Space News Update - June 22, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Astronomers Discover Planetary Odd Couple Story 2: Story 2: NuSTAR Mission Status Report: Observatory Unfurls its Unique Mast Story 3: Story 3: Loads of Ice Waiting for Explorers at the Moon’s Shackleton Crater Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Astronomers Discover Planetary Odd Couple

NuSTAR Mission Status Report: Observatory Unfurls its Unique Mast

Loads of Ice Waiting for Explorers at the Moon’s Shackleton Crater

The Night Sky Friday, June 22 Spot the crescent Moon in the western twilight this evening, then look far to its right for Mercury, Pollux, and Castor as shown above. Binoculars help. Saturday, June 23 · Look about a fist-width over the Moon for Regulus this evening, as shown above. Sunday, June 24 · The brightest star high in the east these evenings is Vega. The brightest far to its lower right is Altair. Left or lower left of Altair, by a bit more than a fist-width at arm's length, look for the little constellation Delphinus, the leaping Dolphin. Its nose points left. Monday, June 25 · The Moon shines below distant little Mars during and after dusk.

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) ISSFri Jun 22/10:24 PM27523 above WNW57 above SSE ISSSat Jun 23/09:31 PM35234 above NNW16 above ESE ISSSat Jun 23/11:06 PM< above W13 above WSW ISSSun Jun 24/10:12 PM33014 above WNW26 above SSW ISSMon Jun 25/09:20 PM46535 above WNW14 above SE

NASA-TV Highlights Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.NASA website June 22, Friday 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 1 p.m. – Replay of Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Qualification Training Simulation Runs at Star City, Russia – HQ(All Channels) 3:30 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Crew News Conference at Star City, Russia and Visit to Red Square in Moscow - JSC (All Channels) June 26, Tuesday 6:30 a.m. – Video B-Roll Feed of ISS Expedition 32/33 Flight Engineer and Commander Suni Williams - JSC (Public and Media Channels) 7 – 8 a.m. – Live Interviews with ISS Expedition 32/33 Flight Engineer and Commander Suni Williams from Moscow, Russia – JSC (Public and Media Channels) 10:35 a.m. – ISS Expedition 31 Educational In-Flight Event with “Destination Imagination” in Philadelphia, PA – JSC (All Channels)

Space Calendar Jun 22 - [Jun 15] Asteroid 2012 LG4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU) Jun 22 - Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.321 AU) Jun 23 - Asteroid 2012 LU Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU) Jun 23 - Asteroid Scottsheppard Closest Approach To Earth (1.018 AU) Jun 24 - Comet 96P/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (0.932 AU) Jun 24 - Asteroid 6312 Robheinlein Closest Approach To Earth (1.318 AU) Jun 25 - [Jun 22] Comet C/2011 U3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (0.814 AU) Jun 25 - Asteroid 2012 FA14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU) Jun 25 - Asteroid 2004 YG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU) Jun 25 - Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU) Jun 25 - Asteroid 449 Hamburga Closest Approach To Earth (1.856 AU) Jun 25 - [Jun 15] Asteroid 5249 Giza Closest Approach To Earth (2.156 AU) Jun 25 - Asteroid 3156 Ellington Closest Approach To Earth (2.355 AU) Jun 25 - Kuiper Belt Object (2002 MS4) At Opposition ( AU) Jun th Anniversary (1997), Galileo, Callisto 9 Flyby JPL Space Calendar

Food for Thought New Satellite Lets Anyone Experiment in Space

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