Space News Update - September 1, In the News Story 1: Distant ice ball to become farthest object ever visited Story 2: NASA Tests Orion’s Fate During Parachute Failure Scenario Story 3: Story 3: How to get rid of a satellite after its retirement Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Distant ice ball to become farthest object ever visited

NASA Tests Orion’s Fate During Parachute Failure Scenario

How to get rid of a satellite after its retirement

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, September 1 Vega stands nearly overhead at nightfall; Arcturus is down in the west. Look a third of the way from Vega to Arcturus for the dim Keystone of Hercules. Two thirds of the way is the semicircle of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, with its one modestly bright gem, Alphecca. Wednesday, September 2 Vega passes your zenith if you live in the world's mid-northern latitudes. Vega goes right through your zenith at nightfall if you're at latitude 39° north: near Baltimore, Kansas City, Lake Tahoe, Sendai, Beijing, Athens, Lisbon. Thursday, September 3 Have you ever heard of Riddle's Trapezium? Archenal 1? They're together in the same telescopic field of view in Serpens Cauda, as Sue French tells in her Deep-Sky Wonders column in the September Sky & Telescope, page 55. Friday, September 4 The last-quarter Moon rises around 11 or midnight tonight very close to Aldebaran, depending on your location. The Moon occults Aldebaran soon after rising for parts of eastern North America, and in Saturday's dawn or daylight for Europe and western Asia. See the article with map in the September Sky & Telescope, page 51. The Moon is exactly last quarter at 5:54 a.m. Saturday morning Eastern Daylight Time.

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information No Sightings for Denver through Sept. 5 th.

NASA-TV Highlights 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 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 1 - ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Soyuz TMA-18M Launch Coverage (Launch scheduled at 12:37 a.m. ET Sept. 2; includes video B-roll of the crew’s pre-launch activities at 11:55 p.m. ET) (starts at 11:45 p.m.) (all channels) 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 2 - Video File Feed of the Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Pre-Launch Activities and Launch (all channels) 3 a.m., Friday, September 4 - ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Soyuz TMA-18M Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at 3:42 a.m. ET) (all channels) 5:30 a.m., Friday, September 4 - ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Soyuz TMA-18M Hatch Opening and Other Activities (Hatch Opening scheduled at appx. 6:15 a.m. ET) (starts at 5:45 a.m.) (all channels) 8 a.m., Friday, September 4 - Video File of ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Soyuz TMA-18M Docking, Hatch Opening and Other Activities (all channels) (all times Eastern Time Zone)

