Space News Update - June 10, In the News Story 1: Story 1: NASA’s Kepler Craft Begins New Search for Alien Worlds Story 2: Story 2: Mystery Solved? Why There No Lunar ‘Seas’ On The Far Side Of The Moon Story 3: Story 3: Space weather report for an alien world Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

NASA’s Kepler Craft Begins New Search for Alien Worlds

Mystery Solved? Why There No Lunar ‘Seas’ On The Far Side Of The Moon

Space weather report for an alien world

The Night Sky Tuesday, June 10 Now the waxing gibbous Moon is lower left of Saturn at nightfall. Look farther to the Moon's lower left for Antares and the other stars of upper Scorpius, as shown here. For southernmost Africa, the Moon occults (covers) Saturn around 19 hours Universal Time. Wednesday, June 11 Now it's Antares's turn to shine near the Moon. As evening grows late, it swings straight below the Moon (for North America). Thursday, June 12 Full Moon (exact at 12:11 a.m. June 13th EDT). The Moon shines in the dim legs of the constellation Ophiuchus. Look for Antares well to its right. 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 when 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. 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 Tue Jun 10, 00:39 AM< 1 min21°19 above N21 above NNE Tue Jun 10, 10:13 PM< 1 min10°10 above N Tue Jun 10, 11:50 PM1 min16°16 above N15 above NE Wed Jun 11, 1:25 AM< 1 min10°10 above NW Wed Jun 11, 9:24 PM< 1 min11°11 above N10 above N Wed Jun 11, 11:01 PM2 min13°13 above N10 above NE Thu Jun 12, 00:36 AM1 min18°10 above NW18 above NW Thu Jun 12, 10:12 PM2 min11°11 above N10 above NNE Thu Jun 12, 11:49 PM< 1 min27°22 above NNW27 above N 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 min16°14 above N10 above ENE Sat Jun 14, 11:46 PM2 min28°10 above NW28 above NW

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website June 12, Thursday 10 a.m.- Space Station Live – JSC (NTV-1 (Public), NTV-3 (Media)) 10:30 a.m.- NASA Social -- with Astronaut Mike Hopkins at the Goddard Space Flight Center (NTV-2 (Education)) 11 a.m. - Live from the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum – Sally Ride: Life Stories (all channels) 12:50 p.m. - ISS Expedition 40 In-Flight Event with C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” (all channels) 2 p.m. - Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 Pre-Launch Briefing (all channels)

Jun 10 - Moon Occults SaturnMoon Occults Saturn Jun 10 - Comet 181P/Shoemaker-Levy Perihelion (1.124 AU)Comet 181P/Shoemaker-LevyPerihelion Jun 10 - Comet 44P/Reinmuth At Opposition (1.924 AU)Comet 44P/ReinmuthAt Opposition Jun 10 - Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.239 AU)Asteroid 5682 Beresford Jun 10 - Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approacn To Earth (1.797 AU)Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Jun Sample Return Robot Challenge, Worcester, Massachusetts2014 Sample Return Robot Challenge Jun th Anniversary (2009), Kaguya Spacecraft Impacts the Moon (Japan),Kaguya Spacecraft Impacts the Moon Jun 10 - Jim McDivitt's 85th Birthday (1929)Jim McDivitt's Jun 11 - Comet 151P/Helin At Opposition (3.306 AU)Comet 151P/HelinAt Opposition Jun 11 - Asteroid 2014 KL22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)Asteroid 2014 KL22Near-Earth Flyby Jun 11 - Asteroid 2014 HS184 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)Asteroid 2014 HS184Near-Earth Flyby Jun 11 - Asteroid 2012 FC71 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)Asteroid 2012 FC71Near-Earth Flyby Jun 11 - Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (0.582 AU)Asteroid 4769 CastaliaClosest Approach To Earth Jun th Anniversary (2004), Cassini, Phoebe FlybyCassini Jun th Anniversary (1949), Kunashak Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Russia)Kunashak Meteorite Fall Jun 12 - Comet P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.636 AU)Comet P/2011 U1 (PANSTARRS)At Opposition Jun 12 - Asteroid 2158 Tietjen Occults HIP (5.6 Magnitude Star)Asteroid 2158 Tietjen Occults HIP Jun 12 - Asteroid 2014 KS40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)Asteroid 2014 KS40Near-Earth Flyby Jun 12 - Asteroid 2014 KA46 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)Asteroid 2014 KA46Near-Earth Flyby Jun 12 - Asteroid Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (1.925 AU)Asteroid Chesley Jun 12 - Plutino Ixion At Opposition ( AU)Plutino IxionAt Opposition Jun th Anniversary (2004), Ellerslie Meteorite Fall (Hit House in New Zealand)Ellerslie Meteorite Fall (Hit House in New Zealand) Jun th Anniversary (1989), Opotiki Meteorite Fall (Hit Building in New Zealand) 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 - 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 Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Cassini and Huygens probe: Launched 15 Oct 1997, arrived at Saturn 1 July 2004, Probe on Titan 14 Jan 2005 (NASA NASA)

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