Week on space 6-12 JULY

ISS

 Monday 6

Saturn 2° north of Moon

1687: Isaac Newton publishes his Principia

 Tuesday 7

1995: Final test flight of DC-X rocket
1998: First satellite launch from a submarine
2003: Mars rover Opportunity launched
2016: Soyuz MS-01 launched carrying ISS Expedition 48/49 crew

 Wednesday 8

1994: STS-65 Columbia launched
2009: First flight test of Max Launch Abort System
2011: STS-135 Atlantis launched, final shuttle mission

 Thursday 9

1945: White Sands Missile Range opens
1979: Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter

 Friday 10

Neptune 4° north of Moon
Venus greatest illuminated extent

1962: Telstar 1 launched, allowing transatlantic transmission of TV signals
1992: Giotto spacecraft flies past comet Grigg-Skjellerup

 Saturday 11

Mars 2° north of Moon

1962: NASA selects lunar orbit rendezvous method for lunar landings
1969: X-24A lifting body rolled out for first time
1979: Skylab reenters atmosphere

 Sunday 12

Venus 1° north of Aldebaran
Moon at apogee
Last Qtr Moon 7:29 PM ET

1966: First glide test of M2-F2 lifting body
2000: Zvezda Service Module launched to ISS
2001: STS-104 Atlantis launched

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