Week on space 20-26 APRIL

 Monday 20

Moon at apogee

1972: Apollo 16 lands on Moon

 Tuesday 21

Lyrid meteor shower

1997: Cremated remains of 24 people launched into orbit aboard Pegasus rocket in first space funeral

 Wednesday 22

New Moon 10:26 PM ET
Lyrid meteor shower

2010: X-37B spacecraft launched

 Thursday 23

1858: Max Planck born
1962: Ranger 4 launched
1963: M2-F1 lifting body first free flight
1996: Priroda module launched to Mir space station

 Friday 24

1970: China becomes fifth nation to launch its own satellite
1990: STS-31 Discovery launched

 Saturday 25

1962: Second Block I Saturn C-1 (SA-2) launched
1990: Hubble Space Telescope deployed
2003: ISS Expedition Seven crew launched on Soyuz TMA-2

 Sunday 26

Uranus in conjunction with Sun
Vesta 0.1° south of Moon
Venus 6° north of Moon

1920: Shapley-Curtis debate on the nature and distance of spiral nebulae

1993: STS-55 Columbia launched

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