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Space News Update
- July 9, 2012 In the News
Story 1:
The Sun Blasts Out an X1-Class Solar Flare
Story 2:
Scientists say NASA's 'new form of life' was untrue
Story 3:
Mystery Wave in Milky Way Galaxy Suggests Recent Crash
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The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV Highlights
Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week
The Sun Blasts Out an X1-Class Solar
Flare
Scientists say NASA's 'new form of life'
was untrue
Mystery Wave in Milky Way Galaxy
Suggests Recent Crash
The Night Sky
Monday, July 9
· At nightfall, spot bright Arcturus very high in the southwest to
west. It's way above Saturn, Spica, and Mars. Look off to the
right of Arcturus for the Big Dipper — which is hanging down
and, as night grows late, previewing its late-summer dip as if
scooping water.
Tuesday, July 10
· As the stars begin to come out, look very high in the east for
bright Vega. How soon can you spot the other two stars of the
Summer Triangle? Deneb is 24° to Vega's lower left: two or three
fist-widths at arm's length. Altair is 34° to Vega's lower right:
three or four fists.
Vega passes the zenith around midnight.
Wednesday, July 11
· Altair is the brightest star halfway up the southeastern sky
(halfway from the horizon to the zenith). Look to its left by slightly
more than a fist-width, and perhaps a bit lower, for the distinctive
little constellation Delphinus, the leaping Dolphin. Its nose points
left.
Thursday, July 12
· By 11 p.m. daylight time the Great Square of Pegasus,
signature constellation of autumn, is already up in the east and
balancing on one corner.
· Friday, July 13
· During dawn on Saturday morning, the waning crescent Moon in
the east is upper right of Jupiter and lower right of the Pleiades, as
shown here
ISS Sighting Opportunities
For Denver:
NO SIGHTINGS UNTIL JULY 17
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights
July 10, Tuesday
2 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Crew Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC
(All Channels)
July 11, Wednesday
2 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Crew Activities and Soyuz Rocket Mating in
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC (All Channels)
July 12, Thursday
6:30 a.m. - Video Highlights of Expedition 30/31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit - JSC (All Channels)
7 - 8 a.m. - Live Interviews with Expedition 30/31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit - JSC (All Channels)
12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control Interview with the Digital Learning Network – JSC (All
Channels) 2 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M Rollout to the Launch
Pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC (All Channels)
July 13, Friday
2 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Final Pre-Launch Crew News Conference and
Russian State Commission Meeting in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC (All Channels)
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.
Space Calendar
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Jul 09 - Comet 189P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (0.172 AU)
Jul 09 - Comet 152P/Helin-Lawrence Perihelion (3.116 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 1818 Brahms Closest Approach To Earth (0.834 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 1997 Leverrier Closest Approach To Earth (1.002 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 1831 Nicholson Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 12464 Manhattan Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 18728 Grammier Closest Approach To Earth (2.192 AU)
Jul 10 - 20th Anniversary (1992), Giotto, Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Flyby
Jul 10 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Telstar 1 Launch
Jul 10 - Alvan Clark's 180th Birthday (1832)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 3062 Wren Closest Approach To Earth (2.001 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (2.099 AU)
Jul 11 - Lecture: The Origin of Science, United Kingdom
Jul 12 - Comet C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes) Closest Approach To Earth (1.266 AU)
Jul 12 - Comet P/2010 H4 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (4.616 AU)
Jul 12 - 35th Anniversary (1977), High Engery Astronomical Observatory (HEAO-1) Launch
Jul 13 -Gonets M3 & M4/ Cosmos-Rodnik N4/MiR Rokot KM Launch
Jul 13 - Comet C/2012 L3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.384 AU)
Jul 13 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.534 AU)
Jul 13 - Langley Research Center's 95th Birthday (1917)
JPL Space Calendar
Food for Thought
SciTechTalk: If it's the Higgs, now what?
Space Image of the Week