Space News Update- July 22, 2013 -

In the News

Story 1: Reports Detail Mars Rover Clues to Atmosphere's Past

Story 2:Super-Moon Monday: The 3rd (& Final?) Act

Story 3:

Earth's gold came from colliding dead stars 

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The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities

NASA-TV HighlightsSpace CalendarFood for Thought

Space Image of the Week

Reports Detail Mars Rover Clues to Atmosphere's Past

Super-Moon Monday: The 3rd (& Final?) Act

Earth's gold came from colliding dead stars

The Night SkyMonday, July 22 • Twinkly Regulus is now 1¼° below Venus at dusk. Full Moon (exact at 2:16 p.m. EDT). The Moon travels across the sky tonight in western Capricornus.

Tuesday, July 23 • Look northwest after dark for the Big Dipper, hanging diagonally. Its handle is on the upper left. Follow the curve of the handle on around leftward, for a little more than a Dipper-length, to land on bright Arcturus in the west.

Wednesday, July 24 • The two brightest stars of summer evenings are Arcturus in the west now and Vega nearly overhead. They're 37 and 25 light-years away, respectively.

Thursday, July 25 • Jupiter is climbing higher and higher above faint Mars in the dawn. On what morning can you first pick up Mercury? The waning gibbous Moon rises due east late this evening. If you have a distant, flat eastern horizon, mark the spot. The Great Square of Pegasus stands on one corner well to the rising Moon's upper left.

Friday, July 26 • The Delta Aquariid meteor shower should be in its broad maximum all this coming week. This and other weak, long-lasting July showers with radiants in the southern sky increase the chance that any meteor you see these nights will be flying out of the south.

ISS Sighting Opportunities

Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

ISS For Denver:

LOCAL DATE/TIME VISIBLE (MIN)

MAX HEIGHT (DEG)

APPEARS(DEG)

DISAPPEARS(DEG)

Mon Jul 22, 3:07 AM 1 min 30° 30 above ENE 14 above ENE

Mon Jul 22, 4:40 AM 4 min 20° 10 above WNW 15 above NNE

Tue Jul 23, 2:20 AM < 1 min 11° 11 above ENE 11 above ENE

Tue Jul 23, 3:53 AM 2 min 28° 23 above WNW 21 above N

Wed Jul 24, 3:06 AM 1 min 35° 35 above N 22 above NNE

Wed Jul 24, 4:41 AM 3 min 13° 10 above NW 11 above N

Thu Jul 25, 2:20 AM < 1 min 14° 14 above NE 12 above NE

Thu Jul 25, 3:53 AM 3 min 16° 12 above NW 13 above N

Fri Jul 26, 3:06 AM 1 min 21° 21 above NNW 16 above NNE

Fri Jul 26, 4:42 AM 2 min 11° 10 above NNW 10 above NNE

NASA-TV Highlights

(all times Eastern Daylight Time)

July 23, Tuesday8:40 a.m. - ISS Expedition 36 In-Flight Event for the European Space Agency with Industry Leaders - JSC (All Channels)2 p.m. - Google+ Hangout on Hurricane Research Flights - GSFC (All Channels)3:30 p.m. - "Celebrating Sally" Google+ Hangout - HQ (All Channels) July 24, Wednesday10:30 a.m. - Orion Parachute Test Live Google+ Hangout - HQ (Public and Education Channels)11 a.m. - Space Station Live - JSC (Media Channel) July 25, Thursday10:50 a.m. - ISS Expedition 36 In-Flight Interview with the Washington Post’s “On Background” Online Program and the Portland ME Herald - JSC (Public and Media Channels)12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control On Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network – JSC (All Channels)4:30 p.m. - ISS Progress 50 Undocking Coverage (Undocking scheduled at 4:43 p.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels)

Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

Space Calendar

JPL Space Calendar

Jul 22 - Mars Passes 0.8 Degrees From Jupiter Jul 22 - Comet P/2012 G1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.572 AU) Jul 22 - Comet 231P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (3.361 AU) Jul 22 - Asteroid 5103 Divis Occults HIP 100027 (4.2 Magnitude Star) Jul 22 - Asteroid 2013 BN18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU) Jul 22 - Asteroid 2007 XY9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU) Jul 22 - Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (1.696 AU) Jul 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #355 (OTM-355) Jul 23 - Comet 84P/Giclas Perihelion (1.840 AU) Jul 23 - Comet 178P/Hug-Bell Perihelion (1.934 AU) Jul 23 - Comet P/2012 B1 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.825 AU) Jul 23 - Asteroid 462 Eriphyla Occults HIP 29655 (3.3 Magnitude Star) Jul 24 - Comet P/2013 J4 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.288 AU) Jul 24 - Asteroid 134346 Pinatubo Closest Approach To Earth (0.856 AU) Jul 24 - Asteroid 916 America Closest Approach To Earth (1.144 AU) Jul 24 - Asteroid 13010 Germantitov Closest Approach To Earth (2.368 AU) Jul 25 - Insat 3-D/ Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat XL) Ariane 5 Launch Jul 25 - Comet C/2013 G6 (Lemmon) Perihelion (2.049 AU) Jul 25 - Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU) Jul 25 - Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.714 AU) Jul 25 - 40th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter) Jul 26 - [Jul 19] Cassini, Titan Flyby Jul 26 - Comet C/2012 K8 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (6.264 AU) Jul 26 - Asteroid 576 Emanuela Occults HIP 94645 (6.4 Magnitude Star) Jul 26 - Asteroid 2006 BL8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU) Jul 26 - Asteroid 13212 Jayleno Closest Approach To Earth (1.204 AU) Jul 26 - Asteroid 416 Vaticana Closest Approach To Earth (1.380 AU) Jul 26 - 50th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st Geosynchronous Satellite

Mars 5 reached orbit on 12 Feb 1974, and returned 43 usable

photos and 5 panoramas of the Martian surface.

Syncom 2 demonstrated the first successful TV transmission

through a geosynchronous satellite; it was a forerunners of the Intelsat series of satellites.

Food for Thought

44 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing: 'We all miss you, Neil'

Space Image of the Week

What the Earth and Moon Look Like From Saturn.

The Moon is the bright dot just below and to the left of Earth.