"Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" released 2002

George Lucas' sequel/prequel Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones was released in the US May 16, 2002.  It follows Anakin Skywalker as he begins a forbidden romance with Queen Amidala, and Obi-Wan discovers a secret clone army on a remote planet.

Anthony Daniels (C3PO) and Kenny Baker (R2D2) reprised their roles from the previous four Star Wars movies.  Samuel L. Jackson appeared again as Mace Windu and Jimmy Smits as Ambassador Bail Organa.  Frank Oz provided the voice of Master Yoda.

The movie received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.  Unfortunately, it was also nominated for 7 Razzie Awards and won two of them.

"Iron Man 2" released 2010

Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau, was released in the US May 7, 2010.  It was the sequel to Iron Man released in 2008.  It starred Robert Downey, Jr in the title role with Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan.

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.   It was the seventh-highest grossing film of 2010.

Clementine (DSPSE) launched 1994

Clementine (official name: Deep Space Program Science Experiment), launched January 25, 1994, was a joint project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and NASA.  Its mission was to study the moon and a near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos.

The lunar mapping portion of the mission lasted about 2 months and was successfully completed.  However, when it  left lunar orbit, a computer glitch caused a thruster to fire until all of its fuel had been spent and left Clementine spinning out of control.  The near-Earth asteroid section of the mission had  to be abandoned.

1620 Geographos was discovered  September 14, 1951, by Albert George Wilson and Rudolph Minkowski.  It was named in honor  of the National Geographic Society.  It made its closest approach to Earth in 1994 (hence the timing of the mission) but won't come as close until 2586.