Space News Update - January 13, In the News Story 1: Lockheed Martin Begins Taking Apart First Flown Orion Capsule Story 2: The Dark Energy Survey Begins to Reveal Previously Unknown Trans-Neptunian Objects Story 3: Story 3: Memory-addled Mars Rover Climbs High above the Red Planet’s Plain Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Lockheed Martin Begins Taking Apart First Flown Orion Capsule

The Dark Energy Survey Begins to Reveal Previously Unknown Trans-Neptunian Objects 1.Ratchet Wrench ‘ ed’ to Space Station

Memory-addled Mars Rover Climbs High above the Red Planet’s Plain

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, January 13 In early evening at this time of year, the Great Square of Pegasus balances on one corner high in the west. The vast Andromeda- Pegasus constellation complex runs all the way from near the zenith (Andromeda's foot) down through the Great Square (Pegasus's body) to low in the west (Pegasus's nose, Enif). Wednesday, January 14 Mercury is pulling away to the right of Venus now in twilight. Look low in the southwest. This evening they're still only 1.3° apart: roughly a finger's width at arm's length. Thursday, January 15 Jupiter's moon Io fades into eclipse by Jupiter's shadow tonight around 12:27 a.m. Friday morning EST; 9:27 p.m. Thursday evening PST. Use a telescope to watch it dwindle out of view just to Jupiter's west. Around 10:56 p.m. EST, Jupiter's Great Red Spot crosses the planet's central meridian (north-south midline. The waning crescent Moon shines with Saturn at dawn on the 16th. (The Moon is positioned for a viewer in the middle of North America. The Moon in these scenes is always drawn three times its actual size). Friday, January 16 Bright Capella high overhead, and bright Rigel in Orion's foot, are at almost the same right ascension — so they cross your sky’s meridian at almost the same time (around 9:30 p.m. now, depending on how far east or west you live in your time zone). This means that whenever Capella passes its very highest, Rigel marks true south over your landscape.

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver : DateVisibleMax HeightAppearsDisappears Wed Jan 14, 5:06 AM< 1 min10°10 above NNE Wed Jan 14, 6:40 AM2 min11°10 above NNW10 above N Thu Jan 15, 5:49 AM1 min12°12 above N10 above NNE Fri Jan 16, 6:34 AM1 min10°10 above N10 above NNE Sat Jan 17, 5:43 AM< 1 min10°10 above N

NASA-TV Highlights Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA Wednesday, January 14 10:30 a.m., - ISS Expedition 42 In-Flight Interviews (all channels) 12 p.m. - ISS Mission Control Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network (all channels) Thursday, January p.m. - ISS Expedition 43 (One-Year Crew) Mission Overview and Science Briefing (all channels) 1:30 p.m. - Video B-Roll of Expedition One-Year Crew Training (all channels) 2 p.m. - ISS Expedition 43 (One Year Crew; Kelly, Kornienko, Padalka) Crew News Conference – JSC (all channels) Friday, January 16 11:30 a.m., Friday, January 16 - Coverage of the Installation of the SpaceX/Dragon CRS-5 Cargo Ship to the ISS (NTV-3 (Media)) (all times Eastern Time Zone)

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar  Jan 13 - Dawn, Ceres Approach Imaging BeginsDawn  Jan 13 - Comet 304P/Ory At Opposition (1.027 AU)Comet 304P/Ory  Jan 13 - Comet C/2014 W7 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (1.158 AU)Comet C/2014 W7 (Christensen)  Jan 13 - Asteroid Pinatubo Closest Approach To Earth (1.804 AU)Asteroid Pinatubo  Jan 13 - Asteroid DNA Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)Asteroid DNA  Jan th Anniversary (1980), Discovery of EETA (Mars Meteorite)EETA  Jan th Anniversary (2005), Huygens Probe, Titan LandingHuygens ProbeTitan Landing  Jan 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #401 (OTM-401)Cassini  Jan 14 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)MercuryElongation  Jan 14 - Comet 201P/LONEOS Perihelion (1.339 AU)Comet 201P/LONEOSPerihelion  Jan 14 - Comet 15P/Finlay Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)Comet 15P/FinlayClosest Approach To Earth  Jan 14 - Comet 259P/Garradd Closest Approach To Earth (2.677 AU)Comet 259P/GarraddClosest Approach To Earth  Jan 14 - Comet 292P/Li Closest Approach To Earth (2.778 AU)Comet 292P/LiClosest Approach To Earth  Jan 14 - Comet 102P/Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (2.986 AU)Comet 102P/ShoemakerClosest Approach To Earth  Jan 14 - Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra) Perihelion (5.338 AU)Comet C/2013 G9 (Tenagra)Perihelion  Jan 14 - Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (0.966 AU)Asteroid 6318 CronkiteClosest  Jan 14 - Asteroid Mexico Closest Approach To Earth (2.049 AU)Asteroid Mexico  Jan 14 - Arthur Holmes' 125th Birthday (1890)Arthur Holmes'  Jan 15 - Asteroid 2007 EC Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)Asteroid 2007 ECNear-Earth Flyby  Jan 15 - Asteroid 2014 YR15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)Asteroid 2014 YR15Near-Earth Flyby  Jan 15 - Asteroid 9325 Stonehenge Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)Asteroid 9325 Stonehenge  Jan 15 - Asteroid ZZ Top Closest Approach To Earth (1.508 AU)Asteroid ZZ Top  Jan 15 - Asteroid 8992 Magnanimity Closest Approach To Earth (1.853 AU)Asteroid 8992 Magnanimity  Jan 16 - Comet 259P/Garradd At Opposition (2.677 AU)Comet 259P/GarraddAt Opposition  Jan 16 - Asteroid 2014 YD Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)Asteroid 2014 YDNear-Earth Flyby  Jan 16 - Asteroid 9998 ISO Closest Approach To Earth (1.199 AU)Asteroid 9998 ISO

Food for Thought Hubble Discovers That Milky Way Core Drives Wind at 2 Million Miles per Hour New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale

Space Image of the Week Stars and Dust in Corona Australis Image Credit & Copyright: CHART32 Team, Processing - Johannes Schedler