Space News Update - June 13, In the News Story 1: Story 1: NASA Experiments Recreate Aromatic Flavors of Titan Story 2: Story 2: Spectacular Gravitational Lens Discovered Story 3: Story 3: NASA Turns World Cup into Lesson in Aerodynamics Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

NASA Experiments Recreate Aromatic Flavors of Titan

Spectacular Gravitational Lens Discovered

NASA Turns World Cup into Lesson in Aerodynamics

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Friday, June 13 Vega is the brightest star shining in the east after dusk. It's currently the top star of the big Summer Triangle. The brightest star to Vega's lower left is Deneb. Look farther to Vega's lower right for Altair. The Summer Triangle will climb higher in early evening all through the summer, to pose highest overhead at dusk just as fall begins. Saturday, June 14 Mars and Spica arrest your eye in the southwest just after dark this week. Spot brighter Arcturus high above them. Half as far below them is the four-star pattern of Corvus, the Crow. Sunday, June 15 The waning gibbous Moon rises in the east-southeast around 11 p.m. (depending on where you live). Well to its upper left shines Altair, flagged by the little star Tarazed about a finger-width at arm's length above it. Left or lower left of Altair, by about a fist and a half at arm's length, look for the compact constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. Monday, June 16 After dark, look below Mars and Spica in the southwest for the four-star pattern of Corvus, the Crow. It's a springtime constellation descending now that spring is nearing its end. -

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver: DateVisible Max HeightAppearsDisappears Fri Jun 13, 9:23 PM1 min10°10 above N10 above NNE Fri Jun 13, 11:00 PM2 min20°18 above N18 above NE Sat Jun 14, 00:34 AM< 1 min12°10 above WNW12 above WNW Sat Jun 14, 10:11 PM3 min15°14 above N10 above ENE Sat Jun 14, 11:45 PM2 min28°10 above NW28 above NW Sun Jun 15, 9:21 PM2 min13°11 above N10 above NE Sun Jun 15, 10:58 PM2 min40°25 above NNW40 above NE Mon Jun 16, 10:09 PM3 min26°21 above N16 above ENE Mon Jun 16, 11:44 PM< 1 min17°12 above WNW17 above WNW

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) Friday, June 13 4 p.m. - Replay of “Astronaut Mike Hopkins Talks Living & Working in Space” (all channels) 5:07 p.m - Replay of Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) Pre-Launch Briefing (all channels) Monday, June 16 8:55 a.m - ISS Expedition 40 In-Flight Interviews with WBAL Radio, Baltimore and The Weather Channel (all channels) Tuesday, June 17 11:55 a.m. - ISS Expedition 40 In-Flight Educational Event with the Colvin Run Elementary School in Vienna, Va. - JSC (all channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Jun 13 - Comet C/2013 Y2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (1.919 AU)Comet C/2013 Y2 (PANSTARRS)Perihelion Jun 13 - Jet Propulsion Laboratory's 70th Birthday (1944)Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Jun 14 - [Jun 12] Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) Test FlightLow Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) Test Flight Jun 14 - Glonass-M Soyuz-2-1b Fregat-M LaunchGlonass-M Jun 14 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.561 AU)Asteroid 1566 IcarusClosest Approach To Earth Jun th Anniversary (1994), St. Robert Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Canada)St. Robert Meteorite Fall Jun 15 - [Jun 12] Orbcomm 2 (FM45-FM50) Falcon 9 LaunchOrbcomm 2Falcon 9 Launch Jun 15 - [Jun 07] Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #382 (OTM-382)CassiniOrbital Trim Maneuver #382 (OTM-382) Jun 15 - Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) At Opposition (4.180 AU)Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR)At Opposition Jun 15 - Comet C/2012 K8 (Lemmon) At Opposition (6.124 AU)Comet C/2012 K8 (Lemmon)At Opposition Jun 15 - Asteroid 7749 Jackschmitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.258 AU)Asteroid 7749 Jackschmitt Jun 15 - Centaur Object Chariklo At Opposition ( AU)Centaur Object CharikloAt Opposition Jun 15-Jul 06 - Workshop: Fast and Furious - Understanding Exotic Astrophysical Transcients, Aspen, ColoradoWorkshop: Fast and Furious - Understanding Exotic Astrophysical Transcients Jun 16 - Comet C/2014 J1 (Catalina) Perihelion (1.724 AU)Comet C/2014 J1 (Catalina) Jun 16 - Comet C/2013 O3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.330 AU)Comet C/2013 O3 (PANSTARRS)At Opposition Jun 16 - Asteroid 2014 HN178 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)Asteroid 2014 HN178Near-Earth Flyby Jun 16 - Asteroid 1704 Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)Asteroid 1704 Wachmann Jun 16 - Asteroid 5062 Glennmiller Closest Approach To Earth (1.470 AU)Asteroid 5062 Glennmiller Jun 16 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.391 AU)Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Jun 16 - Asteroid Motorhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.465 AU)Asteroid Motorhead

Food for Thought Sam the Monkey After His Ride in the Little Joe 2 Spacecrafts

Space Image of the Week Three Galaxies over New Zealand Image Credit & Copyright: Mike MackinvenMike Mackinven