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| January 2002 |
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| DATE |
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EVENT |
| 4 |
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Sputnik I reentry (1958) |
| 5 |
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Shuttle Program Announced (1972) |
| 9 |
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First Satellite TV Program (1963) |
| 13-25 |
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Selection of first female astronauts (1978) |
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| February 2002 |
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| DATE |
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EVENT |
| 1-2 |
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ISS Educators Conference, Houston |
| 5 |
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Alan Shepard - first man to hit golf balls on the moon (1971) |
| 7 |
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First untethered space walk (Bruce McCandless, 1984) |
| 8 |
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Last Skylab mission ends (1974) |
| 15 |
|
Galileo's Birthday |
| 19 |
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Mir Launched (1986) |
| 19 |
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National Engineers Week |
| 20 |
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John Glenn, First American to Orbit Earth (1962) |
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| March 2002 |
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| DATE |
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EVENT |
| 6-8 |
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Satellite 2002, Wash DC |
| 14 |
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Einstein's Birthday |
| 16-18 |
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ITEA Conference, Columbus |
| 21 |
|
STS-110 launch (no earlier than) |
| 27-30 |
|
NSTA Conference, San Diego |
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| April 2002 |
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| DATE |
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EVENT |
| 1 |
|
STS-110 lands |
| 6-11 |
|
NAB, Las Vegas |
| 8-11 |
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Space Foundation, Colorado Springs |
| 9 |
|
Selection of Mercury 7 (1959) |
| 12 |
|
First Man in space
(Yuri Gagarin, 1961)
21st Anniversary of Space Shuttle |
| 15 |
|
Astronomy Week |
| 19 |
|
Salyut 1 - First Space Station (1971) |
| 21-24 |
|
NCTM Conference, Las Vegas |
| 22 |
|
Earth day |
| 24 |
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Anniversary of Hubble Space Telescope (1990) |
| |
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| May 2002 |
| |
| DATE |
|
EVENT |
| 2 |
|
STS-111 launch (Crew Change) Space Day |
| 5 |
|
Alan Shepard - First American in Space (1961) |
| 21 |
|
JFK Challenge to land a man on moon (1961) |
| 31 |
|
ESA formed (1975) |
| |
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| June 2002 |
| |
| DATE |
|
EVENT |
| 3 |
|
First American Spacewalk (Ed White 1965) |
| 13 |
|
NSS Founded (1974) |
| 16 |
|
First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova 1963) |
| 18 |
|
First American Woman in space (Sally Ride 1983) |
| |
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| July 2002 |
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| DATE |
|
EVENT |
| 11 |
|
STS-112 |
| 20 |
|
First Man on the Moon (1969) |
| 22 |
|
STS-112 lands |
| |
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| August 2002 |
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| DATE |
|
EVENT |
| 17 |
|
National Science Week (Australia) |
| 22 |
|
STS-113 |
| |
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| September 2002 |
| |
| DATE |
|
EVENT |
| 1 |
|
STS-113 lands |
| 10-13 |
|
International Space Symposium (Toulouse) |
| |
|
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| October 2002 |
| |
| DATE |
|
EVENT |
| 4 |
|
Sputnik Luanched (1957) |
| 4-10 |
|
Space Week |
| 14 |
|
First Live TV broadcast from Space (1968) |
| |
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| November 2002 |
| |
| DATE |
|
EVENT |
| 3 |
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First living creature to orbit earth (Laika the Dog, 1957) |
| |
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| December 2002 |
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| DATE |
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EVENT |
| 6 |
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Zarya and Unity Nodes Connected to form ISS Core (1998) |
| 17 |
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99th Anniversary of Flight |
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