Week on space 1-6 SEPTEMBER

 

 Tuesday 1

Venus 9° south of Pollux

1964: First Titan IIIA launched
1979: Pioneer 11 becomes first spacecraft to fly past Saturn

 Wednesday 2

Full Moon 1:22 AM ET
Pallas stationary
Neptune 4° north of Moon

2015: Soyuz TMA-18M launched carrying ISS Expedition 45/46 crew

 Thursday 3

1970: NASA cancels last two planned lunar landings
1976: Viking 2 lands on Mars
2006: SMART-1 spacecraft intentionally crashed into Moon

 Friday 4

 Saturday 5

1964: OGO-1 launched
1977: Voyager 1 launched

 Sunday 6

Mars 0.03° south of Moon
Moon at apogee

1947: First rocket launch (V-2) from an aircraft carrier
1983: STS-8 Challenger makes first shuttle night landing
2013: LADEE lunar orbiter launched

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