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Space News Update - August 19, 2011 In the News Story 1: Space Storm Tracked from Sun to Earth Story 2: NASA Tests Deep Space Capsule for Launch & Landing Story 3: Cosmic Collisions Could Eject Habitable Planets Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week Space Storm Tracked from Sun to Earth NASA Tests Deep Space Capsule for Launch & Landing Cosmic Collisions Could Eject Habitable Planets The Night Sky Friday, August 19 · Watch bright Jupiter rise below the waning gibbous Moon late tonight, as shown here. They're up in the east by about 11 or midnight daylight saving time, depending on where you live in your time zone. Saturday, August 20 · Vesta, the brightest asteroid — and now host to NASA's Dawn spacecraft — is up in fine view by mid- to late evening, shining in Capricornus at magnitude 5.9. It's an easy find in binoculars. Use the finder chart in the August Sky & Telescope, page 53, or our Vesta and Ceres finder charts online. Ceres, a future destination for Dawn (it'll get there in February 2015), lurks two constellations farther to the east in Cetus. It's currently magnitude 8.0. 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 ISS ISS ISS ISS Fri Aug 19/09:16 PM Sat Aug 20/08:17 PM Sun Aug 21/08:56 PM Sun Aug 21/10:32 PM Fri Aug 19/09:16 PM 1 2 <1 <1 1 12 16 10 10 12 12 above NNW 16 above NNW 10 above NNW 10 above N 12 above NNW 10 above N 11 above NNE 10 above N 10 above N 10 above N ISS ISS ISS ISS ISS ISS Sun Jun 26/09:30 PM Sun Jun 26/11:06 PM Mon Jun 27/10:07 PM Fri Jun 24/00:28 AM Fri Jun 24/09:54 PM Fri Jun 24/11:30 PM 3 1 3 <1 2 1 15 46 33 12 12 36 13 above N 23 above NW 24 above NNW 10 above NW 11 above N 22 above NNW 10 above ENE 46 above NW 22 above E 12 above NW 10 above NE 36 above N Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) August 19, Friday 7 a.m. - Replay of ISS Update (8/12/11) - HQ (Media Channel) 8 a.m. - NASA Television Video File - HQ (Media Channel) 8 a.m. - Replay of Session Two - University of Maryland NASA Future Forum (8/11/11) - HQ (Public, HD and Education Channels) 11 a.m. - ISS Update - JSC (All Channels) 12 p.m. - NASA Television Video File - HQ (Public, HD and Media Channels) 1 p.m. - Replay of Session Three - University of Maryland NASA Future Forum - (8/11/11) - HQ (Public, HD and Education Channels) 5 p.m. - Replay of Session Four - University of Maryland NASA Future Forum (8/11/11) - HQ (Public, HD and Education Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website Space Calendar Aug 19 - Asteroid 2011 BL45 Near-Earth FLyby (0.099 AU) Aug 19 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (1.836 AU) Aug 19 - Orville Wright's 140th Birthday (1871) Aug 19 - John Flamsteed's 365th Birthday (1646) Aug 21 - Comet 97P/Metcalf-Brewington Perihelion (2.597 AU) Aug 21 - Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.341 AU) Aug 21 - Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU) Aug 21 - Asteroid 172996 Stooke Closest Approach To Earth (1.414 AU) Aug 21 - Asteroid 3174 Alcock Closest Approach To Earth (2.271 AU) Aug 22 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #288 (OTM-288) Aug 22 - Neptune At Opposition Aug 22 - Comet 251P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU) Aug 22 - Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (15.859) Aug 22 - Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (0.657 AU) Aug 22 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.225 AU) Aug 22 - Asteroid 671 Carnegia Closest Approach To Earth (2.202 AU) Food for Thought Chinese rocket fails to orbit experimental satellite Space Image of the Week Herschel's Cocoon Credit: ESA, SPIRE & PACS Consortia, Doris Arzoumanian (CEA Saclay), et al.