There is going to be a total lunar eclipse on February 20-21, 2008. Here is the time line of this event.

Eclipse Event
PST
MST
CST
EST

Penumbra First Visible
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6:05pm
7:05pm
8:05pm

Partial [...]

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Cassini-Huygens
Four NASA spacecraft have been sent to explore Saturn. Pioneer 11 was first to fly past Saturn in 1979. Voyager 1 flew past a year later, followed by its twin, Voyager 2, in 1981.
The Cassini spacecraft is the first to explore the Saturn system of rings and moons from orbit. Cassini entered orbit on Jun. [...]

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