Space News Update - June 7, 2016 - In the News Departments Story 1: VLA Reveals New Information on Workings of Jupiter's Atmosphere Story 2: Pioneering Physicist Carroll Alley Dies Story 3: Some Comets are like Couples: They Break Up, then Make Up Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

VLA Reveals New Information on Workings of Jupiter's Atmosphere In this computer graphic, NASA's Voyager 1 probe, moving toward upper left, nears the edge of the sun's influence, flying through a region of space dominated by a "magnetic highway" that helps mediate the flow of particles into and out of the solar system. The region includes particles from the sun's southern hemisphere that have been forced northward by the pressure of the interstellar wind. Voyager 1 is expected to cross the boundary into interstellar space sometime within the next few years if not sooner. (Credit: NASA)

Pioneering Physicist Carroll Alley Dies

Some Comets are like Couples: They Break Up, then Make Up

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, June 7 As darkness arrives these evenings, look south about halfway between Jupiter and Mars. One star there stands out: Spica, in Virgo. High above it shines brighter Arcturus in Bootes. Half as far to Spica's lower right is the constellation Corvus, the Crow, eyeing Spica to steal it from Virgo's hand. Wednesday, June 8 With June well under way, the Big Dipper has swung around to hang down by its handle high in the northwest during evening. The middle star of its handle is Mizar, with tiny little Alcor right next to it. On which side of Mizar should you look for Alcor? As always, on the side facing Vega! Which now shines in the east-northeast. Thursday, June 9 Look upper left of the thick crescent Moon at nightfall for Regulus, as shown here. Upper left of Regulus by 14° shines Jupiter, much brighter. A 3-inch telescope will show Saturn's biggest and brightest moon, 8.5-magnitude Titan. Tonight it's east of Saturn, by about four times the length of Saturn's rings. Can you see its orange tint? Watch the Moon stepping past Regulus and Jupiter Sky & Telescope

ISS Sighting Opportunities ISS For Denver: Date Visible Max Height Appears Disappears Tue Jun 7, 00:15 AM < 1 min 16° 10° above NW 16° above NW Tue Jun 7, 9:47 PM 2 min 12° 11° above N 10° above NE Tue Jun 7, 11:23 PM 1 min 35° 22° above NNW 35° above N Wed Jun 8, 8:54 PM 11° 10° above N 10° above NNE Wed Jun 8, 10:31 PM 26° 21° above N 20° above ENE Thu Jun 9, 00:06 AM 10° above WNW 12° above WNW Thu Jun 9, 9:38 PM 3 min 18° 15° above N 11° above ENE Thu Jun 9, 11:14 PM 15° above NW 35° above WNW Fri Jun 10, 10:22 PM 51° 27° above NNW 37° above E Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Time Zone)  Tuesday, June 7 10 a.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 48-49 Crew’s Departure from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (Ivanishin, Rubins, Onishi) (all channels) Wednesday, June 8 10 a.m. - ISS Expedition 47 In-Flight Event for ESA with British Media and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (all channels) Thursday, June 9 9:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition 47 In-Flight Interview for WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee with Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA (starts at 9:45 a.m. ET) (all channels) 1 p.m. - Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum Presents - “What’s New in Aerospace?” – Appropriate Attire with NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman - HQ (NTV-1) (NTV-1 (Public)) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Jun 07 - Cassini, Titan Flyby Jun 07 - Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU) Jun 07 - Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU) Jun 07 - Comet P/2010 N1 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.741 AU) Jun 07 - Comet P/2004 T1 (LINEAR-NEAT) At Opposition (2.870 AU) Jun 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 LT1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.001 AU) Jun 07 - Asteroid 13123 Tyson Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU) Jun 07 - Apollo Asteroid 65803 Didymos Closest Approach To Earth (1.742 AU) Jun 07 - Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU) Jun 07 - Asteroid 18728 Grammier Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU) Jun 07 - 60th Anniversary (1956), Dogs Albina & Kozyavka Launched Into Space Jun 07-09 - 7th Joint Space Resources Roundtable (SRR)/Planetary & Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium (PTMSS) Meeting, Golden, Colorado Jun 08 - World Oceans Day Jun 08 - Echostar 18/ BRIsat Ariane 5 Launch Jun 08 - Comet P/2010 N1 (WISE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.736 AU) Jun 08 - Amor Asteroid 2016 JV Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU) Jun 08 - Asteroid 2864 Soderblom Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 AU) Jun 08 - Asteroid 8629 Chucklorre Closest Approach To Earth (2.295 AU) Jun 08 - Kuiper Belt Object 174567 Varda At Opposition (46.016 AU) Jun 09 - Comet P/2001 H5 (NEAT) At Opposition (2.088 AU) Jun 09 - NROL-37 Delta 4 Launch Jun 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 LR Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU) Jun 09 - Aten Asteroid 2009 KR4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU) Jun 09 - Asteroid 2579 Spartacus Closest Approach To Earth (1.032 AU) Jun 09 - Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU) JPL Space Calendar

NASA Radar Finds Ice Age Record in Mars' Polar Cap New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale Food for Thought NASA Radar Finds Ice Age Record in Mars' Polar Cap

Space Image of the Week Comet PanSTARRS and the Helix Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich