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Last Updated: 2:33 AM GMT on July 11, 2009 — Last Comment: 9:15 AM GMT on July 11, 2009

	Double Spacecraft Flyovers (see comment 2) ••••• Moon Rises with Jupiter ESE before Midnight, They'll be South before Sunrise ••••• Venus & Mars East at Dawn (see comment 3) ••••• Shuttle Endeavour to Launch July 11 7:39pm EDT

Posted by: LowerCal, 5:33 PM GMT on July 09, 2009

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All events described below can be viewed with your naked eye. Occasionally simple binoculars will improve the view and that will be noted. Scroll down for future dates, farther down for past dates.

Moon Near Jupiter
Early Morning July 10-11
These mornings (and the late nights before) the Moon is near the very bright planet Jupiter in the southeast.

Shuttle Endeavour Launch, Mission & Landing

Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Mission: STS-127
Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida
June 13
1117 GMT
7:17am EDT (local time)
4:17am PDT.
TBD (To Be Determined)
June 17
0940 GMT
5:40am EDT (local time)
2:40am PDT.
NET (No Earlier Than)
July 11
2339 GMT
7:39pm EDT (local time)
4:39pm PDT.

Docking with ISS (International Space Station)
July 13
1926 GMT
3:26pm EDT (local time)
12:26pm PDT.

Undocking from ISS
July 25
1137 GMT
7:37am EDT
4:37am PDT.

Landing at Kennedy Space Center
July 27
1619 GMT
12:19pm EDT
9:19am PDT.

Find (when published) landing options at NASA - Launch and Landing
and the landing paths (when published) at NASA - STS-127 Landing Ground Tracks.

Launch status updates at
Spaceflight Now | Tracking Station | Worldwide launch schedule.

You can follow the progress of the Space Shuttle mission online at
Spaceflight Now | STS-127 Shuttle Report | Mission Status Center
and NASA - Space Shuttle.

You can dig for more info at
Spaceflight Now - Index of /shuttle/sts127 and
CBS News Space Place - Space Shuttle Status Report.

Live online coverage of the mission will be on NASA TV - see the NASA TV Schedule.

Summaries of Sky Events for the Year
2009
SkyandTelescope.com - Observing Highlights - Eclipses in 2009
SkyandTelescope.com - Observing Highlights - Meteor Showers in 2009

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Updated: 2:33 AM GMT on July 11, 2009

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	Moon Rises with Jupiter ESE before Midnight, They'll be South before Sunrise ••••• Double Spacecraft Flyovers (see comment 473) ••••• Venus & Mars East at Dawn (see comment 398)

Posted by: LowerCal, 5:43 PM GMT on June 05, 2009

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Updated: 4:20 PM GMT on July 09, 2009

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	Scorpion's Claws & Cat's Eyes ••••• Jupiter SSE before Sunrise ••••• Venus & Mars Low in the East at Dawn

Posted by: LowerCal, 8:29 PM GMT on May 08, 2009

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Updated: 5:54 PM GMT on June 04, 2009

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	Virgina Launch May 8 8-11PM EDT ••••• Jupiter Southeast before Sunrise ••••• Venus & Mars Low East before Sunrise

Posted by: LowerCal, 6:13 PM GMT on April 20, 2009

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Updated: 4:59 AM GMT on May 08, 2009

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	Jupiter Southeast before Sunrise ••••• Venus with Mars Low in East before Sunrise ••••• Mercury Low WNW after Sunset ••••• Lyrid Meteor Shower, Early Morning April 22 ••••• Photo Op: Thin Crescent & Venus, Dawn April 22