Space News Update - September 13, In the News Story 1: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ingredient of Household Plastic in Space Story 2: Story 2: First Ever Evidence of a Comet Striking Earth Story 3: LADEE Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit on Oct. 6 Amidst Government Shutdown Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ingredient of Household Plastic in Space NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the night side of Saturn's largest moon and sees sunlight scattering through the periphery of Titan's atmosphere and forming a ring of color.

First Ever Evidence of a Comet Striking Earth

LADEE Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit on Oct. 6 Amidst Government Shutdown

The Night Sky Tuesday, October 8 The Moon shines above Venus in twilight. Depending on where you are in North America, the Moon, Venus, and fainter Antares form a nearly equilateral triangle, as shown at right. Wednesday, October 9 Look for Venus far lower right of the Moon during and after twilight. Just 3/4° above Venus is 2nd-magnitude Delta Scorpii. Thursday, October 10 Do you know the landmark binocular double stars of western Capricornus? Everybody should, you'll never forget them. This is the season. Sky & Telescope Friday, October 11 First-quarter Moon (exact at 7:02 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time). The Moon, half lit, shines above the pouring Sagittarius Teapot in early evening. Triple shadow transit on Jupiter. A rare case of three moons — Io, Europa, and Callisto — casting their tiny black shadows onto Jupiter at the same time happens late tonight, from 4:32 to 5:37 Universal Time October 12th (12:32 to 1:37 a.m. Saturday morning Eastern Daylight Time). Jupiter will be high and best placed for telescope users in Europe and Africa, and low in the east for eastern North America. Saturday, October 12 Venus has been approaching dimmer orange Antares, which twinkles to its left. They're now 4½° apart in the southwestern twilight. They'll pass 1½° from each other on October 16th.

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Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar · Oct 08 - [Oct 01] Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse · Oct 08 - [Oct 02] Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #393 (OTM-393)Cassini · Oct 08 - [Oct 01] Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh At Opposition (3.674 AU)Comet 74P/Smirnova-ChernykhAt Opposition · Oct 08 - Comet 152P/Helin-Lawrence At Opposition (3.804 AU)Comet 152P/Helin-LawrenceAt Opposition · Oct 08 - [Oct 02] Comet C/2013 P4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.987 AU)Comet C/2013 P4 (PANSTARRS)At Opposition · Oct 08 - [Oct 02] Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC (11.9 Magnitude Star)Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC · Oct 08 - [Oct 02] Asteroid 757 Portlandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)Asteroid 757 Portlandia · Oct 08 - [Oct 03] Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)Asteroid 3895 Earhart · Oct 08 - [Oct 03] Asteroid Germantitov Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)Asteroid Germantitov · Oct 08 - [Oct 03] 410th Anniversary (1604), Discovery of Supernova 1604 (Kepler's Nova)Supernova 1604 (Kepler's Nova) · Oct 09 - [Oct 03] Draconids Meteor Shower PeakDraconids Meteor Shower · Oct 09 - Comet C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) At Opposition (3.538 AU)Comet C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)At Opposition · Oct 09 - [Oct 01] Comet 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.674 AU)Comet 74P/Smirnova-ChernykhClosest Approach To Earth · Oct 09 - [Oct 04] Asteroid 2012 KY3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)Asteroid 2012 KY3 · Oct 09 - [Oct 04] Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.576 AU)Asteroid 4783 Wasson · Oct 09 - [Oct 04] Asteroid Cortina Closest Approach To Earth (1.853 AU)Asteroid Cortina · Oct 09 - Kuiper Belt Object (1996 TO66) At Opposition ( AU)Kuiper Belt Object (1996 TO66)At Opposition · Oct 09 - [Oct 05] 5th Anniversary (2009), LCROSS Impacts MoonLCROSS · Oct 10 - Comet 148P/Anderson-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.794 AU)Comet 148P/Anderson-LINEARClosest Approach To Earth · Oct 10 - [Oct 05] Asteroid (1992 WK1) Occults HIP 3056 (6.4 Magnitude Star)Asteroid (1992 WK1) Occults HIP 3056 · Oct 10 - [Oct 05] Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC (11.3 Magnitude Star)Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC · Oct 10 - [Oct 06] Asteroid Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU)Asteroid Las Vegas · Oct 11 - [Oct 06] Asteroid 498 Tokio Closest Approach To Earth (1.200 AU)Asteroid 498 Tokio · Oct 11 - [Oct 06] Asteroid Alanalda Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)Asteroid Alanalda · Oct 11 - [Oct 07] 20th Anniversary (1994), Magellan Burnup in Venus' AtmosphereMagellan · Oct 12 - Comet 252P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.292 AU)Comet 252P/LINEARAt Opposition · Oct 12 - Comet 150P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.770 AU)Comet 150P/LONEOSAt Opposition · Oct 12 - [Oct 07] Asteroid 2010 FV9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)Asteroid 2010 FV9 · Oct 12 - [Oct 07] Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU)Asteroid 1814 Bach · Oct 12 - [Oct 08] Asteroid Jimmypage Closest Approach To Earth (1.543 AU)Asteroid Jimmypage · Oct 12 - [Oct 08] Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)Asteroid 327 Columbia · Oct 12 - [Oct 08] 50th Anniversary (1964), Voskhod 1 LaunchVoskhod 1 · Oct 14 - Comet 233P/La Sagra Closest Approach To Earth (1.659 AU)Comet 233P/La SagraClosest Approach To Earth · Oct 14 - [Oct 01] Comet 94P/Russell At Opposition (3.305 AU)Comet 94P/RussellAt Opposition · Oct 16 - Comet P/2013 N3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (2.567 AU)Comet P/2013 N3 (PANSTARRS)Closest Approach To Earth Oct 16 - Comet P/2005 RV25 (LONEOS-Christensen) At Opposition (2.842 AU)Comet P/2005 RV25 (LONEOS-Christensen)At Opposition

Food for Thought CU-Boulder Student-built Satellite Launched into Earth Orbit September 29 th CU-Boulder student-built satellite launched into Earth orbit Sept. 29

Aurora, Airglow, City Lights and Shining Stars Photo taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano on Oct. 5, 2013 (ESA/NASA) Space Image of the Week