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Sep 01 - Moon Occults UranusMoon Occults Uranus Sep 01 - Neptune At OppositionNeptuneAt Opposition Sep 01 - Comet 207P/Hill At Opposition (2.486 AU)Comet 207P/HillAt Opposition Sep 01 - Comet 144P/Kushida At Opposition (2.567 AU)Comet 144P/KushidaAt Opposition Sep 01 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.966 AU)Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-HoltAt Opposition Sep 01 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.966 AU)Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-HoltAt Opposition Sep 01 - Comet P/2014 O3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.246 AU)Comet P/2014 O3 (PANSTARRS)Closest Approach To Earth Sep 01 - Aten Asteroid (2008 JV19) Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)Aten Asteroid (2008 JV19)Near-Earth Flyby Sep 01 - Aten Asteroid 2004 TD10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)Aten Asteroid 2004 TD10Near-Earth Flyby Sep 01 - Amor Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (0.240 AU)Amor Asteroid 4055 MagellanClosest Approach To Earth Sep 01 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Sep 01 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (1.976 AU)Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Sep 01 - Asteroid 3264 Bounty Closest Approach To Earth (2.551 AU)Asteroid 3264 Bounty Sep 01 - Asteroid 1489 Attila Closest Approach To Earth (2.610 AU)Asteroid 1489 Attila Sep 01 - Engelbert Zaschka's 120th Birthday (1895)Engelbert Zaschka's Sep 01 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' 140th Birthday (1875)Edgar Rice Burroughs' Sep 02 - [Aug 28] Soyuz TMA-18M Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 45S)Soyuz TMA-18MSoyuz-FG Launch Sep 02 - [Aug 29] MUOS 4 Atlas 5 LaunchMUOS 4Atlas 5 Launch Sep 02 - Comet 42P/Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.461 AU)Comet 42P/NeujminClosest Approach To Earth Sep 02 - Comet 318P/McNaught-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.552 AU)Comet 318P/McNaught-HartleyClosest Approach To Earth Sep 02 - Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) Closest Approach To Earth (2.860 AU)Comet P/2005 S3 (Read)Closest Approach To Earth Sep 02 - Asteroid Zsazsa Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)Asteroid Zsazsa Sep 02 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)Asteroid 4763 Ride Sep 02 - Asteroid 9340 Williamholden Closest Approach To Earth (2.135 AU)Asteroid 9340 Williamholden Sep 03 - Comet 141P-D/Machholz Perihelion (0.761 AU)Comet 141P-D/MachholzPerihelion Sep 03 - Comet C/2014 L5 (Lemmon) At Opposition (5.934 AU)Comet C/2014 L5 (Lemmon)At Opposition Sep 03 - Asteroid 112 Iphigenia Occults HIP (3.0 Magnitude Star)Asteroid 112 Iphigenia Occults HIP Sep 03 - Asteroid 1495 Helsinki Closest Approach To Earth (1.403 AU)Asteroid 1495 Helsinki Sep 03 - Asteroid 6779 Perrine Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)Asteroid 6779 Perrine Sep 03 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)Asteroid 1221 AmorClosest Approach To Earth Sep 03 - Kuiper Belt Object (2005 RN43) At Opposition ( AU)Kuiper Belt Object (2005 RN43)At Opposition Sep 03 - Lecture: New Horizons & Dawn Mission Updates, Houston, TexasLecture: New Horizons & Dawn Mission Updates Sep 03 - Carl Anderson's 110th Birthday (1905)Carl Anderson's

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Sep 04 - Kanopus ST Soyuz 2-1v LaunchKanopus ST Sep 04 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)MercuryElongation Sep 04 - Comet 322P/SOHO Perihelion (0.054 AU)Comet 322P/SOHOPerihelion Sep 04 - Comet C/2014 E1 (Larson) At Opposition (2.717 AU)Comet C/2014 E1 (Larson)At Opposition Sep 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 QX8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)Apollo Asteroid 2015 QX8Near-Earth Flyby Sep 04 - Asteroid 716 Berkeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.985 AU)Asteroid 716 Berkeley Sep 04 - Fermi Open Day, Torino, ItalyFermi Open Day Sep th Anniversary (1990), Burnwell Meteorite Fall (Hit Porch in Kentucky)Burnwell Meteorite Fall Sep 05 - Moon Occults AldebaranMoon Occults Aldebaran Sep 05 - Comet 320P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (0.183 AU)Comet 320P/McNaughtClosest Approach To Earth Sep 05 - Comet P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness) Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)Comet P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness)Closest Approach To Earth Sep 05 - [Aug 26] Comet C/2015 Q1 (Scotti) Perihelion (1.919 AU)Comet C/2015 Q1 (Scotti)Perihelion Sep 05 - Comet 87P/Bus At Opposition (3.028 AU)Comet 87P/BusAt Opposition Sep 05 - Comet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) Perihelion (4.180 AU)Comet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR)Perihelion Sep 05 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)Asteroid 9 MetisAt Opposition Sep 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 PK57 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)Apollo Asteroid 2015 PK57Near-Earth Flyby Sep 05 - Asteroid Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.253 AU)Asteroid Elvis Sep 05 - Asteroid Innsbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.267 AU)Asteroid Innsbrook Sep 05 - Asteroid 371 Bohemia Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)Asteroid 371 Bohemia Sep 05 - Asteroid Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.815 AU)Asteroid Vonnegut Sep 05 - Asteroid Sethmacfarlane Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)Asteroid Sethmacfarlane Sep 05 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.231 AU)Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll

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