Space News Update - February 4, 2013 - In the News Story 1: Story 1: Is This Meteorite a Piece of Mercury? Story 2: Story 2: Preparatory Test for First.

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Space News Update - February 4, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Is This Meteorite a Piece of Mercury? Story 2: Story 2: Preparatory Test for First Rock Drilling by Mars Rover Curiosity Story 3: Story 3: NASA to Host Feb. 7 Media Telecon on Asteroid Flyby Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Is This Meteorite a Piece of Mercury?

Preparatory Test for First Rock Drilling by Mars Rover Curiosity

NASA to Host Feb. 7 Media Telecon on Asteroid Flyby

The Night Sky Monday, February 4 Jupiter's biggest moon, Ganymede, fades into eclipse by Jupiter's shadow around 7:35 p.m. EST. It reappears around 9:53 p.m. EST. Both events take place just east of the planet. Europa happens to be just south of Ganymede's reappearance point, by a bit less than a Jupiter diameter. When can you detect the first trace of Ganymede coming back? Tuesday, February 5 With the Moon gone from the evening sky, this week is a fine time to look for the zodiacal light from the Northern Hemisphere. At a clear, dark site with clean air, look west at the very end of twilight for a vague but huge, tall pyramid of pearly light. It's tilted left to align along the constellations of the zodiac — or more exactly, along the ecliptic line. So it points toward toward Jupiter. What you're seeing is sunlit interplanetary dust — comet and asteroid debris — orbiting the Sun near the plane of the solar system. Wednesday, February 6 The cold northern wastes of the February sky may not have drawn your attention. But big, dim Camelopardalis, sprawling between Auriga and the north celestial pole, hosts some interesting wide double stars for binoculars. Take a tour with Gary Seronik's Binocular Highlight column and chart in the February Sky & Telescope, page 45. Thursday, February 7 Challenging Mercury-Mars conjunction. Look low in the west-southwest a half hour after sunset. Faint Mars is within 3/4° upper left of brighter Mercury (seen from North America), as shown here. Quite an interesting pair in binoculars! See our article Mercury Meets Mars. Friday, February 8 Conjunction continues. Mars is now within just 1/2° of Mercury low in the west-southwest in bright twilight (for North America) — a fine pair through a telescope, though both will be tiny and blurred. See Mercury Meets Mars.

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver: SATELLITELOCALDURATION MAX ELEV APPROACHDEPARTURE DATE/TIME(MIN)(DEG)(DEG-DIR) ISSWed Feb 06/07:22 PM12210 above SSW22 above SSW ISSThu Feb 07/06:32 PM32511 above S24 above ESE ISSFri Feb 08/07:18 PM above WSW 59 above WNW

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) February 4, Monday 8 p.m. - Science Uncut - Arctic on the Edge? - HQ (All Channels) February 5, Tuesday 8 a.m. - Replay of Science Uncut - Arctic on the Edge? - HQ (All Channels) 10:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 34 In-Flight Educational Event with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, N.C. - JSC (All Channels) 1 & 8p.m. - Replay of Science Uncut - Arctic on the Edge? - HQ (All Channels) February 6, Wednesday 12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels) February 7, Thursday 10:40 a.m. - ISS Expedition 34 Canadian Space Agency In-Flight Event with William Shatner and Twitter Followers at CSA Headquarters - JSC (Public and Media Channels) 1:50 p.m. - ISS Expedition 34 In-Flight Event with the Indiana State Legislature - JSC (Public and Media Channels) February 8, Friday 3 p.m. - LDCM Prelaunch News Conference - VAFB (All Channels) 3:45 p.m. - LDCM Mission Science Briefing - VAFB (All Channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Feb 04 - Mars Passes 0.5 Degrees From NeptuneMarsNeptune Feb 04 - Comet C/2012 C1 (McNaught) Perihelion (4.838 AU)Comet C/2012 C1 (McNaught)Perihelion Feb 04 - Asteroid 2003 BN4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)Asteroid 2003 BN4Near-Earth Flyby Feb 04 - Asteroid 7816 Hanoi Closest Approach To Earth (1.382 AU)Asteroid 7816 Hanoi Feb 04 - Asteroid Spector Closest Approach To Earth (1.422 AU)Asteroid Spector Feb 04 - Asteroid 472 Roma Closest Approach To Earth (1.477 AU)Asteroid 472 Roma Feb 04 - Asteroid 6042 Chesirecat Closest Approach To Earth (2.547 AU)Asteroid 6042 Chesirecat Feb 04 - Asteroid Babylon Closest Approach To Earth (3.083 AU)Asteroid Babylon Feb 04 - Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.157 AU)Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Feb 05 - Globalstar 2 (19-24) Soyuz 2-1a-Fregat LaunchGlobalstar 2 Feb 05 - Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) Closest Approach To Earth (0.985 AU)Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)Closest Approach To Earth Feb 05 - Asteroid 2013 BU15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)Asteroid 2013 BU15Near-Earth Flyby Feb 05 - Asteroid 7010 Locke Closest Approach To Earth (1.340 AU)Asteroid 7010 Locke Feb 06 - Mercury Passes 0.5 Degrees From NeptuneMercuryNeptune Feb 06 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (1.346 AU)Comet 26P/Grigg-SkjellerupClosest Approach To Earth Feb 06 - [Feb 03] Asteroid 2013 BA74 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)Asteroid 2013 BA74Near-Earth Flyby Feb 06 - Asteroid 9620 Ericidle Closest Approach To Earth (1.086 AU)Asteroid 9620 Ericidle Feb 06 - Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (1.352 AU)Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Feb 06 - Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)Asteroid 4370 Dickens Feb 06 - Asteroid 2554 Skiff Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)Asteroid 2554 Skiff Feb 06 - Thomas David Anderson's 160th Birthday (1853)Thomas David Anderson's Feb 07 - [Feb 02] Amazonas 3/ AzerSpace 1 (AfricaSat 1A) Ariane 5 LaunchAmazonas 3AzerSpace 1 (AfricaSat 1A) Feb 07 - Moon Occults PlutoMoon Occults Pluto Feb 07 - Asteroid 2013 AQ27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)Asteroid 2013 AQ27Near-Earth Flyby Feb 07 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.806 AU)Asteroid 1566 IcarusClosest Approach To Earth Feb 07 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (1.119 AU)Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Feb 07 - Asteroid 2160 Spitzer Closest Approach To Earth (2.171 AU)Asteroid 2160 Spitzer Feb 08 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From MarsMercuryMars Feb 08 - Comet P/2012 US27 (Siding Spring) Perihelion (1.821 AU)Comet P/2012 US27 (Siding Spring)Perihelion Feb 08 - [Feb 01] Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti) Perihelion (2.179 AU)Comet P/2013 A2 (Scotti)Perihelion Feb 08 - Asteroid 2002 LY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)Asteroid 2002 LY1Near-Earth Flyby Feb 08 - Asteroid Woomera Closest Approach To Earth (1.073 AU)Asteroid Woomera Feb 08 - Asteroid Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (1.867 AU)Asteroid Honduras Feb 08 - Asteroid LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.446 AU)Asteroid LINEAR Feb 08 - Jules Verne's 185th Birthday (1828)Jules Verne's

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Space Image of the Week Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team LL Ori and the Orion Nebula