Space News Update- June 10, 2013 -

In the News

Story 1: Second Rover Finds Hint of a Life-Friendly Ancient Mars

Story 2:Newly Found Truck-Sized Asteroid to Whiz by Earth June 8

Story 3:

10 Years & Top 10 Discoveries from Marvelous Mars Express 

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Second Rover Finds Hint of a Life-Friendly Ancient Mars

Newly Found Truck-Sized Asteroid to Whiz by Earth June 8

10 Years & Top 10 Discoveries from Marvelous Mars Express

The Night SkyMonday, June 10 • The thin crescent Moon low in twilight now forms a triangle with Venus and Mercury, as shown at right. Look above the triangle for the Pollux-and-Castor pair.

Tuesday, June 11 • The waxing Moon after sunset now forms a wide arc with Castor, Pollux, and low Procyon, as shown at right. Venus and Mercury are not far from the center of the arc's curve. • Early Wednesday morning, the faint asteroid 332 Siri will will occult (hide) a 6.4-magnitude star east of Antares for up to 4 seconds as seen along a track from Oklahoma across northwest Texas, southern New Mexico, and southern Arizona. The star is an unusually bright one to be occulted by an asteroid, but the event happens low in the southwestern sky.

Wednesday, June 12 • The interesting binocular field around Antares holds the dim glow of the globular cluster M4, as many skywatchers well know. But do you also know about Rho Ophiuchi, the fine binocular triple star in the same field? It's the top of a loop of five stars including Antares.

Thursday, June 13 • Look above the Moon after nightfall to spot Regulus and the Sickle of Leo.

Friday, June 14 • The widening Moon is now lower left of Regulus and the Sickle of Leo.

ISS Sighting Opportunities

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

ISS For Denver:

SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

ISS Mon Jun 10/01:07 AM 2 21 11 above NNW 21 above NNE ISS Mon Jun 10/09:05 PM 2 19 19 above N 11 above NNE ISS Mon Jun 10/10:42 PM < 1 10 10 above N 10 above N ISS Tue Jun 11/00:19 AM 1 16 15 above N 14 above NE ISS Tue Jun 11/09:53 PM 1 11 11 above N 10 above NNE ISS Tue Jun 11/11:30 PM 2 13 12 above N 10 above NE ISS Wed Jun 12/01:05 AM 1 41 10 above NW 18 above NNW ISS Wed Jun 12/09:03 PM 1 13 13 above N 10 above NNE ISS Wed Jun 12/10:41 PM 1 11 11 above N 10 above NNE ISS Thu Jun 13/00:17 AM < 1 27 19 above NNW 23 above N ISS Thu Jun 13/09:51 PM 1 10 10 above N 10 above NNE ISS Thu Jun 13/11:28 PM 2 19 17 above N 18 above NE ISS Fri Jun 14/09:02 PM < 1 10 10 above N 10 above N

NASA-TV Highlights

(all times Eastern Daylight Time)

June 10, Monday11:35 a.m. - ISS Expedition 36 Educational In-Flight Event with the Douglas, MA Public School District - JSC (All Channels)

June 11, Tuesday9:30 a.m. - ISS Progress 51 Undocking Coverage (Undocking scheduled at 9:59 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels)

June 13, Thursday12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control On-Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels)1:50 p.m. - ISS Expedition 36 In-Flight Event for “Destination Station” with the Cascade Community School in Shoreline, WA - JSC (All Channels)

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Space Calendar

JPL Space Calendar

Jun 10 - [Jun 07] Asteroid 2013 LD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU) Jun 10 - [Jun 03] Asteroid 2013 KK6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU) Jun 10 - Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.129 AU) Jun 10 - Asteroid 42776 Casablanca Closest Approach To Earth (2.067 AU) Jun 10 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.725 AU) Jun 10 - Kuiper Belt Object 28978 Ixion At Opposition (39.650 AU) Jun 10 - 10th Anniversary (2003), Mars Exploration Rover A (Spirit) Launch Jun 10 - 40th Anniversary (1973), Explorer 49 Launch (Moon Orbiter) Jun 11 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #351 (OTM-351) Jun 11 - Comet P/2006 F4 (Spacewatch) Closest Approach To Earth (1.639 AU) Jun 11 - Comet P/2005 L1 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.240 AU) Jun 11 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko At Opposition (4.230 AU) Jun 11 - [Jun 07] Asteroid 2013 LB2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU) Jun 11 - Asteroid 85197 Ginkgo Closest Approach To Earth (1.374 AU) Jun 12 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (24 Degrees) Jun 12 - Comet C/2013 J6 (Catalina) At Opposition (1.786 AU) Jun 12 - Comet P/2005 L4 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (1.822 AU) Jun 12 - Comet C/2013 E1 (McNaught) Perihelion (7.782 AU) Jun 12 - Asteroid 332 Siri Occults HIP 84478 (6.4 Magnitude Star) Jun 13 - Comet 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann At Opposition (3.652 AU) Jun 13 - Asteroid 7042 Carver Closest Approach To Earth (0.921 AU) Jun 13 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU) Jun 13 - Asteroid 1756 Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (1.876 AU) Jun 14 - Comet 258P/PANSTARRS At Opposition (3.539 AU) Jun 14 - Asteroid 39566 Carllewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.167 AU) Jun 14 - Asteroid 13677 Alvin Closest Approach To Earth (2.220 AU)

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