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March 20, 2009 Sun-Earth Day

March 20, 2009 Spring Equinox

April 2 - April 5, 2009 100 Hours of Astronomy

April 22, 2009 Earth Day

May 2, 2009 Astronomy Day

June 18, 2009 Current scheduled launch date for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

June 18, 2009 Current scheduled launch date for Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)

June 20, 2009 Summer Solstice

July 20, 2009 40th Anniversary of First Humans on the Moon

July 22, 2009 Total Solar Eclipse (not visible in USA)

August 11 - August 12, 2009 Perseid Meteor Shower

August 13 - August 15, 2009 XXII Satellite Educators Conference

September 12 - September 15, 2009 Astronomical Society of the Pacific Annual Meeting

September 22, 2009 Autumnal Equinox (First Day of Fall)

September 30, 2009 MESSENGER Flies By Mercury for 3rd Time

October 4 - October 10, 2009 World Space Week

October 7, 2009 MyMoon Webcast with Marjory Wentworth

October 9, 2009 LCROSS Impacts the Moon

October 21, 2009 Orionid Meteor Shower

October 22 - October 24, 2009 International Year of Astronomy's Galilean Nights

November 5 - November 7, 2009 Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching (CAST)

December 7, 2009 NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Scheduled to Launch

December 13 - December 14, 2009 Geminid Meteor Shower

December 21, 2009 Winter Solstice

January 15, 2010 Annular Solar Eclipse (not visible in USA)

March 20, 2010 Sun-Earth Day