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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Jan	1	1801; Italy; Giuseppe Piazza became the first person to record a discovery of an asteroid (1 Ceres).
Jan	2	1900; OSA; Leslie Peltier Was born. 1920; USSR; Isaac Asimov was born. 1959; USSR; Luna 1 was launched to the Moon and solar orbit, became the first craft to leave the Earth's gravity.
Jan	3	1958; USSR; Sputnik 1 was destroyed during re-entry. 1986; USA; Stephen Synnott discovered Uranus' moons Juliet & Portia. 2004; USA; Spirit lands, becomes first rover on Mars.
Jan	4	1963; USSR; ??????? was launched (to the Moon? - failed).
Jan	5	1905; USA; Charles Perrine discovers Jupiter's Moon Elara. 1969; USSR; Venera 5 was launched to Venus. 1972; USA; NASA announced the beginning of the space shuttle program. 2005; USA; Michael Brown, Chadwick Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz discovered a candidate tenth planet within data collected in 2003.
Jan	7	1610; Italy; Galileo Galilei discovered the first 3 moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, and Callisto). 1888; USA; Lick Observatory first used its 36-inch refractor, still the largest in the world. 1968; USA; Surveyor 7 was launched to softland on the Moon, 1968. 1985; Japan; Sakigaki (Japan's first deep-space probe) was launched to study the solar wind and magnetic field as it flew by Comet Halley.
Jan	8	1905; USA?; Paul Gotz discovered asteroids 554 Peraga & 556 Phyllis. 1973; USSR; Luna 21 was launched carrying Lunokhod 2 to the Moon.
Jan	9	1986; USA; Stephen Synnott discovered Uranus' moon Cressida.
Jan	10	1936; USA; Robert Wilson was born (co-discoverer of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation). 1946; USA; The US Army Signal Corps bounced the first radar signals off a celestial body (the Moon). 1969; USSR; Venera 6 was launched to Venus.
Jan	11	1610; Italy; Galileo Galilei discovered the fourth moon of Jupiter (Ganymede). 1787; England; Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus' moons Titania and Oberon.
Jan	13	1986; USA; Stephen Synnott discovered Uranus' moons Belinda, Desdemona, and Rosalind.
Jan	14	1742; England; Edmond Halley died. 2004; Europe; Huygens successfully becomes first craft to land on a body beyond Mars (Saturn's moon, Titan).
Jan	15	1906; Germany; August Kopff discovered asteroid 584 Semiramis. 1976; Germany/USA; Helios 2 was launch into solar orbit to study solar wind.
Jan	17	1997; USA; Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of planet Pluto, died.
Jan	19	1840; International; Antarctica (known since the 1820s) defined as a continent. 1980; Voyager 1 Discovered Saturn's moon Janus. 1965; USA; Gemini-II was launched on an unmanned, suborbital flight.
Jan	20	1930; USA; Buzz Aldrin was born. 1986; USA; Rich Terrile discovered Uranus' moons Cordelia & Ophelia.
Jan	23	1986; USA; Brad Smith discovered Uranus' moon Bianca.
Jan	24	1986; USA; Voyager 2 became the first craft to fly by, and returned the first closeup images of Uranus. 1990; Japan; Hiten was launched to the Moon (see also March 19). 2004; USA; Opportunity lands, becomes second rover on Mars.
Jan	26	1962; USA; Ranger 3 was launched to the Moon (missing by 36,800km). 1980; USA; Voyager 1 discovered Saturn's moon Epimetheus.
Jan	27	1967; USA; 3 Apollo crewmen were killed in a "plugs-out" test of the CSM on the launch pad.
Jan	28	1611; Germany; Johannes Hevelius was born. 1986; USA; space shuttle Challenger exploded 104 seconds after liftoff, killing all 7 crewmembers.
Jan	30	1964; USA; Ranger 6 was launched to impact on the Moon (but the cameras failed). 1969; USA; USA/Canadian satellite ISIS 1 was launched (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies).
Jan	31	1961; USA; Mercury-Redstone 2 launched chimpanzee Ham on a suborbital flight. 1966; USSR; Luna 9 was launched to softland on the Moon. 1971; USA; Apollo 14 launched a crew of 3 to land the third pair of men on the Moon.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Feb	3	1965; USA; OSO 2 was launched for general solar studies. 1966; USSR's Luna 9 landed on the Moon, becoming the first craft to softland on and return images from another celestial body.
Feb	4	1906; USA; Clyde W. Tombaugh was born. 1967; USA; Lunar Orbiter 2 was launched to impact on the Moon.
Feb	5	1971; USA; Apollo 14 became the third manned spacecraft to land on the Moon. 1974; USA; Mariner 10 flew by and returned the first close-up images of Venus, 5,769km distant, and continued on to Mercury.
Feb	6	1991; Russia; Soviet space station Salyut 7 burned up during re-entry.
Feb	7	1984; USA; Bruce McCandless made the first untethered spacewalk.
Feb	9	1905; Germany; Max Wolf discovered asteroid 558 Carmen.
Feb	11	1970; Japan became the 4th nation to launch an artificial satellite, Ohsumi.
Feb	12	1961; USSR; Venera 1 was launched to the first flyby of Venus (contact was lost at 8.5Mkm). 2001; USA; Probe NEAR becomes first craft to land on an asteroid.
