RSS 2.0LPI Earth and Space Science Newsletter
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 Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)
June 18, 2009 Current scheduled launch date for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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 4, 2010 Earth at Closest Distance from the Sun
January 15, 2010 Annular Solar Eclipse (not visible in USA)
February 9, 2010 Scheduled launch of the Solar Dynamics Observatory
February 25, 2010 ESO Launches CryoSat to Study Earth's Ice
March 3 - March 16, 2010 Globe at Night Observation Campaign
March 20, 2010 Sun-Earth Day
March 20, 2010 Spring Equinox
April 12, 2010 Yuri's Night: The World Space Party
April 19 - April 25, 2010 Astronomy Week
April 22, 2010 Earth Day
May 7, 2010 Space Day
June 13, 2010 Hayabusa Mission Returns to Earth with Possible Asteroid Samples
June 21, 2010 Summer Solstice--the first day of summer
July 1, 2010 Dark Matter Detector Scheduled for Liftoff to ISS
July 11, 2010 Total Solar Eclipse in South Pacific
August 12 - August 13, 2010 Perseid Meteor Shower
September 18, 2010 International Observe the Moon Night
September 22, 2010 Fall Equinox (first day of autumn)--on Sept. 23 for those in Europe
October 1 - November 1, 2010 Year of the Solar System
October 4 - October 10, 2010 World Space Week
October 10 - October 16, 2010 Earth Science Week
October 18 - October 22, 2010 Solar Week
October 29 - November 12, 2010 The Great World Wide Star Count
November 4, 2010 EPOXI flies past Comet Hartley 2
November 14 - November 20, 2010 Geography Awareness Week 2010 Freshwater
December 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011 Year of the Solar System: A Family Affair (The Planets)
December 21, 2010 Winter Solstice
December 21, 2010 Total Lunar Eclipse
February 1 - February 28, 2011 Year of the Solar System: Small Bodies--Big Impacts
February 14, 2011 Stardust NExT Encounter with Comet Tempel 1
February 21 - March 6, 2011 GLOBE at Night Campaign
March 1 - March 31, 2011 Year of the Solar System: Ancient Astronomers / Modern Tools: Celebrating Sun-Earth Day
March 18, 2011 MESSENGER Goes into Orbit Around Mercury
March 20, 2011 Spring Equinox
March 20, 2011 Sun-Earth Day
March 22 - April 6, 2011 GLOBE at Night Campaign
April 1 - April 30, 2011 Year of the Solar System: April 2011: Water, Water, Everywhere!
April 22, 2011 Earth Day
May 1 - May 31, 2011 Year of the Solar System, May Theme: Volcanism
May 7, 2011 Astronomy Day
June 1, 2011 Partial Solar Eclipse--visible for Asia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland
June 1 - June 30, 2011 Year of the Solar System--June: Impacts!
June 9, 2011 Aquarius launches to measure salinity of oceans
June 15, 2011 Total Lunar Eclipse--not visible in the US
July 1 - July 31, 2011 YSS July: Asteroids: Leftovers from Planet Building
July 1, 2011 Dawn Spacecraft Reaches Vesta in July
July 30 - August 3, 2011 ASP 2011 National Conference: Connecting People to Science
August 1 - August 31, 2011 Year of the Solar System: Windy Worlds
August 5 - August 7, 2011 Vesta Fiesta
August 5, 2011 Juno Mission Launches for Jupiter
September 1 - September 30, 2011 Year of the Solar System, Gravity: It's What Keeps Us Together
September 8, 2011 GRAIL launches for the Moon
September 23, 2011 Autumnal Equinox (First day of fall)
October 1 - October 31, 2011 YSS October--Moons and Rings: Our Favorite Things
October 4 - October 10, 2011 World Space Week
October 8, 2011 International Observe the Moon Night
October 9 - October 15, 2011 Earth Science Week
October 17 - October 21, 2011 Solar Week
November 1 - November 30, 2011 YSS November- Magnetospheres: Planetary Shields
November 15, 2011 America Recycles Day
November 25, 2011 Mars Science Laboratory Launches to Mars
December 1, 2011 - January 31, 2012 YSS December and January: Evolving Worlds
December 10, 2011 Total Lunar Eclipse--occurs as the Moon sets for North America
December 14, 2011 Geminid Meteor Shower
December 21, 2011 Winter Solstice
January 5, 2012 Perihelion: Earth is closest to the Sun
February 1 - February 28, 2012 Year of the Solar System February: Far Ranging Robots
March 1 - March 31, 2012 March 2012 Year of the Solar System: Shadows of the Sun
March 11 - March 17, 2012 Ground Water Awareness Week
March 19 - March 21, 2012 Solar Week
March 19, 2012 Sun-Earth Day
April 1 - April 30, 2012 Global Astronomy Month
April 1 - April 30, 2012 Year of the Solar System April topic: Ice!
May 1 - May 31, 2012 Year of the Solar System: New Data, New Ideas
May 20, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse
June 1 - June 30, 2012 Year of the Solar System: Discovering New Worlds
June 5, 2012 Transit of Venus
July 1 - August 31, 2012 Year of the Solar System: Got Life?
August 5, 2012 Mars Science Laboratory Rover--Curiosity--lands on Mars
August 12, 2012 Perseid Meteor Shower peaks
September 8, 2012 Dawn Mission leaves Vesta for Ceres
September 22, 2012 International Observe the Moon Night
September 22, 2012 Autumnal Equinox--first day of Fall
October 4 - October 10, 2012 World Space Week
October 14 - October 20, 2012 Earth Science Week
October 14, 2012 International EarthCache Day
December 13 - December 14, 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower
December 21, 2012 Winter Solstice
January 2, 2013 Earth at Closest Distance to Sun (Perihelion)
March 10 - March 16, 2013 Ground Water Awareness Week
March 19, 2013 Sun-Earth Days Annual Equinox Celebration
March 20, 2013 Spring or Vernal Equinox--first day of Spring
April 20, 2013 Environmental Awareness and Sustainability Day
April 20, 2013 Astronomy Day
April 22, 2013 Earth Day
June 20 - June 21, 2013 Summer Solstice
July 5, 2013 Earth at Aphelion (farthest distance from Sun)
August 12, 2013 Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) launches to the Moon
August 12, 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower
October 15, 2013 - January 1, 2014 Comet ISON visible to naked eye
