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January 2022

Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peak (Quadrantids)

January 3, 2022 - January 4, 2022
Worldwide

The Quadrantid meteor shower is one of the year's best, often producing more than 100 meteors per hour from a radiant near the North Star.

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Anniversary of Pioneer 10’s Jupiter Flyby (1973)

January 3, 2022
In orbit

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_10#Encounter_with_Jupiter

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Anniversary of Pioneer Venus 1’s Venus Orbit Insertion (1978)

January 4, 2022
In orbit

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Venus_Orbiter

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Anniversary of Chang’e 3 Lunar Orbit Insertion (2013)

January 6, 2022
In orbit

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_3

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Anniversary of Pioneer Venus 2’s Venus Arrival (1978)

January 9, 2022
In orbit

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Venus_Multiprobe

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Anniversary of Great Leonids Meteor Shower of 1833

January 12, 2022

185th anniversary of the Great Leonids Meteor Shower of 1833. More info...

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Anniversary of Chang’e 3 Moon Landing (2013)

January 14, 2022
In orbit

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_3

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Anniversary of the Buran Launch (1988)

January 15, 2022
Baikonur Cosmodrome Baikonur, Kazakhstan + Google Map

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)

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Anniversary of the Skylab 4 Launch – Last Launch to Skylab (1973)

January 16, 2022

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab_4

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Anniversary of Wright Brothers’ First Airplane Flight (1903)

January 17, 2022 - January 19, 2022

More information: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm

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Anniversary of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) Launch (2013)

January 18, 2022

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAVEN

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Anniversary of Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Launch (2011)

January 26, 2022
Worldwide
Free

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. On Twitter: @MarsCuriosity

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April 2022

Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak (Lyrids)

April 22, 2022 - April 23, 2022
Worldwide
Free

The April Lyrids (LYR, IAU shower number 6) are a meteor shower lasting from April 16 to April 26 each year. The radiant of the meteor shower is located in the constellation Lyra, near this constellation's brightest star, Alpha Lyrae (proper name Vega). Their peak is typically around April 22 each year.

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May 2022

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peak (Eta Aquarids)

May 5, 2022 - May 6, 2022
Worldwide

(Photo by Rocky Raybell) The Eta Aquarids are a meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet. The shower is visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year with peak activity on or around May 6. Unlike most major annual meteor showers, there is no sharp peak for this shower, but rather a plateau of good rates that last approximately one week centered on May 7. The meteors we currently see as members of the Eta Aquariid shower separated from…

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August 2022

Perseid Meteor Shower Peak (Perseids)

August 11, 2022 - August 12, 2022
Worldwide

The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. The Perseids are so called because the point from which they appear to come, called the radiant, lies in the constellation Perseus. The stream of debris is called the Perseid cloud and stretches along the orbit of the comet Swift–Tuttle. The cloud consists of particles ejected by the comet as it travels on its 133-year orbit. Most of the particles have been part of the cloud for around a thousand…

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October 2022

Draconid Meteor Shower Peak (Draconids)

October 8, 2022
Worldwide

The October Draconids are a meteor shower whose parent body is the periodic comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. The Draconids are best viewed after sunset in an area with a clear dark sky. The 1933 and 1946 Draconids had Zenithal Hourly Rates of thousands of meteors visible per hour, among the most impressive meteor storms of the 20th century. Rare outbursts in activity can occur when the Earth travels through a denser part of the cometary debris stream; for example, in 1998, rates suddenly spiked and spiked…

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Orionid Meteor Shower Peak (Orionids)

October 21, 2022 - October 22, 2022
Worldwide

The Orionid meteor shower, usually shortened to the Orionids, is the most prolific meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet.

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November 2022

Taurid Meteor Shower Peak (Southern Taurids)

November 4, 2022 - November 5, 2022
Worldwide

(Photo by Channone Arif) The Southern Taurids are an annual meteor shower associated with the comet Encke. They are named after their radiant point in the constellation Taurus, where they are seen to come from in the sky. Because of their occurrence in late October and early November, they are also called Halloween fireballs. Typically, Taurids appear at a rate of about 5 per hour, moving slowly across the sky at about 17 miles per second (27 kilometers per second), or…

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Taurid Meteor Shower Peak (Northern Taurids)

November 11, 2022 - November 12, 2022
Worldwide

(Photo by Mike Lewinski) The Taurids are an annual meteor shower associated with the comet Encke. They are named after their radiant point in the constellation Taurus, where they are seen to come from in the sky. Typically, Taurids appear at a rate of about 5 per hour, moving slowly across the sky at about 17 miles per second (27 kilometers per second), or 65,000 miles per hour. If larger than a pebble, these meteors may become bolides as bright as the…

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December 2022

Geminid Meteor Shower Peak (Geminids)

December 13, 2022 - December 14, 2022
Worldwide

The meteors from this shower are slow moving. The shower is thought to be intensifying every year and recent showers have seen 120–160 meteors per hour under optimal conditions, generally around 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

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