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- Total Lunar Eclipse viewing at Lowell Observatory - in Flagstaff, Arizona; February 20, 2008, 5:30 PM - 10:30 PM
- Moon Occults Saturn - Apr 16,
2002
- Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak - Apr 22, 2002
- Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
(20 Degrees) - May 04, 2002
- Mars Passes 2.2 Degrees From Saturn - May 04, 2002
- Venus Passes 2.4 Degrees From Saturn - May 07, 2002
- Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees From Mars - May 10, 2002
- Moon Occults Venus & Mars - May 14, 2002
- Lunar Eclipse - May 26, 2002
- Annular Solar Eclipse - visible from Mexico & North America, Jun 10, 2002
- Moon Occults Mars - Jun 12, 2002
- Summer Solstice - at 13:11 UT, Jun 21, 2002
- Lunar Eclipse - Jun 24, 2002
- Mercury Passes 0.2 Degrees From Saturn
- Jul 02, 2002
- Mars Passes 0.8 Degrees From Jupiter
- Jul 03, 2002
- Earth at Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun) - Jul 06, 2002
- Mercury Passes 1.2 Degrees From Jupiter
- Jul 20, 2002
- Mercury Passes 0.6 Degrees From Mars
- Jul 25, 2002
- South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak - Jul 29, 2002
- Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak - Aug 01, 2002
- Neptune at Opposition - Aug 02, 2002
- Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak - Aug 06, 2002
- Perseids Meteor Shower Peak - Aug 12, 2002
- Uranus at Opposition - Aug 20, 2002
- Venus Greatest Eastern Elongation
(46 Degrees) - Aug 22, 2002
- Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak - Aug 25, 2002
- Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation
(27 Degrees) - Sep 01, 2002
- Autumnal Equinox - 04:48 UT, Sep 23, 2002
- Draconids Meteor Shower Peak - Oct 09, 2002
- Mercury at Its Greatest Western Elongation
(18 Degrees) - Oct 13, 2002
- Orionids Meteor Shower Peak - Oct 21, 2002
- Taurids Meteor Shower Peak - Nov 03, 2002
- Leonids Meteor Shower Peak - Nov 17, 2002
- Lunar Eclipse - Nov 20, 2002
- Solar Eclipse (visible from Southern Africa) - Dec 04, 2002
- Moon Occults Mercury - Dec 05,
2002
- Geminids Meteor Shower Peak - Dec 13, 2002
- Saturn at Opposition - Dec 17, 2002
- Winter Solstice - 01:01 UT, Dec 22, 2002
- Ursids Meteor Shower Peak - Dec 22, 2002
- Mercury at Its Greatest Eastern Elongation
(19 Degrees) - Dec 26, 2002
- Coriolis Titan 2 Launch - Jan, 2003
- Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak - Jan 03, 2003
- Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun) - Jan 04, 2003
- Venus at Its Greatest Western Elongation
(47 Degrees) - Jan 11, 2003
- Moon Occults Mars - Jan 27, 2003
- Jupiter at Opposition - Feb 02, 2003
- Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation
(25 Degrees) - Feb 04, 2003
- Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Neptune
- Feb 21, 2003
- Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Uranus
- Mar 04, 2003
- Venus Passes 0.2 Degrees From Neptune
- Mar 12, 2003
- Vernal Equinox - 00:52 UT, Mar 21, 2003
- Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees From Uranus
- Mar 28, 2003
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- Eutelsat Delta 4 Launch (Inaugural Launch Of the Delta 4) - Jul 15, 2002
- Oct ?? - MOST Rokot Launch
- Oct ??, 2002 DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
- Gravity Probe B Delta 2 Launch - Oct 30, 2002
- Nov ??, 2002 MUSES-C MV Launch (Japan Asteroid Sample Return Mission)
- Nov ??, 2002 ADEOS II H-2A Launch (Japan)
- Soyuz-U Launch (International Space Station 5S) - Nov 04, 2002
- Milstar 2-F4 Titan 4B Launch - Nov 04, 2002
- Galileo - in Amalthea 34 Flyby - Nov 05,
2002
- SORCE Pegasus XL Launch - Dec 01, 2002
- ICESat/ CHIPS Delta 2 Launch - Dec 15, 2002
- SIRTF Delta 2 Launch - Jan 09, 2003
- Rosetta Ariane 5 Launch (Comet
Orbiter & Lander) - Jan 12, 2003
- SCISAT-1 Pegasus XL Launch - Jan 21, 2003
- NRO Delta 4 Medium Launch - Mar ??, 2003
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- Space & Robotics Conference - in Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 17-21, 2002
- Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting - in Davis, California
- Youth Astronomical Conference - in Varna, Bulgaria, Apr 01-04, 2002
- Annual Conference On UK Space History, Policy and Education - in Surrey, United Kingdom, Apr 02-04, 2002
- Open Young Scientists Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics - in Kyiv, Ukraine, Apr 23-26, 2002
- Conference On Matter and Energy in Clusters of Galaxies - in Chung-Li, Taiwan, Apr 23-27, 2002
- Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology - in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, Apr 24-30, 2002
- Annual Space Congress - in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Apr 30 - May 03, 2002
- 12th ISO Plenary Meeting - in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 13-17, 2002
- Training Courses for ESA Industry - in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, May 13-17, 2002
- Annual Convention of the Mid-States Region of the Astronomical League - in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Jun
07-09, 2002
- Meeting On Probing The Personalities Of Stars And Galaxies - in Tuscon, Arizona, Jun 10-11, 2002
- Conference: Toward an International Virtual Observatory - in Garching, Germany, Jun 10-14, 2002
- Conference on Magnetic Coupling of the the Solar Atmosphere - in Santorini, Greece, Jun 11-15, 2002
