Week on space 11-17 MAY

Sputnik 3

 Monday 11

Saturn stationary
Pallas stationary

2009: STS-125 Atlantis launched, fifth and final Hubble servicing mission

 Tuesday 12

Jupiter 2° north of Moon
Saturn 3° north of Moon

1930: Adler Planetarium opens, first planetarium in Western Hemisphere

 Wednesday 13

Venus stationary

1964: Apollo A-001 launched (Little Joe II test flight)

 Thursday 14

Last Qtr Moon 10:03 AM ET
Jupiter stationary
Mars 3° north of Moon

1973: Skylab launched
2009: Herschel and Planck space observatories launched
2010: STS-132 Atlantis launched

 Friday 15

1857: Williamina Fleming born
1958: Sputnik 3 launched
1963: Faith 7 launched, last Mercury program flight
1997: STS-84 Atlantis launched, sixth Mir docking mission
2012: Soyuz TMA-04M launched carrying ISS Expedition 31/32 crew

 Saturday 16

Neptune 4° north of Moon

2011: STS-134 Endeavour launched

 Sunday 17

Mercury 7° north of Aldebaran

1836: Norman Lockyer born
1974: SMS-1 launched, first geostationary weather satellite

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