Space News Update - June 10, 2016 - In the News Departments Story 1: NASA Mars Orbiters Reveal Seasonal Dust Storm Pattern Story 2: LISA Pathfinder Exceeds Expectations Story 3: Galaxies Launch Heavy Elements into Surrounding Halos and Deep Space Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

NASA Mars Orbiters Reveal Seasonal Dust Storm Pattern 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)

LISA Pathfinder Exceeds Expectations

Galaxies Launch Heavy Elements into Surrounding Halos and Deep Space

The Night Sky Friday, June 10 • This evening the Moon poses partway between Jupiter to its upper left and fainter Regulus to its right, as shown here. • Turn binoculars or a telescope on Jupiter, and you'll find 5th-magnitude Chi Leonis some 0.1° to its north, looking like an out-of-place Galilean satellite. Saturday, June 11 • The first-quarter Moon shines fairly close to Jupiter this evening (about 4° to Jupiter's left), as shown here. But looks deceive! Jupiter is 40 times larger in diameter than the Moon, and it's currently 2,100 times farther away. Sunday, June 12 • The Moon this evening forms a great, nearly straight line with Spica to its left, and Jupiter and Regulus to its lower right. Monday, June 13 • If you turn your scope to the Moon this evening, also look in on the close double star Gamma Virginis (Porrima), just 2° to 4° to its right (for North America). Gamma Vir's identical components, both magnitude 3.5, are currently 2.5 arcseconds apart. Use high power Sky & Telescope

ISS Sighting Opportunities ISS For Denver: Date Visible Max Height Appears Disappears Fri Jun 10, 10:22 PM 2 min 51° 27° above NNW 37° above E Sat Jun 11, 9:30 PM 4 min 29° 22° above NNW 10° above E Sat Jun 11, 11:05 PM 25° 11° above WNW 25° above W Sun Jun 12, 10:13 PM 3 min 63° 23° above WNW 43° above SSE Mon Jun 13, 9:21 PM 35° above NNW 15° above ESE Mon Jun 13, 10:57 PM < 1 min 11° 10° above W 11° above WSW Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Time Zone) Friday, June 10 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) Friday, June 10 9 a.m., Replay of “What’s New in Aerospace?” – Appropriate Attire with NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman (NTV-1 (Public)) Tuesday, June 14 9 a.m., Release of the Orbital/ATK Cygnus CRS-6 Cargo Craft from the ISS (Release scheduled at 9:30 a.m. EDT; Cygnus deorbit scheduled on June 22 (all channels)   Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Jun 10 - Comet 252P/LINEAR At Opposition (0.548 AU) Jun 10 - Comet 157P/Tritton Perihelion (1.358 AU) Jun 10 - Comet 214P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.578 AU) Jun 10 - Comet 202P/Scotti Perihelion (2.518 AU) Jun 10 - [Jun 07] Amor Asteroid 2016 LF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU) Jun 10 - Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (0.710 AU) Jun 10 - Asteroid 9998 ISO Closest Approach To Earth (1.246 AU) Jun 10 - Asteroid 10111 Frensel Closest Approach To Earth (1.569 AU) Jun 10 - Asteroid 249516 Aretha Closest Approach To Earth (2.271 AU) Jun 10 - Yanga Fernandez's 45th Birthday (1971) Jun 10 - Antonin Becvar's 115th Birthday (1901) Jun 10 - John Dollond's 310th Birthday (1706) Jun 10-12 - Student CanSat Competition, Abilene, Texas Jun 11 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #452 (OTM-452) Jun 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 KL Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU) Jun 11 - Asteroid 1095 Tulipa Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU) Jun 11 - 46th Annual Apollo Rendezvous, Dayton, Ohio Jun 11 - 15th Anniversary (2001), Google Earth Released Jun 12 - [Jun 09] Beidou 2G CZ-3C Launch Jun 12 - Aten Asteroid 2002 LY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)) Jun 12 - Asteroid 3989 Odin Closest Approach To Earth (1.421 AU) Jun 12 - Asteroid 4922 Leshin Closest Approach To Earth (1.727 AU) Jun 12 - Asteroid 11836 Eileen Closest Approach To Earth (2.190 AU) Jun 12 - Hermann Ganswindt's 160th Birthday (1856) Jun 12 - Oliver Lodge's 165th Birthday (1851) Jun 13 - Comet 46P/Wirtanen At Opposition (4.085 AU) Jun 13 - [Jun 07] Apollo Asteroid 2016 LJ8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU) Jun 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 XZ378 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU) Jun 13 - Asteroid 2409 Chapman Closest Approach To Earth (1.200 AU) Jun 13 - Apollo Asteroid 9162 Kwiila Closest Approach To Earth (1.238 AU) Jun 13 - Asteroid 296907 Alexander Closest Approach To Earth (2.131 AU) Jun 13 - Asteroid 87 Sylvia (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (2.362 AU) Jun 13 - Luis Alvarez's 105th Birthday (1911) Jun 13 - Erwin Muller's 105th Birthday (1911) Jun 13 - James Maxwell's 185th Birthday (1831) JPL Space Calendar

Food for Thought This Week in NASA History: Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope Launches -- June 11, 2008

Space Image of the Week The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble  Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)