Space News Update - August 14, In the News Story 1: NASA Scientists Help Understand Newly Discovered Planet Story 2: Hubble Finds Supernovae in Wrong Place at Wrong Time Story 3: Story 3: Countdown to Deep Space Continues with Latest RS-25 Test Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

NASA Scientists Help Understand Newly Discovered Planet

Hubble Finds Supernovae in Wrong Place at Wrong Time

Countdown to Deep Space Continues with Latest RS-25 Test

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Friday, August 14 This is the time of year when the Teapot of Sagittarius, with its rich surroundings of deep-sky objects, stands highest in the south soon after dark. The Teapot is about the size of your fist at arm's length. It's tipping and pouring to the right, as seen to the right. Saturday, August 15 Spot Saturn in the southwest after dark. The brightest star left or lower left of it is orange Antares. The star more or less between the two is Delta Scorpii, a blue-white-hot variable star. It unexpectedly doubled in brightness in July 2000 and has remained bright, with fluctuations, ever since. Draw a line from Antares through Saturn, extend the line almost as much farther on, and you hit fainter Beta Librae (Zubeneschamali). Much farther on, you come to Arcturus. Sunday, August 16 In bright twilight, scan with binoculars very low in the west for Mercury about 6° to the right of the thin crescent Moon, as shown here. Monday, August 17 After sunset, the waxing crescent Moon low in the west serves as a pointer to Mercury, well to its lower right as shown here. If the Moon were a bow, it would shoot an arrow through Mercury. The two brightest stars of summer are Vega, overhead soon after dark, and Arcturus in the west. Vega is a white-hot, type-A star 25 light-years away. Arcturus is a yellow-orange-hot K giant 37 light-years distant. Their color difference is easy to see. Tuesday, August 18 As night descends, look left of the Moon for Spica. Very high above the Moon shines brighter Arcturus. The red long-period variable star Chi Cygni is still about at maximum light. As of August 14th it was about magnitude 4.7. See the article and comparison-star chart in the August Sky & Telescope, page 51.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 Fri Aug 14, 9:29 PM3 min23°15 above NNW20 above NE Fri Aug 14, 11:04 PM< 1 min10°10 above WNW Sat Aug 15, 8:35 PM4 min16°10 above NNW10 above ENE Sat Aug 15, 10:12 PM< 1 min36°23 above NW36 above NW Sun Aug 16, 9:19 PM3 min43°22 above NNW32 above ENE Mon Aug 17, 8:25 PM5 min26°14 above NNW11 above E Mon Aug 17, 10:02 PM1 min32°17 above WNW32 above WSW Tue Aug 18, 9:10 PM2 min81°36 above WNW36 above SE

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 Friday, August 14 8 p.m., Replay of NASA RS-25 Test Social (NTV-1 (Public), NTV-2 (Education)) 10 p.m., Replay of NASA’s RS-25 Engine Test (all channels) Saturday, August 15 8 a.m., Replay of NASA RS-25 Test Social (NTV-1 (Public), NTV-2 (Education)) 10 a.m., 2 p.m, 8 p.m., Replay of NASA’s RS-25 Engine Test (all channels) Sunday, August 16 8 a.m., 2 p.m, 8 p.m., Replay of NASA RS-25 Test Social (NTV-1 (Public), NTV-2 (Education)) 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m., Replay of NASA’s RS-25 Engine Test (all channels) Monday, August 17 7:30 a.m., Coverage of the Launch of the “Kounotori” HTV-5 Cargo Craft to the ISS (Launch scheduled at 8:35 a.m. ET)- Coverage begins at 7:45 a.m. ET (all channels) 10:30 a.m., Space Station Live (all channels) 11 a.m., ISS Expedition 44 Interview with the CBS Radio Network and NASA Flight Engineers Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren (starts at 11:05 a.m.) (all channels) (all times Eastern Time Zone)

