June 30, 2009 (Tuesday)

• The interplanetary space probe Ulysses mission ends. (Reuters)

June 23, 2009 (Tuesday)

• The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
  The Lunar Precursor Robotic Program is a program of robotic spacecraft missions which NASA will use to prepare for future human spaceflight missions to the Moon. Two LPRP missions, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite , were launched in June 2009...
  
   achieves orbit around the moon
  Moon
  The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
  
  . (NASA)

June 20, 2009 (Saturday)

• Groundbreaking occurs for Spaceport America
  Spaceport America
  Spaceport America is a spaceport located in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin in New Mexico, United States. It lies north of El Paso, north of Las Cruces, east of Truth or Consequences...
  
   in New Mexico
  New Mexico
  New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
  
  . (BBC)

June 12, 2009 (Friday)

• The transition
  DTV transition in the United States
  The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
  
   from analog to digital television signals is completed in the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  . (AP)

June 11, 2009 (Thursday)

• Element 112 has been officially recognized by IUPAC and will be added to the periodic table
  Periodic table
  The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of the 118 known chemical elements organized by selected properties of their atomic structures. Elements are presented by increasing atomic number, the number of protons in an atom's atomic nucleus...
  
   once a name has been chosen. (Reuters)

June 9, 2009 (Tuesday)

• The Sims 3
  The Sims 3
  The Sims 3 is a 2009 strategic life simulation computer game developed by The Sims Studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims 2. It was first released on June 2, 2009 simultaneously for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows...
  
   sells 1.4 million copies in the first week, making it the best game launch in Electronic Arts
  Electronic Arts
  Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
  
  's history. This adds to the over 100 million copies of The Sims
  The Sims
  The Sims is a strategic life-simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. Its development was led by game designer Will Wright, also known for developing SimCity...
  
   franchise; which is the best-selling game ever. (AP)

June 8, 2009 (Monday)

• Apples announces the iPhone 3G S. (ABC)