Feb	14	1963; USA; Syncom 1, the first geosynchronous satellite, was launched. 1972; USSR; Luna 20 was launched to softland on, and return samples from the Moon. 1980; USA; Solar Maximum Mission was launched to study all aspects of the Sun. 1990; USA; Voyager 1 looks back towards the Sun to take a whole-solar-system "Family Portrait" series of images. 2000; USA; NEAR becomes first artificial satellite of an asteroid, Eros.
Feb	15	1564; Italy; Galileo Galilei was born. 1973; USSR; Prognoz 3 was launched to study solar flares, X- and gamma- rays.
Feb	16	1906; Germany; August Kopff discovered asteroid 585 Bilkis. 1906; USA; Joel Metcalf Discovered asteroids 602 Marianna, 603 Timandra, and 604 Tekmessa. 1948; USA; Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper discovered Uranus' moon Miranda. 1974; Japan; Taiyo (MS-T2) was launched for solar UV and soft X-ray studies.
Feb	17	1964; USA; Ranger 7 was launched to softland on the Moon. 1996; USA; Probe NEAR was launched to rendezvous (and land on) asteroid Eros.
Feb	18	1930; USA; Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto.
Feb	19	1473; Poland; Nicholas Copernicus was born.
Feb	20	1962; USA; Mercury "Freedom 7" was launched, carrying the first US astronaut (John Glenn) to a full Earth orbit. 1986; USSR; Space station Mir was launched.
Feb	21	1906; Germany; Max Wolf discovered asteroid 586 Thekla. 1906; Germany; August Kopff Discovered asteroid 596 Schelia.
Feb	22	1966; USSR; Kosmos 110 (AKA Voshkod 3) launched dogs Veterok and Ugolyok into 23 orbits, and recovery. 1906; Germany; Max Wolf discovered asteroids 587 Hypsipyle and 588 Achilles.
Feb	24	1968; The first discovery of a Pulsar was announced. 1969; USA; Mariner 6 was launched to a flyby of Mars (and is now in solar orbit).
Feb	26	1966; USA; Apollo 3, the first Apollo flight, was launched.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Mar	1	1965; USSR; Venera 3 became the first craft to impact on Venus (crushed during descent). 1966; USSR; Cosmos III was launched (to the Moon? - failed). 1980: USA; Laques & Lechaceux discovered Saturn's moon Helene.
Mar	2	1968; USSR; Zond 4 was launched to the Moon for an unknown purpose. 1972; USA; Pioneer 10 was launched to Jupiter.
Mar	3	1959; USA; Pioneer 4 was launched for solar studies and a lunar flyby. 1967; USA; OGO 5 was launched for solar studies. 1969; USA; Apollo 9 was launched to Earth orbit to test the command and service module and the lunar module.
Mar	4	1979; USA; Voyager 1 discovered Jupiter's ring.
Mar	5	1512; Flanders; Gerardus Mercator (Gerhard Kremer) was born. 1968; USA; Explorer 37 was launched for solar studies. 1979; USA; Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter.
Mar	6	1787; Germany; Joseph von Fraunhofer was born. 1986; USSR; Vega 1 became the first craft to fly by and return close-up (approx. 10,000km) images of Comet Halley.
Mar	7	1792; England; Sir John Frederick William Herschel was born. 1962; USA; OSO 1 was launched for solar studies.
Mar	8	1967; USA; OSO 3 was launched for solar studies. 1986; Japan; Susei (Japan's second deep-space probe) made its closest approach (420,000km) to Comet Halley.
Mar	9	1961; USSR; Sputnik 9 launched a dummy cosmonaut and the dog Chernushka to a single orbit and successful recovery. 1979; USA; Voyager 1 returned the first images of active volcanism on another celestial body (Io). 1986; USSR; USSR's Vega 2 made its closest approach (approx. 3,000km) to Comet Halley.
Mar	11	1960; USA; Pioneer 5 was launched for solar studies. 1977; USA; Uranus' rings were discovered. 1986; Japan; Sakigake made its closest approach (7Mkm) to Comet Halley.
Mar	12	1835; Canada; Simon Newcomb (first president of the American Astronomical Society) was born.
Mar	13	1781; England; German-born Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus. 1855; USA; Percival Lowell was born. 1986; Europe; ESA's Giotto made its closest approach (596km) to Comet Halley, was extensively damaged by dust, and flew on to Comet P/Grigg-Skjellerup.
Mar	14	1835: Italy; Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (correlated meteor showers with comet dust) was born. 1879; Germany; Albert Einstein was born.
Mar	15	1713; France; Nicolas Louis de Lacaille was born.
Mar	16	1750; Germany; Caroline Herschel (sister and recorder for William Herschel) was born. 1926; USA; Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket. 1966; USA; Gemini-VIII launched Neil Armstrong and David Scott to seven orbits. 1975; USA; Mariner 10 made its third (and final) flyby of Mercury.
Mar	17	1930: USA; James Benson Irwin (Apollo 15 module pilot and 8th man on the Moon) was born.
Mar	18	1965; USSR; Voskhod 2 launched the first two-man crew into space, and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov embarked upon the first spacewalk. 1980; USSR; Vostok rocket (carrying military spy Satellite Ikar) explodes at liftoff, killing 48 members of the Soviet Missle Troop (announced April 8, 2000).
Mar	19	1990; Japan; Satellite Nagoromo was released into lunar orbit from rocket Hiten, and Japan becomes the third country to orbit the Moon.
