Space News Update- June 14, 2013 -

In the News

Story 1: NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed

Story 2:Black Hole Discovery Explains Decades Of Observations

Story 3:

Shenzhou 10 docks with Chinese Space Lab in Orbit 

Departments

The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities

NASA-TV HighlightsSpace CalendarFood for Thought

Space Image of the Week

NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed

Black Hole Discovery Explains Decades Of Observations

Shenzhou 10 docks with Chinese Space Lab in Orbit

The Night Sky

Friday, June 14 · The waxing crescent Moon hangs to the lower left of Regulus and the Sickle of Leo this evening. · With the solstice a week away, have you been watching the sunset point on your horizon day by day? See the June Sky & Telescope, page 50, for more on watching the reality of the solstice.

Saturday, June 15 · Mercury is drawing closer to Venus as it fades in the twilight, as shown at right. They're 3.3° apart now and will be 2° from each other at their closest on the 19th.

Sunday, June 16 · First-quarter Moon (exact at 1:24 p.m. EDT). The Moon shines under the dim head of Virgo.  Monday, June 17 · The Moon this evening forms the end of a curving line with Spica and Saturn, counting to the Moon's left. Look below the Moon for the four-star figure of Corvus.

ISS Sighting Opportunities

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

ISS For Denver:

LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE

DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

Fri Jun 14, 9:02 PM < 1 min 10° 10 above N 10 above N

Fri Jun 14, 10:39 PM 3 min 15° 14 above N 10 above NE

Sat Jun 15, 0:14 AM 1 min 62° 10 above NW 23 above NW

Sat Jun 15, 9:50 PM 2 min 12° 11 above N 10 above NE

Sat Jun 15, 11:27 PM 1 min 37° 24 above NNW 35 above NNE

Sun Jun 16, 9:00 PM 2 min 11° 10 above N 10 above NNE

Sun Jun 16, 10:38 PM 2 min 24° 20 above N 20 above ENE

Mon Jun 17, 0:13 AM < 1 min 42° 10 above WNW 12 above WNW

Mon Jun 17, 9:48 PM 3 min 18° 15 above N 11 above ENE

Mon Jun 17, 11:24 PM 2 min 78° 13 above NW 36 above WNW

NASA-TV Highlights

(all times Eastern Daylight Time)

June 15, Saturday8 a.m. - Coverage of the Docking of the European Space Agency’s “Albert Einstein” Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 Cargo Ship to the ISS (docking scheduled at 9:46 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels)

Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

Space Calendar

JPL Space Calendar

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) Jun 15 - Comet 17P/Holmes At Opposition (1.959 AU) Jun 15 - Asteroid 1640 Nemo Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU) Jun 16 - [Jun 11] 50th Anniversary (1963), 1st Woman In Space (Valentina Tereshkova) Jun 16 - Asteroid 20707 (1999 WW4) Occults HIP 66200 (4.9 Magnitude Star) Jun 16 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.108 AU) Jun 16 - Asteroid 7041 Nantucket Closest Approach To Earth (1.253 AU) Jun 16 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU) Jun 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar At Opposition (42.047 AU) Jun 17 - Comet 91P/Russell Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU) Jun 17 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.186 AU) Jun 17 - Asteroid 2157 Ashbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.475 AU) Jun 17 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)

Food for Thought

Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

Space Image of the WeekA View of Mercury From Afar