Space News Update - Sept 28, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Curiosity Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface Story 2: Story 2: Cause of Supernova SN 1006 Revealed Story 3: Story 3: Sample Return Remains Focus of NASA's Mars Program Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Curiosity Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface >

Cause of Supernova SN 1006 Revealed

Sample Return Remains Focus of NASA's Mars Program

The Night Sky Friday, Sept. 28 · Look high in the northeast after dark this week for the landmark autumn constellation Cassiopeia, shaped like a flattened W. It's tilting up to stand almost on end. The brighter side of the W is on top. · Uranus is at opposition tonight. Saturday, Sept. 29 · Harvest Moon, the full Moon closest to the fall equinox (exactly full at 11:19 p.m. EDT). The Moon shines in dim Pisces this evening, below the Great Square of Pegasus. Sunday, Sept. 30 · Jupiter's Great Red Spot (currently pale orange-tan) should cross Jupiter's central meridian around 12:39 a.m. EDT tonight (9:39 p.m. PDT). Monday, Oct. 1 · Altair is the bright star high in the south at nightfall this week. Look for little Tarazed (Gamma Aquilae) to its upper right, and fainter Beta Aquilae a little farther to its lower left. Altair is just 17 light-years away. It's spinning so fast that it's a flattened ellipsoid, not a sphere.

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information For Denver: SATELLITELOCALDURATION MAX ELEV APPROACHDEPARTURE DATE/TIME(MIN)(DEG)(DEG-DIR) ISSSat Sep 29/05:46 AM31911 above NNW17 above NE ISSSun Sep 30/04:58 AM21514 above N13 above NE ISSSun Sep 30/06:33 AM12310 above NW23 above NW ISSMon Oct 01/05:45 AM33912 above NW34 above ENE

NASA-TV Highlights Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.NASA website September 28, Friday 4 p.m. - Kennedy Space Center 50th Anniversary - HQ (All Channels) 5:30 p.m. - Coverage of the Undocking of the “Edoardo Amaldi” Automated Transfer Vehicle from the ISS - (Undocking is scheduled at 5:46 p.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) 9 p.m. - Kennedy Space Center 50th Anniversary - HQ (All Channels) September 29, Saturday 8 a.m., 1 p.m., 8 p.m. – Replay of Video File of the ISS Expedition 33/34 Qualification Training Simulation Runs at Star City, Russia - HQ (All Channels) 9 a.m., 4 p.m., 9 p.m. – Replay of Video File of the ISS Expedition 33/34 News Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia and Visit to Red Square in Moscow – HQ (All Channels) 10 p.m. - Replay of Kennedy Space Center 50th Anniversary Event – HQ (All Channels) September 30, Sunday 6 a.m., 1 p.m., 9 p.m. – Replay of Video File of the ISS Expedition 33/34 Qualification Training Simulation Runs at Star City, Russia - HQ (All Channels) 8 a.m., 2 p.m., 10 p.m. – Replay of Video File of the ISS Expedition 33/34 News Conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia and Visit to Red Square in Moscow – HQ (All Channels) 6 p.m. – Replay of Kennedy Space Center 50th Anniversary Event – HQ (All Channels)

Space Calendar Sep 28 - [Sep 23] Astra 2F/ G-Sat 10 Ariane 5 Launch Sep 28 - Comet C/2012 CH17 (MOSS) Perihelion (1.296 AU) Sep 28 - [Sep 26] Asteroid 2012 SY49 Near-Earth Flyby (0.007 AU) Sep 28 - [Sep 25] Asteroid 2012 SJ32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU) Sep 28 - Asteroid Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.144 AU) Sep th Anniversary (1962), Alouette Launch (Canada's 1st Satellite) Sep 29 - [Sep 23] Venezuela Remote Sensing Satellite 1 (VRSS-1) CZ-2D Launch Sep 29 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #332 (OTM-332) Sep 29 - Uranus At Opposition Sep 29 - Comet 261P/Larson Perihelion (2.187 AU) Sep 29 - Asteroid 4907 Zoser Occults HIP (6.3 Magnitude Star) Sep 29 - Asteroid 4487 Pocahontas Closest Approach To Earth (0.345 AU) Sep 29 - Asteroid Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.493 AU) Sep 29 - Asteroid Diplodocus Closest Approach To Earth (1.292 AU) Sep th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 6 Space Station Launch Sep 30 - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), End of Extended Mission Sep 30 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) Perihelion (2.077 AU) Sep 30 - Asteroid 2012 JS11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU) Sep 30 - Asteroid Dobson Closest Approach To Earth (2.361 AU) Sep 30 - International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Academy Day, Naples, Italy Oct 01 - Comet 168P/Hergenrother Perihelion (1.415 AU) Oct 01 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.668 AU) Oct 01 - Asteroid Curly Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU) Oct 01 - Asteroid Potato Closest Approach To Earth (2.342 AU) JPL Space Calendar The Canadian Alouette-1 Satellite

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