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2 Friday
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First Photograph of the Sun, 1845
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3 Saturday
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Luna 10, First craft to orbit the moon, 1966
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6 Tuesday
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Last (3rd) quarter moon 5:37 am
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7 Wednesday
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory deployed, 1991
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8 Thursday
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Mercury at greatest eastern elongation (19 degrees), Moon at apogee
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9 Friday
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Neptune 4 degrees south of the Moon
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11 Sunday
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Jupiter 6 degrees south of the Moon
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12 Monday
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Yuri Gagarin, first man to orbit the Earth, 1961; Space Shuttle Columbia first launched, 1981
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14 Wednesday
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Christian Huygens born, 1629
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15 Thursday
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Mercury 1.5 degrees south of the moon
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16 Friday
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Venus 4 degrees south of the Moon
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