Mar	21	1965; USA; Ranger 9 was launched to impact on the Moon.
Mar	23	1840; country?; The first photograph of the Moon was taken. 1965; USA; Gemini-III was launched, with Virgil Grissom (becoming the first man to return to space) and John Young.
Mar	24	1893; Germany; American astronomer Walter Baade was born.
Mar	25	1655; Netherlands; Christiaan Huygens discovered Saturn's moon Titan. 1961; USSR; Sputnik 10 launched a dummy cosmonaut and the dog Zvezdochka to one orbit and successful recovery.
Mar	26	1972; USSR; Venera 8 was launched to softland on Venus.
Mar	27	1969; USA; Mariner 7 was launched to fly by Mars' southern pole.
Mar	28	1802; Germany; Heinrich Olbers discovered asteroid Pallas. 1986; USA; ICE made its closest approach (31Mkm) to comet Halley.
Mar	29	1807; Germany; Heinrich Olbers discovered asteroid Vesta. 1974; USA; Mariner 10 became the first craft to fly by and return close-up images of Mercury, 694km distant.
Mar	31	1966; USSR; Luna 10 was launched to lunar orbit.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Apr	1	1960; USA; Tiros-1 (first weather satellite) was launched. 1963; USSR; Luna 4 was launched to attempt to land on the Moon (it missed). 1964; USSR; Zond 1 was launched to Venus (contact was lost in a few weeks). 1971; USA; USA/Canadian satellite ISIS 2 was launched (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies).
Apr	2	1845; country?; The first photograph of the Sun was taken. 1963; USSR; Luna 4 was launched to attempt to land on the Moon (it missed). 1964; USSR; Zond 1 was launched to Venus (contact was lost in a few weeks).
Apr	3	1966; USSR; Luna 10 became the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon.
Apr	4	1968; USA; Apollo 6 was launched into Earth orbit for unmanned testing of Apollo systems (failed to reach lunar orbit) 1983; USA; Space shuttle Challenger was launched on her maiden flight.
Apr	5	1973; USA; Pioneer 11 was launched to the outer solar system.
Apr	6	1972; USSR; Cosmos 484 was launched for solar studies. 1992; USA; Isaac Asimov died.
Apr	11	1970; USA; Apollo 13 launched to attempt the fourth manned landing on the Moon (in-flight oxygen tank rupture forced an abort).
Apr	12	1817; France; Charles Joseph Messier died. 1961; USSR; Vostok 1 launched the first man into space (Yuri Gagarin). 1981; USA; space shuttle Columbia (the first reuseable spacecraft) was launched on her maiden flight.
Apr	14	1629; Netherlands; Christiaan Huygens was born. 1972; USSR; USSR's Prognoz 1 was launched for solar studies.
Apr	16	1867; USA; Wilbur Wright was born. 1972; USA; Apollo 16 launched a crew of 3 to land the fifth pair of men on the Moon and use the second manned lunar rover.
Apr	17	1967; USA; Surveyor 3 was launched to softland on the Moon. 1970; USA; Apollo 13 crew splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
Apr	19	1971; USSR; Salyut 1 (the first space station) was launched to earth orbit. 1973; Russian/Czech/East German Intercosmos 9 was launched for solar studies 1975; India; Aryabhata was launched from Kapustin Yar for solar studies.
Apr	20	1961; USA; The first rocket belt flight was performed. 1972; USA; Apollo 16 made the fifth manned lunar landing. 1973; USA; Canada's Anik 2 satellite was launched, part of the world's first domestic geosynchronous satellite system.
Apr	23	1962; USA; Ranger 4 was launched to impact on the Moon (but cameras failed). 1971; USSR; Cosmonauts conducted the first manned docking with a space station.
Apr	24	1962; USSR; Cosmos 3 was launched for solar studies. 1967; USSR; Cosmonaut V. Komarov, aboard Soyuz 1, became the first person to die in space. 1970; China; China became the fifth nation to launch an artificial satellite.
Apr	26	1962; USA/England; launch of first international satellite, Ariel 1.
Apr	28	1900; Netherlands; Jan H. Oort was born.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
May	1	1949; USA; Dutch astronomer Gerard Kuiper discovered Neptune's moon Nereid.
May	4	1967; USA; Lunar Orbiter 4 was launched to the Moon.
May	5	1961; USA; Mercury 3 launched the first American astronaut, Alan Shephard, into space on a suborbital flight.
May	7	1973; USA; Canada's Anik 3 satellite was launched, part of the world's first domestic geosynchronous satellite system.
May	8	1963; USA; Telstar 2 relayed the first transoceanic color TV signal. 1971; USA; Mariner 8 was launched to Mars (but failed to leave Earth's atmosphere).
May	9	1965; USSR; Luna 5 was launched to failed softlanding on the Moon.
May	11	1871; England; Sir John Frederick William Herschel died. 1916; Germany; Einstein presented his "Theory of Relativity".
May	14	1973; USA; Skylab 1, the first US space station, was launched into earth orbit.
May	17	1836; England; Joseph Lockyer was born. 1974; Russian/Czech/E. German Intercosmos 11 was launched for solar studies.
May	18	1969; USA; Apollo 10 was launched to a manned lunar orbit, fully testing all modules (including 14km approach to the Moon).
May	19	1971; USSR; Salyut 1 (the first space station) was launched to earth orbit. 1973; Russian/Czech/E. German Intercosmos 9 was launched for solar studies. 1975; India; Aryabhata was launched from Kapustin Yar for solar studies.
