FEBRUARY
18 - Asteroid Herculina at opposition
19 - Gonets/Cosmos Tsiklon-3 Launch (Russia)
19 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Mir Space Station Launch (Soviet Union)
20 - Mars at perihelion
21 - Soyuz TM-23 Launch (Russia)
22 - STS-75, Columbia, Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R), US Microgravity Payload (USMP-3)
22 - POLAR Delta-2 Launch
22 - Venus/Moon occultation, visible from Hawaii
23 - Comet C/1995 Y1 (Hyakutake) perihelion
25 - Comet Hale-Bopp crosses orbit of Jupiter
28 - Raduga Proton-K Launch (Russia)
29 - Soyuz TM-22 returns to Earth
29 - REX-II Pegasus XL Launch
29 - Asteroid Nysa at opposition
?? - Cosmos/Faisat-2 Launch (Russia)
?? - Delta Clipper-XA test flight
01 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Venera 3 Impact on Venus (Soviet Union)
02 - Intelsat 707 Ariane 4 Launch
04 - 215th Anniversary (1781), Herschel's discovery of Uranus
06 - 10 Anniversary (1986), Vega 1, Comet Halley Flyby (Soviet Union)
08 - Asteroid Massalia at Opposition
08 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Suisei, Comet Halley Flyby (Japan)
09 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Vega 2, Comet Halley Flyby (Soviet Union)
11 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Sakigake, Comet Halley Flyby (Japan)
12 - APSTAR-A1 Long March Launch
12 - Asteroid 62 Erato occults 9.7 magnitude star in Libra
13 - Galileo, probe data playback completed
13 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Giotto, Comet Halley Flyby (ESA)
14 - Galileo, orbital trim maneuver #3 (OTM-3), Apojove Maneuver
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