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JULY

SUMMER HOLIDAYS COMPETITION - Astronomy one to follow

5th - STFC Science funding announcement

7th - Ariane 5 launch re-scheduled

4th - Ulysses hanging on despite predictions

4th - Channel 5 - 7-30pm 'Brits Who Made The Modern World' - part 3 -'Rockets'

4th - SETI - 'Adopt a Scientist' scheme

4th - New Horizon update - article

3rd - ESA Lunar Robotics Challenge update

3rd - STARCHASER Nova 2 display update

2nd - Proton launches to resume after re-design

2nd - France have plans for European Space Program

1st - STARCHASER Nova 2 being unveiled and news on a launchdate

1st - Ulysses to end mission

JUNE

30th - Cassini-Huygens Mission ends and starts again - article

30th - Hundred years since the Tunguska Impact -article

28th - Russian scientists proposed mission to tag 'dangerous' asteroid

27th - SpaceX - successful dress rehearsal test firing Falcon 1

27th - Solar Sail attempt planned by NASA

27th - NEOSSAT- Canada building first asteroid-seeking satellite

27th - NASA -Launch-pad repair update

26th - Proton launch successful

26th - LCROSS update

24th - Space X Falcon 1 launch delayed from June

24th - European Astronaut application statistics - UK 9.8%

21st - Large Hadron Collider - Cern start-up news

21st - Large Hadron Collider - Proton beam announcement

21st - PHOENIX confirms water on Mars

20th - OSTM Jason-2 Launch successful

20th - EPOXI fired up to refine trajectory

19th - Cosmos -3M launch successful

12th - Ariane 5 launch successful

11th - GLAST launch

11th - 'Fly-Your-Thesis' student astronaut experience opportunity

11th - China launched Long March 3B on the 9th

MAY

European Space jobs and Astronaut recruitment

31st - Shuttle launch successful

30th - Cassini has completed last Titan flyby but will continue another 2 years

29th - Mars500 Experiment Candidates

28th - STARCHASER / ESA report published

28th - Feng Yun 3A successfully launched by China

28th - Proposed manned ATV unveiled at Berlin Show

27th - French Space-dive scheduled - postponed due to balloon leaving him behind

27th - HIRISE photo of Phoenix landing

25/26th - The Phoenix has landed ! Stayed up to watch it on TV

24th - Rokot launch success

23rd - SWARM website reached it's Millionth Hit since January

22nd - First Lunar X Prize spaceflight announced - ARCA

21st - Zenit 3-SL sea launch successful

14th - Soyuz Progress launch success

9th - First Space lawyer graduates

9th - Private Space Station prototype reaches 10,000 orbits

6th - Send your name into Space with Kepler Mission

2nd - Send your name to the Moon on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

1st - 4D Earth Ionosphere made available by NASA

APRIL

28th - India PSLV-C9 launch successful

28th - Postponed Zenit 3 SLB launch successful - click also HERE

27th - Successful Giove-B launch

26th - China successfully launched Long March 3C rocket

25th - Space plane prototype tested

24th - Finland's electric sail prototype to use solar wind

23rd - Helston Community College semi-finalists in satellite experiment competition

22nd - Stephen Hawking urges for Space Colonization

18th - Ariane 5 launch successful

17th - Successful Pegasus launch yesterday

14th - Atlas 5 launch successful

12th - AMC 14 destined for retirement & fiery re-entry

8th - Soyuz launch success - click here

3rd - ATV docks with ISS

MARCH

27th - Cosmos 3M launch successful

26th - XCOR unveil suborbital Lynx

19th - Zenit sea-launch successful

18th - Arthur.C.Clarke died

18th - ESA Globcover map

15th - Delta 2 rocket launch successful

13th - Atlas 5 launch successful

11th - Endeavour shuttle launch successful

9th - 'Jules Verne' ATV launch successful !!

FEBRUARY

25th - 10 teams have registered for the Lunar X-Prize

23rd- Debris identified from satellite - successful mission

23rd- Japan's Kizuna launch successful

2oth - Shuttle lands safely and satellite shot-down

11th - Proton Thor-5 launch successful

7th - Space Shuttle launch successful

5th- Soyuz Progress M63 launch successful

JANUARY

26th - Jim and Nigel have joined Team Starchaser

25th - Check out the new Rules & Regulations for obtaining & storing Rocket Motors

21st - Successful launch made by India

15th - Zenit 3SL Sea Launch successful.