May	20	1978; USA; Pioneer-Venus 1 was launched to orbit Venus.
May	24	1543; Poland; Nicholas Copernicus died.
May	25	1961; USA; President Kennedy declared that landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade was a national objective.
May	28	1971; USSR; Mars 3 was launched to the first softlanding on Mars.
May	29	1919; country?; Einstein's theory of relativity was tested by a British solar eclipse expedition (light rays from Regulus were deflected by the Sun's gravity). 1974; USSR; Luna 22 was launched to the Moon.
May	30	1966; USA; Surveyor 1 was launched to a lunar softlanding. 1971; USA; Mariner 9 was launched to the first orbit of Mars.
May	31	1955; USSR; Soviets began construction on their Cosmodrome launching site.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Jun	1	1966; USA; Surveyor 1 softlanded on the Moon.
Jun	3	1948; USA; Hale observatory's 200-inch telescope was dedicated. 1965; USA; Edward White performed the first American spacewalk, 1965. 1974; USA; Explorer 52 was launched for solar studies.
Jun	5	1819; England; John Couch Adams was born (first to correctly theorize undiscovered Neptune's location, 1845). 1969; USA; OGO 6 was launched for auroral studies.
Jun	6	1971; USSR; Soyuz 7 was launched into Earth orbit, carrying the first men to a space station (Salyut 1).
Jun	7	1966; USA; OGO 3 was launched for Earth-Sun relationship studies.
Jun	8	1625; Italy; Giovanni Cassini was born. 1695; Netherlands; Christiaan Huygens died. 1957; USA; the X-15 was flown for the first time. 1965; USSR; Luna 6 was launched to, but missed the Moon. 1975; USSR; Venera 9 was launched to the first orbit of Venus (and later returned the first image of the surface of Venus).
Jun	9	1931; USA; Robert Goddard patented the first rocket-powered aircraft design.
Jun	10	1973; USA; Explorer 49 was launched to perform radio astronomy from the lunar farside.
Jun	12	1967; USSR; Venera 4 was launched to impact on Venus.
Jun	13	1983; USA; Pioneer 10 became first spacecraft to leave the known solar system.
Jun	14	1967; USA; Mariner 5 was launched to flyby of Venus. 1975; USSR's Venera 10 was launched to softland on Venus.
Jun	16	1963; USSR; Vostok 6 was launched into Earth orbit (Valentina Tereshkova, the first and only woman to perform a solo flight in space). 1967; USSR; Cosmos 166 was launched for solar X-ray studies.
Jun	18	1926; USA; Allan Sandage was born. 1983; USA; Space shuttle Challenger was launched into Earth orbit, carrying Sally Ride, the first American woman into space.
Jun	19	1976; USA; Viking 1 achieved orbit of Mars. 1981; Europe; ESA's first successful launch of Ariane carried it into Earth orbit.
Jun	20	1939; Germany; the first liquid-fuel rocket plane is flown.
Jun	21	1975; USA; OSO 8 was launched for solar studies. 2004; USA; SpaceShipOne, first privately-funded rocket launched into space (100km).
Jun	22	1675; England; The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded. 1978; USA; James Christy discovered Pluto's moon, Charon.
Jun	25	1894; Romania; Hermann (Julius) Oberth was born.
Jun	26	1730; France; Charles Joseph Messier was born.
Jun	27	1962; USA; The X-15 set a speed record of 6,606km/hr (4,105mph).
Jun	28	1889; USA; Maria Mitchell died.
Jun	29	1868; USA; George Ellery Hale was born. 1972; USSR; Prognoz 2 was launched for solar studies.
Jun	30	1905; Switzerland; Albert Einstein published a paper introducing the theory of Special Relativity. 1908; Russia; The Tunguska event occurred. 1971; USSR; The crew (3) of Soyuz 11 died during reentry. 1972; Russian/Czech/East German Intercosmos 7 was launched for solar short-wave radiation studies. 2001; USA; WMAP was launched to probe the conditions present in the early universe.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Jul	1	1966; USA; Explorer 33 was launched to the Moon (failed).
Jul	2	1985; Europe; ESA's Giotto was launched to fly-bys of Comets Halley and P/Grigg-Skjellerup.
Jul	4	1054; Global?; The sighting of the supernova that created the Crab Nebula was first recorded.
Jul	5	1966; USA; Unmanned Apollo 2 was launched for the first Apollo orbiter test.
Jul	6	1687; England; "Principia" was published by Sir Isaac Newton.
Jul	8	1971; USA; Explorer 44 was launched for solar studies.
Jul	9	1979; USA; Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Jupiter.
Jul	10	1962; USA; Telstar, the world's first private telecommunications satellite, was launched. 1992; Europe; Giotto made its closest approach (200km) to comet P/Grigg-Skjellerup.
Jul	11	1979; USA; Skylab burned up upon reentry over western Australia.
Jul	12	2006; USA; Genesis Pathfinder was launched, a technology demonstration for the inflatable Nautilus space station structure.
Jul	13	1969; USSR; USSR's Luna 15 was launched to orbit and crash on the Moon.
Jul	14	1965; USA; Mariner 4 made the first controlled flyby of, and returned the first close-up images of Mars, from a distance of 9,846km. 1967; USA; Surveyor 4 was launched to (failed and crashed onto) the Moon.
