Here's the latest Space Events Calendar for the coming year.  If you know
of any space-related events that should be in the calendar, or see any anything
that is out-of-date, then let me know and I'll update the calendar.  As usual,
the Space Shuttle launch dates are subject to change.

     The following people made contributions to this month's calendar:

        o Jonathan McDowell & Rainer Kracht, Soyuz TM-15 & Soyuz TM-14 dates
        o Irwin Horowitz, World Space Congress conference date

Ron Baalke

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                            SPACE EVENTS CALENDAR
                            As of April 28, 1992
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* indicates change from last month's calendar

1992

   May
     ?? - Palapa B-4 Delta Launch
     ?? - Intelsat K Atlas Launch
    *01 - Gaspra Lecture, Griffith Observatory
     04 - Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
     04 - Giotto Reactivated
    *06 - Great Observatories Lecture, JPL
     07 - STS-49, Endeavour, Intelsat VI Reboost
     09 - Astronomy Day
     13-14 - TABES '92 Conference, Huntsville, Alabama
     21 - Pluto/P17 Occultation
    *21-25 - NSS International Space Development Conference, Washington D.C.
     28 - Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) Launch

   June
     ?? - Giotto, Trajectory Correction Maneuvers
     04 - Galileo Leaves Asteroid Belt
    *09 - STS-50, Columbia, US Microgravity Lab (USML-1)
     12 - SAMPEX Scout Launch
     14 - Magellan, Superior Conjunction
     14 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby Mission)
     15 - Lunar Eclipse
     16 - Mars Observer Arrives at Cape Canaveral
     30 - Solar Eclipse, South Atlantic
     30 - Eutelsat II F-4 Ariane Launch

   July
     ?? - Consort 5 Starfire Launch
     01 - Pioneer Venus, Entry Phase Begins
     10 - Giotto, Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Flyby
    *11 - STS-46, Atlantis, Tethered Satellite System
     14 - ISTP Geotail Launch
     20 - TOPEX/Poseidon Ariane Launch
     22 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion
    *26 - Soyuz TM-15/Antares Launch
     30 - Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower
     31 - MSTI Launch

   August
     ?? - GE Satcom C4 Delta Launch
     ?? - UFO Atlas Launch
    *09 - Soyuz TM-14 Return to Earth
     11-13 Perseid Meteor Shower
     12 - STS-47, Endeavour, SpaceLab Japan (SL-J)
     20 - Hipasat 1 Launch
     20 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 2 Launch (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
     27 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 2 Launch (Venus Flyby Mission)
     27-31 - SEDS International Conference, Washington D.C.
    *28-05 - World Space Congress, Washington D.C.

   September
     ?? - Progress Launch (Soviet)
     ?? - Comet 1 Conestoga Launch
     ?? - Kopernikus Delta Launch
     ?? - SCD-1 Pegasus Launch
     05 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 1 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
     07 - Ulysses, 2nd Conjunction
     08 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
     14 - DFS-3 Launch
     16 - Mars Observer Launch
     23 - Magellan, Cycle 4 Begins
    *24 - STS-52, Columbia, Laser Geodynamics Satellite (LAGEOS-II)

   October
     ?? - Freja Launch (Sweden)
     01 - Mars Observer, 1st Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-1)
     04 - 35th Anniversary, Sputnik Launch
     09 - Draconid Meteor Shower
     12 - SETI Scanning Begins
     15 - STS-53, Discovery, Department of Defense (DOD)
     15 - Eutelsat II F-5 Ariane Launch
     20 - Orionid Meteor Shower

   November
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
     09 - Taurid Meteor Shower
     16 - Leonid Meteor Shower
     25-27 Andromedid Meteor Shower

   December
     ?? - Pioneer Venus Burnup?
     01 - GEOS-I Launch
     03 - STS-54, Endeavour, TDRS-F
     08 - Galileo, Earth Flyby
     08 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, Near Earth Flyby (.025 AU)
     10 - Lunar Eclipse
     13 - Geminid Meteor Shower
     14 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 2 Venus Flyby (1st Flyby of Another Planet)
     19 - 20 years since man has been to the Moon (Apollo 17)
     22 - Ursid Meteor Shower

1993

   January
     03 - Mars Observer, High Gain Antenna Deployment
    *07 - Mars Observer, 2nd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-2)
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
     15 - Eutelsat II F-6 Launch
     27 - STS-55, Columbia, Spacelab Germany (SL-D2)

   February
     ?? - Hispasat 2 Launch
     01 - 35th Anniversary, Explorer 1 Launch (1st U.S. Satellite)
     06 - Astro-D Launch (US/Japan)
    *07 - Mars Observer, 3rd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-3)
    *18 - Jules Verne's 165th Birthday
     22 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite(ACTS)

   March
     ?? - SPOT-C Launch
     ?? - Radcal Scout Launch
     03 - Ulysses, 3rd Opposition
    *20 - Isaac Newton's 265th Birthday
    *23 - STS-56, Endeavour, ATLAS-2

   April
    *06 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
    *22 - STS-57, Atlantis, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R)

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