The Space Calendar is updated monthly and the latest copy is available at ames.arc.nasa.gov in the /pub/SPACE/FAQ. Please send any updates or corrections to Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov). Note that launch dates are subject to change. The following people made contributions to this month's calendar: o Jeff Hagan - COMET launch is now in August 1993. o Doug Ramsay - UHF-2 launch is now July 22, 1993. o Frank Knight - APEX launch is now September 14, 1993. Also, Seastar and SeaWIFS are the same mission, SeaWIFS is one of the instruments on Seastar. o Greg Bollendonk - STS-51 launch date is now July 15, 1993. o Dennis Newkirk - Various Soyuz/Progress launch dates and landings. ========================= SPACE CALENDAR May 28, 1993 ========================= * indicates change from last month's calendar May 1993 May ?? - Radcal Scout Launch June 1993 Jun ?? - Temisat Meteor 2 Launch Jun ?? - NOAA-I Atlas Launch Jun ?? - First Test Flight of the Delta Clipper (DC-X), Unmanned * Jun ?? - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Launch (India) * Jun 02 - Galaxy 4 Ariane Launch Jun 04 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from North America Jun 14 - Sakigake, 2nd Earth Flyby (Japan) * Jun 14 - STS-57, Endeavour, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R) Jun 22 - 15th Anniversary of Charon Discovery (Pluto's Moon) by Christy * Jun 24 - GPS Launch July 1993 Jul 01 - Soyuz TM-17 Launch (Soviet) * Jul 09 - Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B Ariane Launch * Jul 15 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Jul 20-21 - Iapetus/Saturn Eclipse * Jul 21 - Soyuz TM-16 Landing (Soviet) * Jul 22 - UHF-2 Atlas Launch * Jul 27 - Progress M-19 Launch (Soviet) Jul 28 - S. Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 19:00 UT, Solar Longitude 125.8 degrees) Jul 29 - NASA's 35th Birthday August 1993 Aug ?? - ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite) H2 Launch (Japan) Aug ?? - GEOS-J Launch Aug ?? - Landsat 6 Launch Aug ?? - ORBCOM FDM Pegasus Launch * Aug ?? - Commercial Experiment Transporter (COMET) Conestoga 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 13 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #20 (TCM-20) Aug 24 - Mars Observer, Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) Aug 25 - STS-58, Columbia, Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2) * Aug 26 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #21 (TCM-21) Aug 28 - Galileo, Asteroid Ida Flyby (9:52 AM PDT) September 1993 Sep ?? - SPOT-3 Ariane Launch Sep ?? - Tubsat Launch * Sep ?? - MSTI-II Scout Launch * Sep 02 - GPS Launch * Sep 14 - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch * Sep 26 - Galileo, End of Ida Data Playback, Part 1 October 1993 Oct ?? - Intelsat 7 F1 Ariane Launch Oct ?? - SLV-1 Pegasus Launch Oct ?? - Telstar 4 Atlas Launch * Oct 01 - Seastar Pegasus Launch * Oct 05 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #22 (TCM-22) * Oct 12 - Soyuz TM-20 Launch (Soviet) Oct 22 - Orionid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 00:00 UT, Solar Longitude 208.7 degrees) * Oct 28 - GPS Launch November 1993 Nov ?? - Solidaridad/MOP-3 Ariane Launch * Nov ?? - Soyuz TM-17 Landing (Soviet) 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 America December 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 - DSPSE (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 15 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #22A (TCM-22A) Feb 21 - DSPSE (Clementine), Lunar Orbit Insertion Feb 25 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 6 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission) March 1994 Mar ?? - TC-2C Launch * Mar 02 - GPS Launch Mar 05 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 1 Jupiter flyby * Mar 08 - Galileo, Ida Data Playback, Part 2 (3 months) 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 Launch * Mar 31 - STS-59, Endeavour, SRL-1 April 1994 Apr ?? - Equator S Scout Launch * Apr ?? - GOES-Next Launch Apr 04 - Mars Observer, Perihelion May 1994 * May ?? - ISTP Polar Delta-2 Launch * May ?? - Soyuz TM-19 Launch (Soviet) * May ?? - Helios 1 Launch * May ?? - ISO Launch * May 04 - 5th Anniversary, Magellan Launch (Venus Orbiter) * May 04 - Mars Observer, Mars Southern Summer * May 05 - STS-63, Discovery, SPACEHAB-3 * May 10 - Annular Eclipse, Visible from Mexico & USA * May 25 - Lunar Eclipse * May 29 - Ulysses, Begin of 1st Solar Passage