Jul	15	1975; USA/USSR; Apollo/Soyuz mission was launched, the first joint space effort between the USA and the USSR.
Jul	16	1746; Italy; Giuseppe Piazzi was born. 1969; USA; Apollo 11 launched a crew of 3 to land the first pair of men on the Moon. 1974; USA; Germany's Aeros 2 was launched from Vandenberg AFB for solar studies.
Jul	17	1850; country?; Vega became the first star to be photographed. 1975; USA/USSR; The crews of Soyuz and Apollo performed the first USA-USSR space docking.
Jul	18	1965; USSR; Zond 3 was launched to fly by the Moon. 1966; USA; Gemini-X launched John Young & Michael Collins to rendezvous and dock with Gemini Agena.
Jul	19	1846; USA; Edward Pickering was born. 1967; USA; Explorer 35 was launched to study the Earth's magnetic field.
Jul	20	1969; USA; Apollo 11 made the first manned landing on the Moon. 1976; USA; Viking 1 softlanded on and returned the first pictures from the surface of Mars.
Jul	21	1961; USA; Mercury 4 was launched (Virgil "Gus" Grissom) for a sub-orbital flight. 1973; USSR; Mars 4 was launched to a flyby (failed orbit) of Mars.
Jul	22	1962; USA; Mariner 1 was launched (failed the launch). 1972; USSR; Venera 8 softlanded on Venus.
Jul	24	1950; USA; A German V-2 became the first rocket to be launched from Cape Canaveral.
Jul	25	1973; USSR; Mars 5 was launched to orbit Mars (contact was lost).
Jul	26	1971; USA; Apollo 15 launched a crew of 3 to land the fourth pair of men on the Moon and use the first manned lunar rover.
Jul	27	1801; England; George Airy was born. 1976; Sweden/USSR; Intercosmos 16 was launched for solar studies.
Jul	28	1851; country?; A total solar eclipse was photographed for the first time. 1962; USSR; Cosmos 7 was launched to monitor solar flares In preparation for the manned Vostok 3 and 4 flights. 1964; USA; Ranger 7 was launched to softland on the Moon. 1967; USA; OGO 4 was launched for Earth/Sun studies.
Jul	29	1958; USA; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was founded.
Jul	30	1971; USA; Apollo 15 made the fourth manned lunar landing.
Jul	31	1964; USA; Ranger 7 returned the first images from the surface of the Moon. 1969; USA; Mariner 6 made its flyby of Mars at a distance of 3,412km.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Aug	1	1967; USA; Lunar Orbiter 5 was launched to eventual impact on the Moon.
Aug	4	1971; USA; Apollo 15 launched the first lunar satellite from a manned spacecraft.
Aug	5	1969; USA; Mariner 7 flew past Mars at a distance of 3.534km. 1973; USSR; Mars 6 was launched to softland on Mars (contact was lost during descent).
Aug	6	1181; China; Discovery of a supernova in Cassiopeia was recorded (remnant now known as "3C 58" or "G130.7+3.1"). 1961; USSR; Vostok 2 was launched (Gherman Titov, second man in space) on a 25-hr flight.
Aug	7	1959; USA; Explorer 6 was launched to take the first satellite image of the Earth. 1976; USA; Viking 2 entered orbit around Mars.
Aug	8	1969; USSR; Zond 7 was launched to the Moon. 1976; USA; Viking 2 established orbit around Mars. 1978; USA; Pioneer-Venus 2 was launched with four probes to impact on, and one to orbit Venus.
Aug	9	1969; USA; OSO 6 was launched for solar studies. 1973; USSR; Mars 7 was launched to orbit of Mars (but flew by). 1976; USSR; Luna 24 was launched to softland on the Moon, drill a core sample, and return to the Earth. 2006; USA; James Van Allen (discoverer of the Earth's "Van Allen Belts") died.
Aug	10	1960; USA; Discoverer 13 was launched. 1966; USA; Lunar Orbiter 1 was launched to photograph smooth areas of the lunar surface for future landings.
Aug	11	1877; USA; Asaph Hall discovered Mars' moon Deimos. 1977; USA; Mock shuttle Enterprise made the first approach and landing test.
Aug	12	1960; USA; Echo 1, the first communications satellite was launched.
Aug	13	1596; Denmark?; David Fabricius determines Mira (Omicron Ceti) is a variable star (the second variable discovered). 1814; Sweden; Anders Jonas Ångström was born.
Aug	17	1877; USA; Asaph Hall discovered Mars' moon Phobos. 1958; USA; Thor-Able 1 was launched for the first attempt to reach the Moon (but failed). 1966; USA; Pioneer 7 was launched to solar orbit. 1970; USSR; Venera 7 was launched to the first softlanding on Venus.
Aug	18	1985; Japan; Suisei was launched to flyby of Comet Halley.
Aug	19	1646; England; John Flamsteed was born. 1871; USA; Orville Wright was born.
Aug	20	1975; USA; Viking 1 was launched to return the first images from the surface of Mars. 1977; USA; Voyager 2 was launched.
Aug	21	1965; USA; Gemini-V was launched, with Gordon Cooper becoming the first man to make a second orbital flight. 2002; USA; Atlas V launch vehicle is sent on its maiden flight, carrying a French satellite.
Aug	22	1963; USA; The X-15 rocket plane set an altitude record of 108km (354,300ft). 1976; USSR; Luna 24 returned to the Earth from the Moon.