- StarCon 2002 - in Topeka, Kansas, Jun 27-29, 2002
- Strings 2002 Conference - in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Jul 15-20, 2002
- Annual Return To The Moon Symposium - in Houston, Texas, Jul 18-20, 2002
- STARDUST - beginning of 2nd Interstellar Dust Collection
- Jul 27, 2002
- International Conference On Asteroids, Comets, Meteors - in Berlin, Germany, Jul 29-Aug 02, 2002
- Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Conference - in Laurel, Maryland, Jul 29-Aug 02, 2002
- Annual International Mars Society Conference - in Boulder, Colorado, Aug 08-11, 2002
- Annual Stellafane Convention - in Springfield, Vermont, Aug 09-10, 2002
- Brijuni Conference: Space, Time and Life - in Brijuni Island, Croatia, Aug 26-30, 2002
- JENAM 2002 Meeting: The Unsolved Universe - Challenges For The Future - in Porto, Portugal, Sep 02-07, 2002
- Workshop on Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids - in Arlington, Virginia, Sep 03-06,
2002
- Annual Connecticut River Valley Astronomer's Conjunction - in Northfield Massachusetts, Sep 06-08, 2002
- IAU Colloquium No.189: Astrophysical Tides: Effects in the Solar and Exoplanetary Systems - in Nanjing, China,
Sep 16-20, 2002
- NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Turbulence, Waves, and Instabilities in the Solar Plasma - in Budapest, Hungary, Sep 16-20,
2002
- ESCCON 2002 - in Toulouse, France, Sep 24-27, 2002
- International Meteor Conference - in Frombork, Poland, Sep 26-29, 2002
- The Second European Convention of the Mars Society - in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Sep 27-29, 2002
- International Workshop on Solar Polarization - in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sep 30-Oct 04, 2002
- Meeting on Light From Black Holes - in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sep 30-Oct 04, 2002
- Conference on International Space Station Utilization - in
Houston, Texas, Oct 10-12, 2002
- COSPAR Scientific Assembly/ World Space Congress - in
Houston, Texas, Oct 10-19, 2002
- National Fall Meeting of the International Dark Sky Association - in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oct
25-26, 2002
- STARDUST - in End of 2nd Interstellar Dust Collection -
Dec 09, 2002
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- Amazing Space - collection of web-based activities designed for classroom use, but made available for everyone to enjoy
- StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - Offers an interactive gaming and entertainment
center for kids who wish to learn more about the solar system, the universe, and space
- NASA KIDS - a nasa site dedicated to kids - there are lots of space-related activities at the official 'NASA for Kids' web site. Find out
about the space shuttle. Print out some cool images to color
- Satellite Tracking and Prediction - See the space station, the space shuttle and many other satellites from your back yard
- Powers of 10 - discover the relative size of everything in the universe. Beginning with a 1 metre square, each successive page jumps back
10 times until you are a billion light years away
- Understanding the Universe - Discovery Channel School - discover the incredible size and history of the
universe through interactive gaming. Learn about important people who taught us about space, and tour some distant galaxies
- Sea and Sky: Travelport Entrance - Fun and informative site for kids of all ages. Games, resources, galleries, and latest
developments in exploration of sea and sky. Lots of great graphics
- Build a Newtonian Physics Machine - if you build it carefully, this Newtonian Physics Machine device demonstrates one
of the basic laws of nature
- Walk the Solar System - JavaScript calculator of sizes and distances of solar system bodies for making a scale model
- Space - teaches the solar system, space exploration, and constellations, with interactive digrams and
Shockwave games
- Mars: Just For Kids - an official NASA site with games and activities for kids interested in interplanetary travel - especially to
Mars
- Re-create Galileo's Telescope - Students at Rice University explain how they re-created the telescope
that Galileo used
- Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground - this collection of children's online astronomy activities, is a product of
the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Arty the Part Time Astronaut - an interactive adventure for young astronomers guiding Arty and his alien friend Greg through our solar
system
- Scale in the Solar System - Instructions and teacher guides for making scale models of the Solar System, Saturn, and
comets
- Guides Astronomy - Run through of the Girl Guides Astronomy Badge. A starting place for beginners in stargazing with the naked eye
- Project Starshine - Your school can help to build a satellite which will be launched from the Space Shuttle. You can track the
Starshine satellites from your back yard
- Planets in Our Solar System
- NASA - Cassini-Huygens Kids Spage - Spacecraft Cassini is on its way to Saturn. Download the parts and instructions to
build a paper model of the Cassini space probe
- Kids Adventures in Space
- SETI - Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - game that tests your skills at searching for alien signals
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