Week on space 15-21 JUNE

 Monday 15

1971: First Titan III-D rocket launch
2010: Soyuz TMA-19 launched carrying ISS Expedition 24/25 crew

 Tuesday 16

Uranus 4° north of Moon

1963: Vostok 6 launched; Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space, still the only solo spaceflight by a woman
2012: Shenzhou 9 launched, fourth Chinese human space flight

 Wednesday 17

Mercury stationary

1985: STS-51G Discovery launched

 Thursday 18

1799: William Lassell born
1983: STS-7 Challenger launched; Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space
2009: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) launched

 Friday 19

Venus 0.7° south of Moon

1999: QuikSCAT launched

 Saturday 20

Solstice 5:44 PM ET

1985: NASA announces cola wars will take place on shuttle mission STS-51F
1996: STS-78 Columbia launched

 Sunday 21

New Moon 2:41 AM ET

1993: STS-57 Endeavour launched
2004: SpaceShipOne launched, first privately-funded human space flight

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Abhinav P Pradeep, wayanad, Kerala, India

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