Aug	23	1966; USA; Lunar Orbiter 1 returned the first image of the Earth from the vicinity of the Moon.
Aug	24	1966; USSR; USSR's Luna 11 was launched from an earth-orbiting platform to orbit the Moon. 2006; Czech Republic; The IAU formalized a definition for "planet", which now excludes Pluto.
Aug	25	1822; England; Sir William Herschel died. 1965; USA; OSO C failed on the launch pad. 1981; USA; Voyager 2 flew by Saturn. 1989; USA; Voyager 2 became first craft to fly by Neptune.
Aug	26	1962; USA; Mariner 2 was launched to the first controlled flyby of Venus.
Aug	27	1969; USA; Pioneer E failed on the launchpad.
Aug	28	1789; England; Sir William Herschel discovered Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Aug	30	1984; USA; Space shuttle Discovery was launched on her maiden flight. 1991; Japan; Yohkoh was launched to observe solar X-ray and gamma-ray phenomena.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Sep	1	1979; USA; Pioneer 11 flew past and returned the first close-up images of Saturn.
Sep	2	1804; Germany; Asteroid Juno was discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding. 1971; USSR; Luna 18 was launched to orbit the Moon (and eventually crashed).
Sep	3	1976; USA; Viking 2 softlanded on Mars.
Sep	4	1964; USA; OGO 1 was launched for solar studies.
Sep	7	1914; USA; James van Allen was born.
Sep	5	1977; USA; Voyager 1 was launched to Jupiter, Saturn, and interstellar space.
Sep	8	1966; USA; The pilot for the TV show "Star Trek" airs. 1967; USA; Surveyor 5 was launched to softland on the Moon.
Sep	9	1892; USA; Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Jupiter's moon Amalthea. 1975; USA; Viking 2 was launched to softland on Mars. 1978; USSR; Venera 11 was launched to softland on Venus.
Sep	11	1985; USA; ICE made the first flyby (7,862km) of a comet (Giacobini-Zinner).
Sep	12	1959; USSR; Luna 2, the first craft to impact on the Moon, was launched. 1966; USA; Gemini-XI launched Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon to rendezvous with an Agena target vehicle. 1970; USSR; Luna 16 was launched to the Moon to return 100gm of soil.
Sep	14	1712; France; Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini died. 1974; USA; Charles Kowal discovered Jupiter's moon Leda. 1978; USSR; Venera 12 was launched to softland on Venus.
Sep	15	1968; USSR; Zond 5 was launched to orbit the Moon, then splash down in the Indian Ocean. 1991; USA; Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was launched into orbit from the Space Shuttle.
Sep	16	1946; England; James Hopwoodd Jeans died.
Sep	18	1819; France; Jean Benard Leon Focault was born. 1959; USA; Vanguard 3 was launched for solar studies. 1977; USA; Voyager 1 returned the first image of the Earth and Moon together.
Sep	19	1848; USA; William Cranch Bond discovered Saturn's moon Hyperion.
Sep	20	1966; USA; Surveyor 2 was launched to softland (but crashed) on the Moon. 1970; USSR; Zond 8 was launched to orbit the Moon and return.
Sep	21	1974; USA; Mariner 10 made its second flyby of Mercury.
Sep	22	1977; USSR; Prognoz 6 was launched for solar studies. 2001; USA; Deep Space 1 flew by to within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
Sep	23	1791; Germany; Johann Franz Encke was born. 1846; Germany; Johann Galle discovered Neptune with positional guidance provided by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier.
Sep	25	1960; USA; Atlas-Able 5 was launched to (but failed to reach) the Moon.
Sep	26	1983; USSR; Soyuz T-10A exploded on the launch pad and the crew ejected safely.
Sep	28	1951; USA; Seth Nickolson discovered Saturn's moon Ananke. 1953; USA; Edwin Hubble died. 1962; USA; Alouette, Canada's first satellite was launched to study the Earth's ionosphere. 1971; Japan; Shinsei SS1 was launched for solar studies. 1971; USSR; Luna 19 was launched to orbit the Moon.
Sep	29	1971; USA; OSO 7 was launched for solar studies.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Oct	1	1958; USA; The inauguration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) took place.
Oct	2	1984; USSR; An endurance record of 237 days in space was set by a Russian cosmonaut.
Oct	3	1985; USA; Space shuttle Atlantis was launched on her maiden flight.
Oct	4	1957; USSR; Sputnik 1 was launched to become the first artificial satellite. 1959; USSR; Luna 3 was launched to the first circumlunar flight. 1965; USSR; Luna 7 was launched to softland (but crashed) on the Moon. 2004; USA; SpaceShipOne became the first privately-funded craft to return to space, winning the $10M X Prize.
Oct	5	1882; USA; Robert Goddard was born. 1923; USA; The first Cepheid variable in M31 was identified by Edwin Hubble.
Oct	7	1959; USSR; Luna 3 returned the first images of the lunar farside.
Oct	8	1873; Denmark; Ejnar Hertzsprung was born.
Oct	10	1846; England; William Lassell discovered Neptune's moon Triton.
Oct	11	1958; USA; Pioneer 1 was launched to the Moon (failed after 43 hours). 1968; USA; Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo, was launched into earth orbit. 1971; USSR; Salyut 1, the first space station, burned up during deorbit reentry.
Oct	12	1964; USSR; Voskhod 1 carried the first three-man crew into space.
