at asteroid Ceres this month; launch in Sep 2007; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html.
Mar — Launch Ares 1 CLV / Orion CEV, KSC FL: First piloted flight of Orion Moonship expected; time TBD.
Jun — American Astronomical Society, TBD: ‘226th Meeting of the AAS;' http://www.aas.org.
Jul — NASA Dawn Mission, Asteroid Belt: End of scheduled primary mission; launch in Sep 2007; http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/mission/index.html.
Jul 14 — New Horizons Pluto Encounter, Pluto Trajectory: Spacecraft conducts long-awaited encounter with Pluto today; launched 19 Jan 2006; http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/.
Dec 2015 — ESA Rosetta Mission, Comet 67P / Churyumov- Gerasimenko Orbit: End of scheduled mission; http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=2279.
2016
Jul 18-24 — Farnborough International Air Show 2016, Farnborough, United Kingdom: '49th Farnborough International Air Show;' International Space Pavilion offers 1,100 square meters of exhibit space dedicated to the products, projects, and professionals in the space industry; http://www.farnborough.com.
Oct — Juno Jupiter Orbiter, Jupiter Orbit: 2nd mission in NASA New Horizons Program arrives at Jupiter if 2011 launch on schedule.
2017
2017 — Launch Long March 5 / Chang’e, China: Earliest expected date for 3rd phase of China Lunar Exploration Program to collect samples of lunar soil, and return to Earth as precursor to human missions; time TBD.
2018
2019
Dec — Launch Orion 13, KSC FL: First human lunar landing mission as part of the Constellation mission manifest planned for this month; 21-day mission will see three members of a four man crew set foot on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972; time/date TBD.
2020
2029
Apr 13 — Asteroid 99942 Apophis, Earth Near-Miss: Astronomers say that on this day, which happens to be a Friday, asteroid previously known as 2004 MN4 will narrowly miss hitting Earth by about 30,000 km; asteroid 320 meters in diameter; http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis/.
2036
Apr 13 — Asteroid 99942 Apophis, Earth Near-Miss: Asteroid previously known as 2004 MN4 will make 2nd pass by Earth, missing by about 50 million km; http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis/.
2061
2061 — Halley's Comet, Deep Space : Return of Halley's Comet; http://www.ianridpath.com/halley/halley7.htm.