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The Planetary Society WeblogBy Emily Lakdawalla
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2006 |
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| MEETING | April 2-7: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. EGU 2006 website |
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April 6: New Horizons: Passes mean orbital distance of Mars |
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April 11: Venus Express: Venus orbit insertion |
| MEETING | April 19-20: Meeting of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), Monrovia, California. MEPAG website |
| MEETING | May 1-2: Second meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG), Pasadena, California. VEXAG website |
| MEETING | May 3: Planning Conference of the Science Subcommittees of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). NAC website |
| MEETING | May 4-5: Meeting of the Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG), Pasadena, California. OPAG website |
| MEETING | May 4-7: 25th International Space Development Conference: "Exploring New Worlds," Los Angeles, California. ISDC 2006 website |
| MEETING | May 9: Meeting of the International Mars Exploration Working Group (IMEWG), ESTEC, the Netherlands. |
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May 31-June 2: First MSL Landing Site Workshop, Pasadena Convention Center. Participant information |
| MEETING | June 4-6: American Astronomical Society, Calgary, Alberta. AAS website |
| MEETING | July 16-23: 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China. Meeting website |
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August 8: Mars solstice (beginning of northern summer) |
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August 17 (approx.): Voyager 2: Reaches 100 AU from the Sun |
| MEETING | August 6-11: 69th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Zürich, Switzerland. Meeting website |
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September 3: SMART-1: Lunar impact will occur between 00:30 and 2:00 UT, plus or minus 7 hours |
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September: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: End of aerobraking phase; transition to primary science orbit |
| MEETING | September 18-22: EuroPlaNet #1, European Planetary Science Congress, Berlin, Germany. Congress website |
| MEETING | October 2-6: International Astronautical Congress, Valencia, Spain. IAC 2006 website |
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October 7-November 8: Mars solar conjunction |
| MEETING | October 8-13: 38th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, California. DPS meeting website |
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October 24: MESSENGER: Venus flyby and gravity assist #1 |
| MEETING | October 22-25: Geological Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. GSA meeting website |
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November: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Start of primary science phase |
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November 8: Transit of Mercury across the Sun |
| MEETING | December 11-15: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California AGU meeting website |
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December 27: COROT: Launch COROT website |
2007 |
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| MEETING | January 7-11: American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C. AAS website |
| MEETING | Jan 9-10: Meeting of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), Washington, DC. MEPAG website |
| MEETING | Jan 11-12: Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG), Washington, DC. VEXAG website |
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January-May: New Horizons: Jupiter flyby and gravity assist (closest approach February 27) |
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January 22-23: Phoenix landing site workshop, Pasadena, California |
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February 8: Mars equinox (beginning of northern fall) |
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February 16-March 8: Rosetta: Mars flyby and gravity assist (closest approach February 26) |
| MEETING | Feb 21-23: 11th International Space University (ISU) Annual Symposium: "Why the Moon?" Meeting website |
| MEETING | March 12-16: 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas Meeting website |
| PARTY | April 12: Yuri's Night World Space Party! |
| MEETING | April 16-20: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria Meeting website |
| MEETING | May 1-2: Meeting of the Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG), Boston, Massachusetts. OPAG website |
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May 2: Uranus ring plane crossing |
| MEETING | May 27-31: American Astronomical Society, Honolulu, Hawaii AAS website |
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June 6: MESSENGER: Venus flyby and gravity assist #2 |
| MEETING | June 19-23: 2nd International Workshop on "Exploring Mars and its Earth Analogues," Trento, Italy, post-meeting field trip June 23-26. Website |
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July 4: Mars solstice (beginning of northern winter) |
| MEETING | July 9-13: 7th International Mars Science Conference, Caltech, Pasadena, California. Meeting website |
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August 4-24: Phoenix: launch |
| MEETING | August 13-15: Workshop on Ices, Oceans, and Fire: Satellites of the Outer Solar System, Boulder, Colorado. Meeting website |
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August 16: Uranus ring plane crossing |
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September 14: Kaguya (SELENE): launch |
| MEETING | September 23-28: International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, India. IAC 2007 website |
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September 27: Dawn: launch |
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October 4: 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik I |
| MEETING | October 7-12: 39th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Orlando, Florida. DPS meeting website |
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October 24: Chang'e 1 launch |
| MEETING | October 22-26: The 9th ILEWG International Conference on Exploration and Utilization of the Moon, Sorrento, Italy. Meeting website |
| MEETING | October 23-25: 2nd landing site workshop for the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Pasadena, California |
| MEETING | October 28-31: Geological Society of America national meeting, Denver, Colorado. |
| MEETING | November 4-5: Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG); |
| MEETING | November 5-8: Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and
Deimos, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California |
| MEETING | November 12-16: European Mars Science and Exploration Conference
(EMSEC): Mars Express & ExoMars, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands |
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November 13: Rosetta: Earth flyby #2 |
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December 7: Uranus equinox (beginning of northern spring) |
