Space News Update - January 28, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Yutu Rover Suffers Significant Setback at Start of 2nd Lunar Night Story 2: Story 2: Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet Story 3: Story 3: NASA Spacecraft Take Aim At Nearby Supernova Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Yutu Rover Suffers Significant Setback at Start of 2nd Lunar Night

Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet

NASA Spacecraft Take Aim At Nearby Supernova

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, January 28 Algol is at minimum brightness for a couple hours centered on 7:00 p.m. EST. In Wednesday's dawn, look for the eerily thin waning crescent Moon below Venus now. They're low in the southeast, as shown here. Wednesday, January 29 Jupiter this month turns the Winter Triangle into a bigger, brighter Winter Diamond. Its bottom is Sirius, its two side corners are Betelgeuse and Procyon, and Jupiter forms its top. The diamond tilts leftward in early evening and stands vertically in the south around 10 p.m. (depending on your location). Thursday, January 30 You may be familiar with the Double Cluster in Perseus. But do you know the clusters Stock 2, King 4, Trumpler 2, and NGC 957 right near it? Pick them out with Sue French's Deep- Sky Wonders article and chart in the February Sky & Telescope, page 56. Back in the evening sky, the waxing Moon passes Mercury after sundown. Friday, January 31 The Moon is back in the evening sky, as a thin waxing crescent to the lower right of Mercury. Look very low above the west-southwest horizon in twilight, as shown here.

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver : DateVisibleMax HeightAppearsDisappears Tue. Jan 28, 6;39 AM 1 min17°10 above W11 above S Wed Jan 29, 5:52 AM 3 min30°30 above WSW10 above ESE Thu. Jan 30, 5:06 AM 1 min23°23 above ESE11 above SE

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Time Zone) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA January 30, Thursday 10:10 a.m. - ISS Expedition 38 In-Flight Interview - JSC (All Channels) January 31, Friday 10:45 a.m. - ISS Expedition 38 In-Flight Interview with Space.com - JSC (All Channels)

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Jan 28 - Comet P/2014 A3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.073 AU) Jan 28 - Comet P/2014 A3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.073 AU) Jan 28 - Comet 267P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.190 AU) Jan 28 - Asteroid 1179 Mally Occults HIP 7097 (3.6 Magnitude Star) Jan 28 - Asteroid 2012 BX34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU) Jan 28 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.141 AU) Jan 28 - Asteroid Diplodocus Closest Approach To Earth (1.724 AU) Jan 28 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.227 AU) Jan 29 - Comet 89P/Russell At Opposition (4.165 AU) Jan th Anniversary (1989), Phobos 2, Mars Orbit Insertion Jan 30 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #370 (OTM-370) Jan 30 - Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke At Opposition (2.607 AU) Jan 30 - Asteroid 4013 Ogiria Occults HIP 8588 (5.9 Magnitude Star) Jan 30 - Asteroid Buddy Closest Approach To Earth (1.479 AU) Jan 30 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.742 AU) Jan 30 - Asteroid Suzaku Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU) Jan 31 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees) Jan 31 - Comet 249P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.914 AU) Jan 31 - Asteroid 2008 CM20 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU) Jan 31 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.987 AU)

Food for Thought Black Holes No More? Not Quite.

Space Image of the Week From the Northern to the Southern Cross Image Credit & Copyright: Nicholas Buer