Week on space 27 JULY- 2 AUGUST

 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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Abhinav P Pradeep, wayanad, Kerala, India

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