Transcript Russia Evaluates Space Capsule Cracks Ahead of March Launch

Space News Update
- January 27, 2012 In the News
Story 1:
Russia Evaluates Space Capsule Cracks Ahead of March Launch
Story 2:
Does Water Ice Lurk Beneath the Poles of Vesta ?
Story 3:
Kepler finds 11 new solar systems beyond our own
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Space Calendar
NASA-TV Highlights
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week
Russia Evaluates Space Capsule Cracks Ahead
of March Launch
Does Water Ice Lurk Beneath the Poles of
Vesta ?
Kepler finds 11 new solar systems beyond our
own
The Night Sky
Friday, January 27
· Now the Moon is higher above Venus. Once the stars come out, look a similar distance to the Moon's right for the
bottom star of the Great Square of Pegasus. The Great Square is balancing on this corner.
Saturday, January 28
· This evening, look right of the Moon for a different corner of the Great Square of Pegasus: its leftmost corner. About
twice as far to the Moon's upper left, Jupiter is shining brightly.
The Night Sky
Sunday, January 29
· The Moon shines about 8° right or upper right of Jupiter this evening (for North America), as shown above.
· This evening the faint asteroid 1746 Brouwer will occult (cover) a 7.0-magnitude star in Aries for up to 4 seconds as
seen from a path running from Oregon through the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to Massachusetts. Maps and details for
planning your watch. The star is bright enough in a telescope that the Moon so nearby shouldn't compromise
things too much.
Monday, January 30
· The first-quarter Moon shines about 8° upper left of Jupiter this evening (for North America), as shown above.
For Denver: No ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS Sighting Opportunities
For Denver:
SATELLITE
LOCAL
DURATION
DATE/TIME
(MIN)
MAX
ELEV
(DEG)
APPROACH
DEPARTURE
(DEG-DIR)
(DEG-DIR)
ISS
Sat Jan 28/05:58 AM
3
14
10 above NNW 10 above NE
ISS
Sun Jan 29/05:04 AM
<1
10
10 above NNE
10 above NNE
ISS
Sun Jan 29/06:37 AM
4
30
10 above NW
24 above ENE
ISS
Mon Jan 30/05:41 AM
3
19
15 above N
13 above ENE
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights
(all times Eastern Daylight Time)
January 27, Friday
6:30 p.m. - ISS Progress 46 Docking Coverage (docking scheduled at 7:08 p.m.
ET) - JSC(Public, HD and Media Channels)
January 31, Tuesday
11:50 a.m. - ISS Expedition 30 Educational Event with the Asa E. Low
Intermediate School in Mansfield, TX - JSC (All Channels)
1 p.m. - NASA Science Update - HQ (Public, HD and Media Channels)
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website
Johann Gottfried
Wilhelm
Beer
Galle
Space Calendar
Jan 27 - Comet C/2011 Q2 (McNaught) Closest Approach To Earth (2.271 AU)
Jan 27 - Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.533 AU)
Jan 27 - 45th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire (Gus Grissom, Edward White & Roger
Chaffee)
Jan 28 - [Jan 26] SES-4 Proton M-Briz M Launch
Jan 28 - Asteroid 371 Bohemia Occults HIP 9248 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
Jan 28 - Asteroid 1157 Arabia Closest Approach To Earth (2.638 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 3414 Champollion Closest Approach To Earth (1.047 AU)
Jan 29 - Asteroid 289586 Shackleton Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
Jan 29-Feb 03 - IAU Symposium 287: Cosmic Masers: From OH to H0, Stellenbosch, South
Africa
Jan 30 - [Jan 24] Cassini, Titan Flyby
Jan 30 - [Jan 24] Asteroid 2012 BD14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 2010 WU8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 35978 Arlington Closest Approach To Earth (1.479 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (2.076 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 83360 Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.116 AU)
Jan 31 - Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (0.177 AU)
JPL Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Remembering NASA’s Lost Astronauts
Space Image of the Week
Blue Marble
Image Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring