2008 in science

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The year 2008 in science involves some significant events.

Events

Scientific events scheduled to occur in the year 2008 include:

January 15 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its first of three flybys of Mercury at 200 km altitude, to decrease velocity enough to a 2011 orbit insertion.
May 12 - Cassini Spacecraft is set to orbit within 100 km of Enceladus, its closest encounter of the sixth largest moon of Saturn.
June 8 - NASA's Pluto probe New Horizons will cross the orbit of Saturn, after 2½ years journey. The Voyagers spent 3 to 4 years to get to Saturn.
August 1 - Total solar eclipse: northern Canada, Siberia, Mongolia, northern China.
October 6 - NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes the second of three flybys of Mercury.
The Indian Space Research Organization plans an unmanned mission to the Moon.
The United Nations is to review drug policies around the world. [1] [2]
A vaccine to wipe out the virus that causes cervical cancer is expected to be ready this year.