Transcript Curiosity prepped for software load, snaps color panorama

Space News Update
- Aug 10, 2012 In the News
Story 1:
Curiosity prepped for software load, snaps color panorama
Story 2:
Morpheus Lander Crashes, Burns at Kennedy Space Center
Story 3:
Plenty of Dark Matter Near the Sun
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Curiosity prepped for software load,
snaps color panorama
Morpheus Lander Crashes, Burns at
Kennedy Space Center
Plenty of Dark Matter Near the Sun
The Night Sky
Friday, August 10
· Night owls! The waning Moon
forms a tight triangle with Jupiter
and fainter Aldebaran after they
rise about 1 or 2 a.m. Saturday
morning, as shown at right. Bright
Venus rises far to their lower left
around 3 a.m. (depending on your
location).
Saturday, August 11
· The Perseid meteor
showershould be at its best late
tonight. Find a dark spot with a
wide-open view of the sky
overhead, bundle up against the
late-night chill, lie back in a lounge
chair, watch the sky, and be
patient. After 11 or midnight you
may see a meteor a minute on
average; fewer earlier.
The thick waning crescent Moon
rises by 1 or 2 a.m. (with Jupiter
above it). But its modest light,
notes the International Meteor
Organization, "should be
considered more of a nuisance
than a deterrent."
You're also likely to see occasional
Perseids for many nights before
and after. See our article Perseids
at Their Prime.
The Night Sky
Sunday, August 12
· Venus hangs below the waning
crescent Moon before and during
dawn Monday morning, as shown
above and below.
Monday, August 13
· Mars is finally passing between
Saturn and Spica low in the westsouthwestern twilight this evening
and tomorrow evening.
· Daytime occultation of Venus.
This afternoon, telescope users
across most of North America can
watch the edge of the thin waning
crescent Moon cover half-lit Venus
in a blue sky. The event happens
low for Easterners; the farther west
you are, the higher the Moon and
Venus will be in your sky. Finding
them is the trick. See
the August Sky & Telescope, page
51, for full details.
ISS Sighting Opportunities
For Denver:
SATELLITE
LOCAL
DURATION
DATE/TIME
(MIN)
MAX
ELEV
(DEG)
APPROACH
DEPARTURE
(DEG-DIR)
(DEG-DIR)
ISS
Fri Aug 10/09:09 PM
3
29
29 above NW
11 above NNE
ISS
Fri Aug 10/10:46 PM
1
11
11 above NNW
10 above N
ISS
Sat Aug 11/09:53 PM
2
13
13 above NNW
10 above NNE
ISS
Sat Aug 11/11:30 PM
<1
10
10 above N
10 above N
ISS
Sun Aug 12/09:00 PM
2
18
18 above NNW
10 above NNE
ISS
Sun Aug 12/10:37 PM
<1
10
10 above N
10 above N
ISS
Mon Aug 13/09:43 PM
1
11
10 above NNW
10 above N
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights
August 10, Friday
4 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News
Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels)
8 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News
Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels)
10 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News
Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels)
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.
Space Calendar
Aug 10 - Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (1.075 AU)
Aug 10 - Asteroid 4758 Hermitage Closest Approach To Earth (1.707 AU)
Aug 10 - 20th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
Aug 10 - 20th Anniversary (1992), Kitsat A Launch (1st South Korean Satellite)
Aug 10 - 40th Anniversary (1972), Daylight Fireball (Utah, Canada)
Aug 11 - Moon Occults Jupiter
Aug 11 - Asteroid 18610 Arthurdent Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.957 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 2127 Tanya Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU)
Aug 11 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 Launch
Aug 11 - 135th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Deimos
Aug 12 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
This represents the view
Aug 12 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia
Aug 12 - Asteroid 1757 Porvoo Occults HIP 106039 (4.5 Magnitude Star)
from mid-northern latitudes
Aug 12 - Asteroid 37655 Illapa Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
at about 2:00 a.m. local time
Aug 12 - Asteroid 1539 Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)
around August 12 and 13
Aug 12 - 35th Anniversary (1977), HEAO 1 Launch
Aug 12 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 Launch
Aug 13 - Moon Occults Venus
Aug 13 - Comet 185P/Petriew Perihelion (0.932 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.838 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 4037 Ikeya Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 3106 Morabito Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU)
Aug 13 - 370th Anniversary (1642), Christiaan Huygens' Discovery of Mars' South Polar Cap
JPL Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Schweickart: Private Asteroid Mission is for
the Benefit of Humanity
Space Video of the Week
Video Credit: Universe Today