Space News Update - June 3, In the News Story 1: NASA's TRMM and Aqua Satellites Peer into Tropical Storm Amanda Story 2: NASA's Dark Energy Hunt Combines Powerful New Tools and 2 Missions Story 3: Story 3: The Battle Against What Spaceflight Does To Your Health Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

NASA's TRMM and Aqua Satellites Peer into Tropical Storm Amanda

NASA's Dark Energy Hunt Combines Powerful New Tools and 2 Missions

The Battle Against What Spaceflight Does To Your Health

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, June 3 The waxing Moon now walks eastward under the Sickle of Leo from night to night. Look above the Moon early this evening for Regulus and Gamma (γ) Leonis, slightly fainter. They're the two brightest stars of the Sickle of Leo. Wednesday, June 4 As the stars come out, Regulus and the Sickle of Leo are now upper right of the Moon. Thursday, June 5 First-quarter Moon (exact at 4:39 p.m. EDT). The Moon shines below the hind foot of Leo this evening."Cassiopeia" usually means "Cold!" Late fall and winter are when this landmark constellation is high overhead (for mid-northern latitudes), but even on warm June evenings it's lurking low. After dark, look for it down near the north horizon. It's a wide, upright W. The farther north you are, the higher it'll appear. But even as far south as San Diego and Atlanta it's completely above the true horizon. Friday, June 6 With June under way, the Big Dipper is swinging around after dark to hang down by its handle high in the northwest. The middle star of its handle is Mizar, with tiny little Alcor right next to it. On which side of Mizar should you look for Alcor? As always, on the side toward Vega! Which is now shining in the east-northeast. Saturday, June 7 The waxing gibbous Moon shines below Mars this evening. Look for Spica to their left.

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 Jun 3, 9:24 PM6 min50°11 above SW11 above ENE Tue Jun 3, 11:01 PM5 min22°10 above WNW11 above NNE Wed Jun 4, 2:17 AM4 min14°10 above NNW10 above NE Wed Jun 4, 3:53 AM6 min57°10 above NW10 above ESE Wed Jun 4, 10:11 PM6 min33°11 above W10 above NE Wed Jun 4, 11:53 PM< 1 min10°10 above NNE Thu Jun 5, 1:31 AM< 1 min10°10 above NE Thu Jun 5, 3:04 AM6 min34°10 above NW10 above E Thu Jun 5, 4:41 AM5 min25°11 above WNW10 above SSE Thu Jun 5, 9:22 PM6 min54°10 above WSW10 above NE Thu Jun 5, 11:03 PM1 min13°13 above N10 above NNE

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 Tuesday, June 3 1:45 p.m. - Live coverage of NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) 2014 Flight Test - HQ/JPL/GSFC Thursday, June 5 9:55 a.m. - ISS Expedition 40 In-Flight Event for ESA with German Media and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst (with English interpretation)

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Jun 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #381 (OTM-381) Jun 03 - Comet 190P/Mueller At Opposition (3.800 AU) Jun 03 - Comet C/2013 J6 (Catalina) At Opposition (4.042 AU) Jun 03 - Asteroid 2014 KH39 Near-Earth Flyby (0.003 AU) Jun 03 - Asteroid 2014 KB46 Near-Earth Flyby (0.054 AU) Jun 03 - Asteroid 2014 HD3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU) Jun 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 KZ39 At Opposition ( AU) Jun 04 - Rosetta, Trajectory Correction Maneuver Jun 04 - Centaur Object Chariklo Occults 2UCAC (14.4 Magnitude Star) Jun 04 - Asteroid Triathlon Closest Approach To Earth (1.076 AU) Jun 04 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (1.361 AU) Jun 04 - Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.650 AU) Jun 04 - Asteroid 2202 Pele Closest Approach To Earth (1.935 AU) Jun 04 - Asteroid Albee Closest Approach To Earth (2.025 AU) Jun 05 - Comet P/2014 C1 (TOTAS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.231 AU) Jun 05 - Comet C/2014 G3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.138 AU) Jun 05 - Asteroid 2014 JL25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU) Jun 05 - Asteroid 1896 Beer Closest Approach To Earth (1.476 AU) Jun 05 - Asteroid 7010 Locke Closest Approach To Earth (1.519 AU) Jun 05 - Asteroid 9621 Michaelpalin Closest Approach To Earth (1.616 AU) Jun 06 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.557 AU) Jun 06 - Asteroid 6714 Montreal Closest Approach To Earth (1.591 AU) Jun 06 - Asteroid 742 Edisona Closest Approach To Earth (2.000 AU) Jun 06 - Kuiper Belt Object Varda At Opposition ( AU)

Food for Thought ‘Mega-Earth’ And Doomed Planets Top Today’s Exoplanet Finds New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale

Space Image of the Week The 'Serpent' Star-forming Cloud Hatches New Stars Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/2MASS