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Aug 14 - [Aug 14] Progress 58 Reenters Earth's AtmosphereProgress 58 Reenters Earth's Atmosphere Aug 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #418 (OTM-418)Cassini Aug 14 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.089 AU)Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina)Closest Approach To Earth Aug 14 - Comet 104P/Kowal At Opposition (1.648 AU)Comet 104P/KowalAt Opposition Aug 14 - Comet 190P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU)Comet 190P/MuellerClosest Approach To Earth Aug 14 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (9.0 Magnitude)Asteroid 21 LutetiaAt Opposition Aug 14 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.744 AU)Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11Closest Approach To Earth Aug 14 - Asteroid 2848 ASP Closest Approach To Earth (1.918 AU)Asteroid 2848 ASP Aug 14 - Asteroid Sinbad Closest Approach To Earth (3.387 AU)Asteroid Sinbad Aug 14 - Lecture: Drought - Are We In or Out?, Pasadena, CaliforniaLecture: Drought - Are We In or Out? Aug 15 - [Aug 08] 150th Anniversary (1865), Shergotty Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)Shergotty Meteorite Aug 15 - Comet 325P/Yang-Gao Perihelion (1.431 AU)Comet 325P/Yang-GaoPerihelion Aug 15 - Comet 162P/Siding Spring Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU)Comet 162P/Siding SpringClosest Approach To Earth Aug 15 - Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (4.308 AU)Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch)At Opposition Aug 15 - Asteroid 5870 Baltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU)Asteroid 5870 Baltimore Aug 15 - Asteroid 2483 Guinevere Closest Approach To Earth (3.240 AU)Asteroid 2483 Guinevere Aug 15 - Workshop: Art and the Cosmic Connection, Pasadena, CaliforniaWorkshop: Art and the Cosmic Connection Aug 15 - Carlsbad Caverns National Park Star Party, Carlsbad, New MexicoCarlsbad Caverns National Park Star Party Aug th Anniversary (1970), Comet 82P/Gehrels Near-Jupiter Flyby ( AU)Comet 82P/Gehrels Aug 16 - [Aug 14] HTV 5/ CP-9/StrangSat H-2B Launch (International Space Station)HTV 5CP-9H-2B Launch Aug 16 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.559 AU)Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) Aug 16 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham Closest Approach To Earth (2.520 AU)Comet 56P/Slaughter-BurnhamClosest Approach To Earth Aug 16 - Amor Asteroid (2005 JF21) Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)Amor Asteroid (2005 JF21)Near-Earth Flyby Aug 16 - Atira Asteroid 2006 WE4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.337 AU)Atira Asteroid 2006 WE4Closest Approach To Earth Aug 16 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Closest Approach To Earth (1.027 AU)Asteroid 21 LutetiaClosest Approach To Earth Aug 16 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)Asteroid 3267 Glo Aug 16 - Asteroid 5335 Damocles (Burnt Out Comet) At Opposition ( AU)Asteroid 5335 DamoclesAt Opposition Aug 16 - Gabriel Lippmann's 170th Birthday (1845)Gabriel Lippmann's Aug 17 - [Aug 14] Cassini, Dione FlybyCassiniDione Flyby Aug 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of TethysCassini Aug 17 - Comet 317P/WISE Perihelion (1.276 AU)Comet 317P/WISEPerihelion Aug 17 - Comet C/2012 LP26 (Palomar) Perihelion (6.535 AU)Comet C/2012 LP26 (Palomar)Perihelion Aug 17 - Asteroid 1430 Somalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.042 AU)Asteroid 1430 Somalia Aug 17 - Asteroid 3031 Houston Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)Asteroid 3031 Houston Aug 17 - Asteroid Peru Closest Approach To Earth (1.656 AU)Asteroid Peru Aug 17 - Asteroid 1008 La Paz Closest Approach To Earth (2.008 AU)Asteroid 1008 La Paz Aug 17 - Asteroid 7755 Haute-Provence Closest Approach To Earth (2.180 AU)Asteroid 7755 Haute-Provence Aug th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)Venera 7

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