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Space News Update
- March 16, 2012 In the News
Story 1:
Zoom Into the Entire Infrared Sky from WISE
Story 2:
Clues to 'Weird' Saturn Moon Found in Earth's Ice
Story 3:
Spaceflight Bad for Astronauts' Vision, Study Suggests
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Space Calendar
NASA-TV Highlights
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week
Zoom Into the Entire Infrared Sky from WISE
Clues to 'Weird' Saturn Moon Found in
Earth's Ice
Spaceflight Bad for Astronauts' Vision, Study
Suggests
The Night Sky
Friday, March 16
· Tonight Comet Garradd, about magnitude 6.8,
passes ¼° by the tail star of Draco: 4th-magnitude
Lambda (λ) Draconis. You've got a good view in
convenient evening hours now; catch the comet
before it starts fading. See our article and chart in
the March Sky & Telescope, page 60, or online.
Saturday, March 17
· Jupiter and Venus have separated a bit to appear
nearly 5° apart now — still a head-turning spectacle
in the west at dusk!
Sunday, March 18
· As the stars come out, look south for brilliant
Sirius. It's the bottom point of the Winter Triangle.
The triangle's other corners are Procyon to Sirius's
upper left, and Betelgeuse to Sirius's upper right (a
corner of Orion). Compared to the Summer
Triangle, the Winter Triangle is brighter, more
colorful, and equilateral!
Monday, March 19
· Spring begins (in the Northern Hemisphere)
tonight. The equinox comes at 1:14 a.m. Tuesday
morning EDT, 10:14 p.m. Monday evening PDT,
when the Sun crosses the equator on its way north.
The Sun rises and sets almost due east and west,
and day and night are about equally long. In the
Southern Hemisphere, winter begins.
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
Thu Mar 15/06:26 AM
2
17
10 above S
17 above SE
ISS
Sat Mar 17/06:07 AM
4
34
10 above SSW
29 above ESE
ISS
Sun Mar 18/05:13 AM
2
16
15 above SSE
13 above ESE
ISS
Mon Mar 19/05:51 AM
3
74
29 above SW
27 above ENE
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights
(all times Eastern Daylight Time)
March 16, Friday
4 p.m. – Replay of JPL’s Women’s History Month Event – “Leaders in Space Exploration” – HQ (Public
and Education Channels)
8 p.m., 4 p.m. – Replay of NASA’s Women, Innovation and Aerospace Program at George Washington
University (Morning and Afternoon Sessions) – HQ (Public and Education Channels)
March 17, Saturday
7 a.m., 11 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/12) – HQ (All Channels)
8 a.m., 10 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/13) – HQ (All Channels)
9 a.m., 9 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/14) – HQ (All Channels)
10 a.m., 8 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/15) – HQ (All Channels)
11 a.m., 7 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/16) – HQ (All Channels)
12 p.m. – NASA Television Video File – HQ (Public and Media Channels)
1 p.m. – Replay of JPL’s Women’s History Month Event – “Leaders in Space Exploration” – HQ (Public
and Education Channels)
March 11, Sunday
6 a.m., 5 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/12) – HQ (All Channels)
7 a.m., 4 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/13) – HQ (All Channels)
8 a.m., 3 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/14) – HQ (All Channels)
9 a.m., 12 p.m., 6 p.m. – NASA Television Video File – HQ (Public and Media Channels)
10 a.m., 8 p.m. – Replay of NASA’s Women, Innovation and Aerospace Program at George Washington
University (Morning and Afternoon Sessions) – HQ (Public and Education Channels)
1 p.m., 7 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/16) – HQ (All Channels)
2 p.m. – Replay of ISS Update (3/15) – HQ (All Channels)
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website
Johann Gottfried Galle
Space Calendar
Mar 16 - Mercury Passes 4.6 Degrees From Uranus
Mar 16 - Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.424 AU)
Mar 16 - 50th Anniversary (1962), 1st Titan 2 Rocket Launch
Mar 17 - Asteroid 736 Harvard Closest Approach To Earth (1.548 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.887 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 42776 Casablanca Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
Mar 17 - Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.521 AU)
Mar 17 - Dwarf Planet 136472 Makemake At Opposition (51.386 AU)
Mar 17 - 10th Anniversary (2002), GRACE Launch
Mar 18 - MESSENGER, End of Primary Mission
Mar 18 - Asteroid 10387 Bepicolombo Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU)
Mar 19 - Comet 228P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.532 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 13752 Grantstokes Closest Approach To Earth (1.778 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.935 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.335 AU)
Mar 19 - Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (2.367 AU)
Titan II launch vehicle launching Gemini 11
(September 12, 1966)
JPL Calendar
Food for Thought
Ride a Shuttle Booster to the Edge of Space and Back
Click image to view on YouTube
Space Image of the Week
Glittering Jewels of Messier 9
Image Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope