Space News Update - November 8, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Cosmonauts set for Olympic torch spacewalk Story 2: Story 2: Kepler finds Earth-size planets commonplace Story 3: Story 3: Rare New Microbe Found in Two Distant Clean Rooms Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Cosmonauts set for Olympic torch spacewalk

Kepler finds Earth-size planets commonplace

Rare New Microbe Found in Two Distant Clean Rooms

The Night Sky Friday, November 8  Using binoculars shortly after dark, look a little to the upper left of the nearly first-quarter Moon (as seen from North America) for Alpha and Beta Capricorni, two wide binocular double stars. Alpha is easy to resolve and can even be split with the naked eye if you have sharp vision. Beta, with its closer, fainter secondary star (just west of the primary) is a tougher double in binoculars. Saturday, November 9  First-quarter Moon (exact at 12:57 a.m. EST Sunday morning). The Moon shines at nightfall about midway between Altair far to its upper right and Fomalhaut far to its lower left. It hangs just above the dim pattern of Capricornus. Sunday, November 10  Cassiopeia shines high in the northeast in early evening, with its five-star W pattern standing on end. Look far below it for Capella rising. Far right of Capella is the little Pleiades cluster, with Aldebaran down below it. Monday, November 11  Orion displays itself well up in the east-southeast by 9 or 10 p.m. now (depending on how far east or west you are in your time zone). Far left of Orion is Jupiter, shining brightly on its background of Gemini. Sky & Telescope

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver: DateVisibleMax HeightAppearsDisappears Sun Nov 10, 5:29 AM3 min30°10 above SSW29 above ESE Mon Nov 11, 4:41 AM3 min17°10 above S17 above ESE Mon Nov 11, 6:17 AM1 min18°10 above WSW18 above WSW

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website November 9, Saturday 9 a.m. - ISS Expedition 37 Russian Spacewalk Coverage (Spacewalk begins at 9:30 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) November 10, Sunday 2:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 37 Farewells and Hatch Closure Coverage (will include a replay of the Expedition 37/38 Change of Command Ceremony held earlier in the day; hatch closure scheduled at 3 p.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) 6 p.m. - ISS Expedition 37/Soyuz TMA-09M Undocking Coverage (undocking scheduled at 6:26 p.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) 8:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 37/Soyuz TMA-09M Deorbit Burn and Landing Coverage (Deorbit burn scheduled at 8:55 p.m. ET, landing near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan scheduled at 9:49 p.m. ET) - JSC via Kazakhstan (All Channels) 11 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 37/Soyuz TMA-09M Landing and Post-Landing Activities - HQ (All Channels) November 11, Monday 10:30 a.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 37/Soyuz TMA-09M Landing and Post-Landing Activities; scheduled to include post-landing interviews with Expedition 37 Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and the return of Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin to Chkalovsky Airfield near Star City, Russia - JSC (All Channels)

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Nov 08 - [Nov 08] GOCE Spacecraft Reenters Earth's AtmoshereGOCE Spacecraft Reenters Earth's Atmoshere Nov 08 - Comet 116P/Wild At Opposition (3.418 AU)Comet 116P/WildAt Opposition Nov 08 - Asteroid 2012 UV136 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)Asteroid 2012 UV136Near-Earth Flyby Nov 08 - Asteroid 2013 RV9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)Asteroid 2013 RV9Near-Earth Flyby Nov 08 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Closest Approach To Earth (1.018 AU)Asteroid 3362 KhufuClosest Approach To Earth Nov 08 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.632 AU)Asteroid 1221 AmorClosest Approach To Earth Nov th Anniversary (1968), Pioneer 9 Launch (Solar Orbiter)Pioneer 9 Nov 09 - Comet P/2013 O2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.180 AU)Comet P/2013 O2 (PANSTARRS)At Opposition Nov 09 - Comet 291P/NEAT At Opposition (1.613 AU)Comet 291P/NEATAt Opposition Nov 09 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (2.451 AU)Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs)At Opposition Nov 09 - Comet 180P/NEAT At Opposition (3.520 AU)Comet 180P/NEATAt Opposition Nov 09 - Asteroid 2013 TN69 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)Asteroid 2013 TN69Near-Earth Flyby Nov 09 - Asteroid Misterrogers Closest Approach To Earth (0.716 AU)Asteroid Misterrogers Nov 09 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (1.476 AU)Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Nov 09 - Asteroid Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)Asteroid Niagara Falls Nov th Annual Carl Sagan Day5th Annual Carl Sagan Day Nov 10 - Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) At Opposition (3.888 AU)Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)At Opposition Nov th Anniversary (1968), Zond 6 Launch (USSR Moon Orbit & Return)Zond 6 Nov th Anniversary (1823), Waseda Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Japan)Waseda Meteorite Nov 11 - [Nov 04] Soyuz TMA-09M Return To Earth (International Space Station)Soyuz TMA-09M Return To Earth Nov 11 - Comet 291P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.613 AU)Comet 291P/NEATClosest Approach To Earth Nov 11 - Asteroid 2005 TG50 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)Asteroid 2005 TG50Near-Earth Flyby Nov 11 - Asteroid 6063 Jason Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)Asteroid 6063 JasonNear-Earth Flyby Nov 11 - Asteroid 1997 WQ23 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)Asteroid 1997 WQ23Near-Earth Flyby Nov 11 - Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.977 AU)Asteroid 4116 Elachi Nov 12 - [Nov 05] Raduga 1M-3 (Cosmos-Globus 1M3) Proton M-Briz M LaunchRaduga Nov 12 - Comet P/2013 O2 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.179 AU)Comet P/2013 O2 (PANSTARRS)Closest Approach To Earth Nov 12 - [Nov 07] Asteroid 2013 VO4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)Asteroid 2013 VO4Near-Earth Flyby Nov 12 - Asteroid 2013 UC1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)Asteroid 2013 UC1Near-Earth Flyby Nov 12 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (1.001 AU)Asteroid 3905 Doppler Nov 12 - Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.137 AU)Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Nov 12 - Asteroid 3124 Kansas Closest Approach To Earth (1.717 AU)Asteroid 3124 Kansas Nov 12 - Asteroid 3317 Paris Closest Approach To Earth (4.699 AU)Asteroid 3317 Paris

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