Oct	14	1947; USA; Chuck Yeager, flying a Bell X-1, became the first man to break the sound barrier. 1965; USA; OGO 2 was launched for solar studies. 1969; International; Intercosmos 1 was launched from Plesetsk for solar studies. 1970; International; Intercosmos 4 was launched from Kapustin Yar for studies of the Earth and Sun.
Oct	18	1962; USA; Ranger 5 was launched to impact on the Moon (missed by 725km). 1967; USA; OSO 4 was launched for Solar studies.
Oct	19	1967; USA; Mariner 5 flew past Venus at a distance of 3,990km.
Oct	20	1972; USA; Harlow Shapley died.
Oct	22	2136 BC; China; The first historical record was made of a solar eclipse. 1966; USSR; Luna 12 was launched to softland on the Moon. 1975; USSR; USSR's Venera 9 sent the first images from and of the surface of Venus.
Oct	24	1601; Bohemia; Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe died. 1851; England; William Lassell discovered Uranus' moons Ariel and Umbriel.
Oct	25	1877; France; Italian-born Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered Saturn's moon Iapetus. 1877; USA; Henry Norris Russell was born.
Oct	28	1974; USSR; Luna 23 was launched to return samples of (but failed to take off from) the Moon.
Oct	29	1656; England; Sir Edmund Halley was born. 1967; USSR; Kosmos 186 and 188 performed the first automated docking in space.
Oct	30	1978; USSR; Prognoz 7 was launched to study the Earth and Sun. 1981; USSR; Venera 13 was launched to softland on, return images from, and take soil analysis of Venus.

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Nov	1	1932; Germany; Liquid-fuel rocket development was commenced by Werner von Braun, Germany. 1962; USSR; Mars 1 was launched to the first flyby of Mars (but contact was broken). 1977; USA; Charles Kowal discovered asteroid Chiron.
Nov	2	1885; USA; Harlow Shapley was born.
Nov	3	1973; USA; Mariner 10 was launched to Venus and the first flyby (and two more) of Mercury. 1973; USA; Pioneer 10 made the first flyby and returned the first close-up images of Jupiter.
Nov	4	1981; USSR; Venera 14 was launched to soft landing on Venus.
Nov	5	1879; England?; James Clerk Maxwell died. 1906; USA; Fred Whipple was born. 1964; USA; Mariner 3 was launched to Mars, but was lost when its shroud failed to jettison. 1967; USA; ATS-3 was launched to take the first image of the whole earth. 1992; Netherlands; Jan Oort died.
Nov	6	1966; USA; Lunar Orbiter 2 was launched to orbit the Moon and eventual impact.
Nov	7	1918; USA; Robert Goddard demonstrated tube-launched solid-fuel rockets. 1967; USA; Surveyor 6 was launched to land on the Moon. 1996; USA; Mars Global Surveyor was launched to orbit and survey Mars; performed well for over nine years.
Nov	8	1656; England; Sir Edmund Halley was born. 1958; USA; Pioneer 2 was launched to, but failed to reach the Moon. 1968; USA; Pioneer 9 was launched into solar orbit for general solar studies. 1969; USA; West Germany's Azur was launched for solar studies. 2006; Russia; Proton rocket launches Arabsat 4B communications satellite into orbit.
Nov	9	1934; USA; Carl Sagan was born. 1967; USA; Unmanned Apollo 4 was launched into earth orbit to test Apollo's reentry capsule. 1972; USA; Canada's Anik 1 satellite was launched, part of the world's first domestic geosynchronous satellite system.
Nov	10	1968; USSR; Zond 6 was launched on a round trip to the Moon. 1970; USSR; Luna 17 was launched to land on the Moon.
Nov	11	1966; USA; Gemini-XII was launched into earth orbit to rendezvous and dock with an Agena vehicle, and to evaluate EVA. Also took first space-based image of a solar eclipse.
Nov	12	1965; USSR; Venera 2 was launched to failed mission to Venus. 1980; USA; Voyager 1 flew past Saturn. 1981; USA; Shuttle Columbia was launched and became the first manned spacecraft to fly twice.
Nov	13	1831; Scotland; James Clerk Maxwell was born. 1971; USA; Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars.
Nov	14	1969; USA; Apollo 12 launched a crew of 3 to land the second pair of men on the Moon. 1971; USA; Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars.
Nov	15	1630; Germany; Johannes Kepler was born. 1738; Germany; Sir William Herschel was born.
Nov	16	1965; USSR; Venera 3 was launched to Venus (but was crushed during descent), and became the first spacecraft to impact on Venus. 2001; USA; the Genesis was placed at the Earth-Sun L1 point to monitor and collect solar wind ions.
Nov	17	1970; USSR; Luna 17 deployed Lunokhod 1, the first lunar rover (unmanned).
Nov	18	1965; USA; Explorer 30 was launched to study solar radiation.
Nov	19	1969; USA; Apollo 12 made the second manned lunar landing.
Nov	20	1889; USA; Edwin Hubble was born.
Nov	21	1783; France; Parisian physicist Francis Pilatre de Rozier became the first human to fly in a Montgolfier balloon.
Nov	22	1944; England; Sir Arthur Eddington died.
Nov	25	1965; USA; Canada's Alouette 2 satellite was launched to study the Earth's ionosphere. 1976; USSR; Prognoz 5 was launched for solar studies.
