Space News Update - January 10, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Cygnus Heads to Space for First Station Resupply Mission Story 2: Story 2: NASA Great Observatories Team Up to Discover Ultra-Bright Galaxies Story 3: Story 3: International Space Station Extended Until 2024 Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Cygnus Heads to Space for First Station Resupply Mission

NASA Great Observatories Team Up to Discover Ultra-Bright Galaxies

International Space Station Extended Until 2024

The Night Sky Friday, January 10 Look left of the Moon at nightfall for the Pleiades, as shown here. The Pleiades are straight above the Moon by about 8 or 9. Bright Capella high overhead and bright Rigel in Orion's foot, both magnitude 0, have almost the same right ascension — so they cross your sky’s north-south meridian at almost the same time. Capella passes closest to straight overhead around 10 p.m., depending on how far east or west you live in your time zone. (It goes exactly through the zenith if you're at latitude 46° north: Portland, Oregon; Montreal; central France.) So, whenever Capella is passing closest to the zenith, Rigel always marks true south over your landscape. Saturday, January 11 Aldebaran shines below the Moon at dusk, as shown here. It swings around to the left of the Moon by about 11 p.m. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot transits Jupiter’s central meridian around 9:30 p.m. EST. Venus is at inferior conjunction, passing 5° north of the Sun today. Sunday, January 12 Sky & Telescope The bright gibbous Moon shines in a particularly starry part of the sky. After dinnertime, look upper right of the Moon for Aldebaran, below the Moon for Betelgeuse in Orion's leftmost corner, farther upper left of it for Capella, and far lower left of the Moon for bright Jupiter in the middle of Gemini. Monday, January 13 Betelgeuse is lower left of the Moon this evening. Jupiter is to the Moon's lower right, with Pollux on beyond. Look far under the Moon for Procyon.

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver: DateVisibleMax HeightAppearsDisappears Sat Jan 11, 5:50 AM4 min75°44 above WSW11 above NE Sun Jan 12, 5:04 AM2 min27°27 above ENE10 above ENE Sun Jan 12, 6:37 AM5 min21°10 above WNW10 above NNE Mon Jan 13, 5:51 AM3 min29°29 above NNW10 above NE Tue Jan 14, 5:04 AM< 1 min15°15 above NE10 above NE

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) January 12, Sunday 5 a.m. - Coverage of the Rendezvous and Grapple of the Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Cargo Ship to the International Space Station (Grapple scheduled at 6:02 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) 7 a.m. - Coverage of the Installation of the Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Cargo Ship to the International Space Station (Installation begins appx. 7:20 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) January 14, Tuesday 6:40 a.m. - ISS Expedition 38 In-Flight Event for JAXA with Wakata for the Young Astronauts Club - JSC (All Channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Jan 10 - Comet 290P/Jager Closest Approach To Earth (1.281 AU)Comet 290P/JagerClosest Approach To Earth Jan 10 - Comet 293P/Spacewatch Perihelion (2.112 AU)Comet 293P/SpacewatchPerihelion Jan 10 - Asteroid 2013 AF53 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)Asteroid 2013 AF53Near-Earth Flyby Jan th Anniversary (1969), Venera 6 Launch (USSR Venus Atmospheric Probe)Venera 6 Jan 11 - Comet 261P/Larson At Opposition (2.613 AU)Comet 261P/LarsonAt Opposition Jan 11 - Asteroid 2102 Tantalus Closest Approach To Earth (0.514 AU)Asteroid 2102 TantalusClosest Approach To Earth Jan 11 - Space Day 2014, Droitwich, United KingdomSpace Day 2014 Jan 13 - Comet 48P/Johnson At Opposition (3.602 AU)Comet 48P/JohnsonAt Opposition Jan 13 - Asteroid NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.287 AU)Asteroid NEAT Jan 13 - Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.475 AU)Asteroid 9249 Yen Jan 13 - Asteroid 7028 Tachikawa Closest Approach To Earth (2.038 AU)Asteroid 7028 Tachikawa Jan 13 - Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.189 AU)Asteroid 3351 Smith Jan 13 - Asteroid Lucy Closest Approach To Earth (2.531 AUAsteroid Lucy Jan 14 - Comet 160P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.936 AU)Comet 160P/LINEARAt Opposition Jan 14 - Comet P/2012 O1 (McNaught) At Opposition (3.295 AU)Comet P/2012 O1 (McNaught)At Opposition Jan 14 - Comet 130P/McNaught-Hughes At Opposition (3.824 AU)Comet 130P/McNaught-HughesAt Opposition Jan 14 - Asteroid 2006 AN Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)Asteroid 2006 ANNear-Earth Flyby Jan 14 - Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Closest Approach To Earth (1.093 AU)Asteroid 5535 AnnefrankClosest Approach To Earth Jan 14 - Asteroid Sydney Closest Approach To Earth (2.237 AU)Asteroid Sydney Jan th Anniversary (2009), Stardust-NEXT, Earth FlybyStardust-NEXT

Food for Thought SpaceShipTwo Goes Supersonic in Third Rocket-Powered Test Flight

Space Image of the Week Mars Orbiter Images Rover and Tracks in Gale Crater Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona