Space News Update - June 6, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Supernova Discovered in M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy Story 2: Story 2: Gliese's Hints of Habitability Story 3: Story 3: Small Mass of Mars Could Be Due to Planetary Orbital Migration Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Supernova Discovered in M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy

Gliese's Hints of Habitability

Small Mass of Mars Could Be Due to Planetary Orbital Migration

The Night Sky Monday, June 6 · Sparkly, summery Scorpius is rearing up in the south-southeast these evenings. Its brightest star is fiery Antares. Look for the other, whiter stars of upper Scorpius on either side of Antares and farther to its upper right. Tuesday, June 7 · A small telescope will always show Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Tonight and tomorrow night Titan is about four ring-lengths to Saturn's west. A 6-inch telescope will begin to show the orange color of its smoggy atmosphere. To identify fainter satellites closer to Saturn, use our Saturn's Moons tracker. Wednesday, June 8 · First-quarter Moon (exact at 10:11 p.m. EDT). The Moon shines south of Leo. Thursday, June 9 · The waxing Moon passes under Saturn and Porrima this evening and tomorrow evening, as shown here. Friday, June 10 · This evening look for Saturn to the Moon's upper right, Spica to the Moon's upper left, and brighter Arcturus very high above them all.

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information For Denver: SATELLITELOCALDURATION MAX ELEV APPROACHDEPARTURE DATE/TIME(MIN)(DEG)(DEG-DIR) ISSTue Jun 07/02:46 AM11110 above NW11 above N ISSWed Jun 08/04:47 AM< above N11 above N ISSThu Jun 09/02:00 AM< above NNW ISSFri Jun 10/04:00 AM< above N11 above N

NASA-TV Highlights June 6, Monday 11:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - NASA Tweet-Up at JPL - JPL (Education Channel) 3 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 28 Final Pre-Launch Crew News Conference and Russian State Commission Meeting in Baikonur, Kazakhstan 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. - NASA Tweet-Up at JPL - JPL (Public, HD and Education Channels) June 7, Tuesday 2:45 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 28 Crew Pre-Launch Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan 3:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 28/Soyuz TMA-02M Launch Coverage (Launch scheduled at 4:12 p.m. EDT) 4 p.m. - Aquarius/SAC-D Observatory Prelaunch News Conference 7 p.m. - Video File of ISS Expedition 28/Soyuz TMA-02M Pre-Launch, Launch and Post-Launch Interviews - June 9, Thursday 8:30 a.m. - Live Coverage of the Aquarius/SAC-D Observatory Launch (Liftoff is targeted for 10:20:13 a.m. EDT) - VAFB/KSC (Public, HD and Media Channels) 4:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 28/Soyuz TMA-02M Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at 5:22 p.m. EDT followed by the post-docking news conference from Mission Control in Korolev, Russia) 7:45 p.m. - ISS Expedition 28/Soyuz TMA-02M Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony (Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony scheduled at 8:30 p.m. EDT) 10 p.m. - Video File of ISS Expedition 28/Soyuz TMA-02M Docking, Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony - JSC (Public and Media Channels Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.NASA website.

Space Calendar · Jun 06 - Asteroid Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.597 AU) · Jun 06 -Jet Propulsion Laboratory Tweetup · Jun 07 - Soyuz TMA-02M Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 28S) · Jun 07 - Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.125 AU) · Jun 07 - Comet C/2008 S3 (Boattini) Perihelion (8.018 AU) · Jun 07 - Asteroid Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.914 AU) · Jun 07 - Asteroid Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (2.325 AU) · Jun 08 - Rosetta, Enters Hibernation · Jun 08 - Kuiper Belt Object Ixion At Opposition ( AU) · Jun 09 - Aquarius/SAC-D Delta 2 Launch · Jun 09 - Comet P/2010 H4 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (4.021 AU) · Jun 09 - Asteroid 3056 INAG Occults HIP (6.7 Magnitude Star) · Jun 09 - Asteroid 2011 KJ15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU) · Jun 10 - Tian Lian 1B CZ-3C Launch · Jun 10 - Asteroid Narcissus At Opposition (9.482 AU) · Jun 10 - Memorial Event: Allan Sandage - The End of an Era, San Marino, California JPL Space Calendar

Food for Thought Danish Amateurs Launch Homemade Rocket, Aim for Future Spaceflight

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