Week on space 7-13 SEPTEMBER

 Monday 7

Uranus 3° north of Moon

1995: STS-69 Endeavour launched

 Tuesday 8

1966: “Star Trek” premieres
1967: Surveyor 5 launched
2000: STS-106 Atlantis launched
2004: Genesis spacecraft crash-lands on return to Earth
2016: OSIRIS-REx launched

 Wednesday 9

Mars stationary

1789: William Bond born
1892: E. E. Barnard discovers Amalthea
1975: Viking 2 launched 
1982: Conestoga 1 launched
1994: STS-64 Discovery launched
2006: STS-115 Atlantis launched

 Thursday 10

Last Qtr Moon 5:26 AM ET

1857: James Keeler born
1967: Surveyor 5 lands on Moon
1978: Venera 11 launched
2011: GRAIL spacecraft launched

 Friday 11

Neptune at opposition

1877: James Jeans born
1985: International Cometary Explorer satellite probes Comet Giacobini-Zinner (first comet flyby)
1997: Mars Global Surveyor arrives at Mars

 Saturday 12

Jupiter stationary

1959: Luna 2 launched
1966: Gemini XI launched
1970: Luna 16 launched
1991: STS-48 Discovery launched
1992: STS-47 Endeavour launched
1993: STS-51 Discovery launched
2017: Soyuz MS-06 launched carrying ISS Expedition 53/54 crew

 Sunday 13

1977: Second glide test of Space Shuttle Enterprise
1978: Venera 12 launched

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Abhinav P Pradeep, wayanad, Kerala, India

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