Monday 14
Venus 4° south of Moon
1966: Gemini XI, docked with Agena booster rocket, reaches 850-mile-high orbit
Tuesday 15
1965: “Lost in Space” premieres
1968: Zond 5 launched, first circumlunar spaceflight with living creatures (tortoises)
2016: Tiangong-2 space station launched
2017: Cassini mission ends with planned entry into Saturn’s atmosphere
Wednesday 16
1848: First observation of Hyperion, moon of Saturn
1996: STS-79 Atlantis launched
Thursday 17
New Moon 7:00 AM ET
1789: William Herschel discovers Mimas
1857: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky born
1930: Ed Mitchell born
1959: First powered flight of X-15
1976: First rollout of space shuttle Enterprise
Friday 18
Moon at perigee
Mercury 6° south of Moon
1964: Saturn SA-7 launched
1977: Voyager 1 takes photo of Earth and Moon together in space
2006: Anousheh Ansari becomes first woman space tourist
2013: Cygnus 1 supply ship launched to ISS
Sunday 20
1945: Wernher von Braun arrives in United States
1966: Surveyor 2 launched
1970: Luna 16 lands on Moon
1979: HEAO-3 launched
1988: Israel launches its first satellite
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