Monday 27
First Qtr Moon 8:32 AM ET
1962: USA launched Marinar 2
Tuesday 28
Delta Aquarid meteor shower
1851: First photo of total solar eclipse
1964: Ranger 7 lunar probe launched
1973: Skylab 3 crew launched on 59-day mission
2017: Soyuz MS-05 launched carrying ISS Expedition 52/53 crew
Wednesday 29
Delta Aquarid meteor shower
1985: STS-51F Challenger launched
Thursday 30
1965: SA-10 launched, last Saturn 1 vehicle
1971: Apollo 15 lands on Moon
Friday 31
1969: Mariner 6 flies by Mars
1971: First vehicle driven on Moon by Apollo 15 astronauts Scott & Irwin
1992: STS-46 Atlantis launched
1999: Lunar Prospector mission ends
Saturday 1
Jupiter 1.5° north of Moon
1818: Maria Mitchell born
1967: Lunar Orbiter V launched
1968: Saturn V production ends
1973: First X-24B lifting body glide test
Sunday 2
Mercury 7° south of Pollux
Pluto 1.1° north of Moon
Saturn 2° north of Moon
1971: Apollo 15 lunar module Falcon leaves Moon in first televised lunar liftoff
1991: STS-43 Atlantis launched
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