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December 10: Mars equinox (beginning of northern spring) |
| MEETING | December 10-14: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California AGU meeting website |
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December 24: Mars at opposition |
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December 31: Deep Impact: Earth flyby |
2008 |
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| MEETING | January 8-12: Meeting #211 of the American Astronomical Society |
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January 14: MESSENGER: Mercury flyby #1 |
| MEETING | February 4-5: Workshop on Martian Gullies, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas meeting website |
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February 20: Uranus ring plane crossing |
| MEETING | Febuary 20-21: Mars Exploration Analysis Group (MEPAG), Monrovia, California MEPAG website |
| MEETING | March 10-14: 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas |
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| MEETING | April 13-18: European Geophysical Union meeting, Vienna, Austria meeting website |
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May 25: Phoenix: Landing |
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May 29: Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST): Launch |
| MEETING | March 27-30: American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, FL |
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| MEETING | June 1-5: Meeting #212 of the American Astronomical Society, St. Louis, MO |
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June 8: New Horizons: Passes mean orbital distance of Saturn |
| MEETING | June 9-13: International Conference on Comparative Planetology: Venus-Earth-Mars, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands |
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June 25: Mars solstice |
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July 1: Cassini: End of primary mission |
| MEETING | June 1-5: 212th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, St. Louis, MO |
| MEETING | July 7-11: Titan after Cassini-Huygens, Corpus Christi, Texas meeting website |
| MEETING | July 28-August 1: Saturn after Cassini-Huygens, Imperial College, London meeting website |
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August 1: Total solar eclipse: visible in Canada and Greenland |
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August 10: GLAST: renamed Fermi |
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| MEETING | August 14-16: Scientific Conference and Educator Workshop: "The Great Planet Debate - Science as Process," Laurel, Maryland meeting website |
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September: Venus Express: End of nominal mission |
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September 5: Rosetta: Asteroid Steins flyby |
| MEETING | September 15-17: Third landing site workshop for the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Doubletree Hotel, Monrovia, CA; landing site websites here and here |
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October 6: MESSENGER: Mercury flyby #2 |
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| MEETING | October 10-15: 40th annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society - meeting website |
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October 22: Chandrayaan-1: launch |
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November 2: Phoenix: last transmission |
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November 16: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-126 mission to supply the space station and service the Solar Alpha Rotary joints on both ends of truss |
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November 18: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: End of primary science phase; transition to relay phase |
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November 18-December 24: Mars solar conjunction |
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| MEETING | December 15-19: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California meeting website |
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December 26: Mars equinox (beginning of northern fall) |
2009 |
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| EVENT | All Year: International Year of Astronomy |
| MEETING | January 7-10: 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, California |
| MEETING | January 12-13: Inaugural Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) meeting, Marriott Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland SBAG website |
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January 14: Stardust: Earth flyby |
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January 22: Venus Express: End of extended mission |
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February 12: Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-119 mission to deliver final pair of solar arrays to space station |
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February 13: Dawn: Mars flyby |
| MEETING | February 25: Sixth meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG), Houston, TX meeting website |
| MEETING | March 3-4 : Meeting of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), Rosslyn, VA meeting website |
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March 6: Kepler: launch |
| MEETING | March 10-14: 40th Meeting of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX (new venue! Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, near IAH.) meeting website |
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May 11: Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope |
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June 10: Kaguya: Lunar impact |
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June 18: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and LCROSS: launch |
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| MEETING | June 7-11: 214th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, California |
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July 15: Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on STS-127 mission to deliver final parts of Japanese Kibo module, the Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section |
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August 11: Saturn equinox (beginning of northern spring) |
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August 24: Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128 mission to carry science and storage racks to the space station |
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August 25: Voyager 2 : 20th anniversary of Neptune flyby |
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September 4: Earth crosses Saturn's ring plane (rings vanish as seen from Earth) |
| MEETING | September 13-18: European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2009, Potsdam, Germany meeting website |
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September 15-20: Saturn solar conjunction |
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September 29: MESSENGER: Mercury flyby #3 |
| MEETING | October 4-9: 41st annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society - meeting website |
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