Space News Update - February 6, 2018 - In the News Departments Story 1: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch put on Spectacular Show in Maiden Flight Story 2: Good News for the Searth for Live, the Trappist System Might Be Rich in Water Story 3: HINODE captures record breaking solar magnetic field Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch put on Spectacular Show in Maiden Flight 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)

Good News for the Searth for Live, the Trappist System Might Be Rich in Water

HINODE captures record breaking solar magnetic field

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, February 6 • The last-quarter Moon rises around midnight tonight. Jupiter rises below the Moon about 50 minutes later. By dawn on Wednesday the 7th they're high in the south — now with Jupiter lower left of the Moon, Mars farther to the lower left of Jupiter, and Antares below Mars, as shown here. Wednesday, February 7 • The waning Moon rises around 1 a.m. tonight with Jupiter shining to its right or upper right. By dawn on Thursday the 8th they're high in the south — now with Jupiter to the right of the Moon, Mars to the Moon's lower left, and Antares below Mars, as shown here. Thursday, February 8 • Before and during dawn on Friday morning the 9th, the Moon shines near Mars and Antares as shown here. Far to their upper right is brighter Jupiter. Friday, February 9 • By 9 p.m. the Big Dipper stands straight up on its handle in the northeast. In the northwest, the W of Cassiopeia also stands on end at about the same height. Sky & Telescope

ISS Sighting Opportunities ISS For Denver: Date Visible Max Height Appears Disappears Tue Feb 6, 6:44 PM 2 min 15° 11° above NNW 15° above NNE Wed Feb 7, 5:52 PM 12° 10° above N 10° above NNE Wed Feb 7, 7:27 PM 1 min 17° 10° above NW 17° above NNW Thu Feb 8, 6:35 PM 3 min 23° 22° above NE Fri Feb 9, 7:19 PM 47° 47° above NW Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Time Zone) 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) Wednesday, February 7 11:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition 54 In-Flight Event for the European Space Agency for the 10th Anniversary of the Launch of the Columbus Module with NASA Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei (starts at 11:40 a.m) (all channels) 12:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 54 Educational In-Flight Event with the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C. and NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba (starts at 12:55 p.m.) (all channels) 8 p.m. - The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Presents Nobel Prize winner John Mather: “Engineering Miracles for Scientific Discoveries with the James Webb Space Telescope” (all channels) Thursday, February 8 12 p.m. - ISS Expedition 54 Educational In-Flight Event with NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei, Joe Acaba and Scott Tingle (all channels) Friday, February 9 11 a.m. - SpaceCast Weekly (all channels) 11:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition 54 In-Flight Interviews with Newsweek Magazine and KSAZ-TV, Phoenix with NASA Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba (starts at 11:35 a.m.) (all channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Feb 06 - [Feb 05] Tesla Roadster Falcon 9 Heavy (Maiden Launch) Feb 06 - Comet 311P/PANSTARRS Closest Approach To Earth (1.122 AU) Feb 06 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 2UCAC 25787320 (11.0 Magnitude Star) Feb 06 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults 6216-00783-1 (10.2 Magnitude Star) Feb 06 - [Feb 05] Apollo Asteroid 2018 CC Near-Earth Flyby (0.001 AU) Feb 06 - Aten Asteroid 2017 YS8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU) Feb 06 - Aten Asteroid 2018 BB5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU) Feb 06 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.148 AU) Feb 06 - 130th Anniversary (1888), Williamina Fleming's Discovery of the Horsehead Nebula Feb 06 - Thomas David Anderson's 165th Birthday (1853) Feb 07 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.702 AU) Feb 07 - Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.703 AU) Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 505657 (2014 SR339) Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU) Feb 07 - Asteroid 71000 Hughdowns Closest Approach To Earth (1.600 AU) Feb 07 - 10th Anniversary (2008), STS-122 Launch (Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station) Feb 07 - Nicolas Sarrabat's 320th Birthday (1698) Feb 08 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham At Opposition (3.533 AU) Feb 08 - Comet P/2005 GF8 (LONEOS) At Opposition (3.807 AU) Feb 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BJ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU) Feb 08 - Asteroid 378214 Sauron Closest Approach To Earth (0.705 AU) Feb 08 - [Feb 06] Online Lecture: Titan - A World With Two Styles of Ocean Feb 08 - 15th Anniversary (2003), Brett Gladman, et al's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Herse Feb 08 - Hiroki Kosai's 85th Birthday (1933) Feb 08 - Jules Verne's 190th Birthday (1828) Feb 09 - Moon Occults Asteroid 4 Vesta Feb 09 - Comet P/2017 Y3 (Leonard) Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU) Feb 09 - Comet 245P/WISE Perihelion (2.190 AU) Feb 09 - [Feb 05] Apollo Asteroid 2018 CB Near-Earth Flyby (0.0004 AU) Feb 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 BN509 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU) Feb 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 BL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU) Feb 09 - [Feb 05] Apollo Asteroid 2018 CA Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU) Feb 09 - Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.614 AU) Feb 09 - 105th Anniversary (1913), Great Meteor Procession of 1913 JPL Space Calendar

Dinosaur Age Meets the Space Age at NASA Goddard Food for Thought Dinosaur Age Meets the Space Age at NASA Goddard

Space Image of the Week International Space Station Transits the Full Moon   Image Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)