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By Emily Lakdawalla

Future Space Events of Note

This is a list of future space events that I'm planning to keep an eye on. I list space and major mission events going out several years, but meetings only for the upcoming year. Have any suggestions for additions?

2008
	November 18: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: End of primary science phase; transition to relay phase
	November 18-December 24: Mars solar conjunction
	November 19: Cassini: Titan flyby (93TI or T47)
	November 24: Cassini: distant Tethys flyby
	December 2: Cassini: distant Enceladus flyby
	December 5: Cassini: Titan flyby (95TI or T48)
MEETING	December 15-19: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California meeting website
	December 21: Cassini: Titan flyby (97TI or T49)
	December 26: Mars equinox (beginning of northern fall)
2009
EVENT	All Year: International Year of Astronomy
MEETING	January 7-10: 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, California
MEETING	January 12-13: Inaugural Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) meeting, Marriott Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland SBAG website
	January 14: Stardust: Earth flyby
	January 22: Venus Express: End of extended mission
	February 2: Cassini: distant Rhea flyby
	February 7: Cassini: Titan flyby (102TI or T50)
	February 12: Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-119 mission to deliver final pair of solar arrays to space station
	February 13: Dawn: Mars flyby
	Late February/early March: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and LCROSS: launch
MEETING	February 25: Sixth meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG), Houston, TX meeting website
MEETING	March 3-4 : Meeting of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), Rosslyn, VA meeting website
	March 6: Kepler: launch
MEETING	March 10-14: 40th Meeting of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX (new venue! Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center, near IAH.) meeting website
	March 27: Cassini: Titan flyby (106TI or T51)
	April 4: Cassini: Titan flyby (108TI or T52)
	April 20: Cassini: Titan flyby (109TI or T53)
	May 5: Cassini: Titan flyby (110TI or T54)
	May 12: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope
	May 15: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-127 mission to deliver final parts of Japanese Kibo module, the Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section
	May 21: Cassini: Titan flyby (111TI or T55)
	Some time in summer: LCROSS: Lunar impact
	Some time in summer: Kaguya: Lunar impact
	June 6: Cassini: Titan flyby (112TI or T56)
	June 22: Cassini: Titan flyby (113TI or T57)
MEETING	June 7-11: 214th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, California
	July 8: Cassini: Titan flyby (114TI or T58)
	July 11: Cassini: distant Dione flyby
	July 24: Cassini: Titan flyby (115TI or T59)
	July 26: Cassini: distant Tethys flyby
	August 6: Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128 mission to carry science and storage racks to the space station
	August 9: Cassini: Titan flyby (116TI or T60)
	August 11: Saturn equinox (beginning of northern spring)
	August 25: Cassini: Titan flyby (117TI or T61)
	September 5: Earth crosses Saturn's ring plane (rings vanish as seen from Earth)
	September 15: Mars Science Laboratory: launch period opens
	September 15-20: Saturn solar conjunction
	September 20: Cassini: distant Dione flyby
	September 30: MESSENGER: Mercury flyby #3
	October: Phobos Grunt and Yinghuo-1: launch
	October 12: Cassini: Titan flyby (119TI or T62)
	October 13-14: Cassini: distant Rhea, Mimas, and Tethys flybys
	November 2: Cassini: targeted Enceladus flyby (120EN or E7) November 21: Cassini: targeted Enceladus flyby (121EN or E8)
	November 12: Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-129 mission to deliver lots of spare parts to the station, to be stored outside
	November 13: Rosetta: Earth flyby #3
	November 21: Cassini: distant Rhea flyby
	December 10: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-130 mission to deliver final connecting node, Node 3, and "the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center that provides a 360-degree view around the station."
	December 12: Cassini: Titan flyby (122TI or T63)
	December 26: Cassini: distant Tethys flyby
	December 28: Cassini: Titan flyby (123TI or T64)
2010
	February 11: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-131 mission to deliver science racks to the space station. Unless plans change, this will be Atlantis' last flight.
	April 8: Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-132 mission to deliver spare parts and a Russian Mini Research Module to the space station. Unless plans change, this will be Discovery's last flight.
	May 31: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-133 mission to deliver spare parts. Unless plans change, this will be Endeavour's last flight.
	June: Hayabusa: Possible return to Earth?
	July 10: Rosetta: Asteroid Lutetia flyby
MEETING	July 18-25: 8th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space research (COSPAR), Bremen, Germany meeting website
	October 11: Deep Impact: Comet 103P/Hartley 2 flyby
2011
	February 14: Stardust: Flyby of comet Tempel 1
	March 18: MESSENGER: Mercury orbit insertion
	March 22: New Horizons: Passes mean orbital distance of Uranus
	August 11: Juno: Launch period opens
	October: Dawn: Vesta arrival
2012
	March 18: MESSENGER: End of nominal mission
	May: Dawn: Vesta departure
2013
	December 7: Exomars: Launch period opens
	December?: MAVEN: Launch period opens
2014
	May: Rosetta: Arrival at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
	August 10: International Cometary Explorer: Return to Earth
	August 29: New Horizons: Passes mean orbital distance of Neptune
	June-September: Exomars: Mars landing
2015
	April-August: New Horizons: Pluto/Charon flyby
	August: New Horizons: Kuiper belt object targeting maneuver (will set up future Kuiper belt object flyby TBD)
	February: Dawn: Ceres arrival
	July: Dawn: End of nominal mission
	December: Rosetta: End of nominal mission
2016
	August: Juno: Jupiter arrival