Nov	26	1885; country?; The first photograph of a meteor was made. 1959; USA; Atlas-Able 4 was launched to, but failed to reach the Moon. 1963; USA; Explorer 18 was launched to monitor solar flares. 1965; France; became the third nation to launch an artificial satellite.
Nov	27	1971; USSR; Mars 2 entered Mars orbit, and its probe made the first impact on Mars.
Nov	28	1964; USA; Mariner 4 was launched to fly by and return the first close-up images of Mars. 1965; France; France became the third nation to launch a satellite, "A-1" later renamed "Asterix", as a test for the Diamante launch vehicle.
Nov	29	1961; USA; Mercury 5 launched Enos, a chimpanzee into Earth orbit.
Nov	30	1964; USSR; Zond 2 was launched to Mars (but contact was lost).

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Month	Day	Year; Country; Event
Dec	1	1965; USA; NASA begins the Skylab program.
Dec	2	1971; USSR; Mars 3 made the first softlanding on, and returned the first signals from the surface of Mars. 1971; USSR; Russian/Czech Intercosmos 5 was launched from Kapustin Yar for solar studies. 1974; USA; Pioneer 11 flew past Jupiter.
Dec	3	1965; USSR; Luna 8 was launched to soft-land (but impacted) on the Moon. 1973; USA; Pioneer 10 made the first flyby of, and returned the first close-up images of Jupiter.
Dec	4	1821; Germany; Wilhelm Tempel was born. 1965; USA; Gemini-VII was launched into earth orbit. 1978; USA; Pioneer Venus 1 became the first craft to orbit Venus. 1996; Mars Pathfinder was launched, carrying the rover "Sojourner".
Dec	5	1968; USA; HEOS 1 was launched for solar studies.
Dec	6	1957; USA; Failed US first attempt to launch a satellite. 1958; USA; Pioneer 3 was launched to the Moon (provided radiation data).
Dec	7	1905; Netherlands; Gerard Kuiper was born. 1972; USA; Apollo 17 launched a crew of 3 to land the sixth (and still last) pair of men on the Moon and use the third manned lunar rover. 1995; USA; Galileo enters orbit around Jupiter.
Dec	8	1845; Germany; Karl Hencke discovered asteroid 5 Astraea.
Dec	10	1950; meterorite falls in St. Louis, striking a car. 1974; USA; West Germany's Helios 1 was launched for solar studies.
Dec	11	1972; USA; Apollo 17 landed on the Moon.
Dec	12	1961; USA; Battery-operated OSCAR-1 was launched, repeating a message of "HI-HI" for three weeks. 2004; USA; Rover Opportunity lands on Mars.
Dec	13	1967; USA; Pioneer 8 was launched for solar studies.
Dec	14	1546; Denmark; Tycho Brahe was born. 1962; USA; Mariner 2 made the first controlled flyby of another planet (Venus, at a distance of 34,752km).
Dec	15	1960; USA; Atlas-Able 5B was launched to, but failed to reach the Moon. 1965; USA; Gemini-XI was launched to test rendezvous procedures (with Gemini-VII). 1966; France; Audouin Dollfus discovered Saturn's moon "Janus". 1970; USSR; Venera 7 became the first craft to softland on and return signals from the surface of Venus.
Dec	16	1826; Italy; Giovanni Battista Donati (spectroscopist and comet hunter) was born. 1965; USA; Pioneer 6 was launched for solar studies. 1972; USA; West Germany's Aeros 1 was launched from Vandenberg AFB for solar UV studies. 1984; USSR; Vega 1 was launched to a flyby of Venus to drop off a probe, then to a flyby of Comet Halley.
Dec	17	1903; USA; The Wright brothers made the first flight of a powered, heavier-than-air craft. 1905; Germany; Max Wolf discovered Asteroid 580 Selene.
Dec	18	1958; USA; President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Christmas message became the first voice broadcast to utilize a spacecraft for transmission.
Dec	19	1960; USA; Unmanned Mercury 1 was launched.
Dec	20	1996; USA; Carl Sagan died.
Dec	21	1966; USSR; Luna 13 was launched to softland on the Moon. 1968; USA; Apollo 8 was launched to the Moon (the first manned craft to leave Earth's gravity). 1984; USSR; Vega 2 was launched to a flyby of Venus to drop off a probe, then to a flyby of Comet Halley.
Dec	22	1975; USSR; Prognoz 4 was launched for solar studies.
Dec	23	1672; France; Italian-born Giovanni Cassini discovered Saturn's moon Rhea.
Dec	24	1761; France; Jean-Louis Pons (comet hunter) was born. 1905; USA; Joel Metcalf discovered asteroid 581 Tauntonia. 1965; England; fragments from exploded meteor shower the town of Barwell. 1968; USA; Apollo 8 became the first manned craft to orbit the Moon.
Dec	25	1642; England; Sir Isaac Newton was born. 1758; country?; The first sighting of a comet's predicted return (Halley's) was recorded.
Dec	26	1968; USSR; Cosmos 262 was launched for solar UV and X-ray studies.
Dec	27	1571; Germany; Johannes Kepler was born.
Dec	28	1882; England; Sir Arthur S. Eddington was born. 1948; USA; The USA announced a study to launch an earth satellite.
Dec	30	2000; USA; Probe Cassini flies past Jupiter on way to Saturn. 1985; USA; Stephen Synnott Discovered of Uranus' moon Puck.
Dec	31	1719; England; John Flamsteed died.

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