Week on space 1-7 JUNE

GEMINI 9

 Monday 1

1962: Oscar 2 launched

 Tuesday 2

1930: Charles “Pete” Conrad born
1966: Surveyor 1 lands on Moon
1970: First glide test of M2-F3 lifting body
1998: STS-91 Discovery launched
2003: Mars Express / Beagle 2 launched

 Wednesday 3

Moon at perigee
Venus in inferior conjunction

1948: 200-inch Hale telescope dedicated
1965: Gemini IV launched; Ed White takes America’s first space walk
1966: Gemini IX launched
2017: SpaceX CRS-10 launched, first flight to ISS of previously flown Dragon capsule

 Thursday 4

Mercury greatest elongation (24° E)

1971: Last X-24A lifting body flight
1974: Construction begins on space shuttle Enterprise
2000: Compton Gamma Ray Observatory reenters atmosphere

 Friday 5

Full Moon 3:12 PM ET (Penumbral eclipse)

1819: John Couch Adams born
1989: Voyager 2 begins regular observations of Neptune
1991: STS-40 Columbia launched
2002: STS-111 Endeavour launched

 Saturday 6

1932: Dave Scott born
1971: Soyuz 11 launched, first crew to occupy Salyut 1 space station
1983: Venera 16 launched
2018: Soyuz MS-09 launched carrying ISS Expedition 56/57 crew

 Sunday 7

1992: Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer launched
2011: Soyuz TMA-02M launched carrying ISS Expedition 28/29 crew

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Abhinav P Pradeep, wayanad, Kerala, India

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