Space News Update - July 16, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Fifth Moon Discovered Around Pluto Story 2: Story 2: Impossible, record breaking orbits for red dwarfs Story 3: Story 3: SpaceX Completes Design Review of Dragon Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Fifth Moon Discovered Around Pluto

Impossible, record breaking orbits for red dwarfs

SpaceX Completes Design Review of Dragon

The Night Sky Monday, July 16 · July is Scorpius month — at least in the evening hours. Scorpius is highest in the south right at nightfall this week. Its brightest star is orange-red Antares, "Anti-Ares," the "rival of Mars" in Greek. Compare its color with the real Mars moving lower in the west- southwest (to the lower right of the Saturn-and-Spica pair). Tuesday, July 17 · The two brightest stars of summer are Vega, very high in the east as the stars come out, and Arcturus, very high in the southwest. Compare their colors. Vega is icy white with a hint of blue; Arcturus is pale yellow-orange. They're both relatively nearby as stars go. It's 25 light-years to Vega, 37 to Arcturus. Wednesday, July 18 · Once you've found Vega and Arcturus (see yesterday), imagine a line between them. A third of the way along it from Vega is the dim Keystone of Hercules. Two thirds of the way is the little semicircle constellation Corona Borealis, the dim Northern Crown, with one modestly bright star, Alphecca or Gemma. Thursday, July 19 · This is the time of year when the Big Dipper, in the northwest after dark, begins scooping down to the right as if preparing to scoop up water. And the dim Little Dipper, standing upright from the North Star at the end of its handle, begins to tip left starting its six-month downward fall. Friday, July 20 · The Teapot of Sagittarius is in the south-southeast at nightfall and highest in the south later in the evening. Hidden in the star fields above it is the magnitude-9.5 asteroid 18 Melpomene, which you can ferret out with a telescope and the finder chart in the July Sky & Telescope

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) ISSTue Jul 17/04:43 AM31310 above SSE10 above E ISSThu Jul 19/04:32 AM43117 above S18 above E ISSFri Jul 20/03:41 AM21616 above SE10 above E ISSFri Jul 20/05:15 AM above WSW 32 above NNE

NASA-TV Highlights July 16, Monday 1 p.m. – NASA Science News Conference - MSL "Landing-Minus-30" – HQ/JPL (All Channels) 5 p.m. – Replay of NASA Science News Conference - MSL "Landing-Minus-30" – HQ (All Channels) 8 p.m. – Replay of NASA Science News Conference - MSL "Landing-Minus-30" – HQ (All Channels) 10 p.m. – Replay of NASA Science News Conference - MSL "Landing-Minus-30" – HQ (All Channels) July 17, Tuesday 12:15 a.m. -ISS Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at 12:52 a.m. ET followed by the post-docking news conference from Mission Control in Korolev, Russia) - JSC via Korolev, Russia (All Channels) 3 a.m. - ISS Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony (Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony scheduled at 3:25 a.m. ET) - JSC via Korolev, Russia (All Channels) 5 a.m. - Video File of ISS Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M Docking, Hatch Opening and Welcoming Ceremony - JSC (All Channels) July 19, Thursday 8:20 a.m. - ISS Expedition 32 In-Flight Event for JAXA with the Tanegashima Educational Board and Minami-nihon Broadcasting Company - JSC (All Channels) 12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels) July 20, Friday 9:15 p.m. - Coverage of the Launch of the Japanese HTV-3 Resupply Craft to the ISS (Launch scheduled at 10:06 p.m. ET) - JSC via Tanegashima, Japan (All Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.NASA website

Space Calendar · Jul 16 - Asteroid Poe Closest Approach To Earth (2.725 AU) · Jul 17 - Comet 185P/Petriew Closest Approach To Earth (1.098 AU) · Jul 17 - Asteroid 2012 MM11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU) · Jul 17 - Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (2.060 AU) · Jul 18 - Comet P/2005 T2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (1.286 AU) · Jul 18 - Asteroid 443 Photographica Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU) · Jul 18 - Asteroid 3590 Holst Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU) · Jul 18 - Asteroid Jocelynbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.478 AU) · Jul 18 - Asteroid 3124 Kansas Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU) · Jul 19 - Asteroid 2305 King Closest Approach To Earth (1.776 AU) · Jul 19 - Asteroid Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (1.809 AU) · Jul 19 - Asteroid 2598 Merlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.014 AU) · Jul th Anniversary (1967), Explorer 35 Launch (Moon Orbiter) · Jul 20 - HTV-3 H-2B Launch (International Space Station, Japan) · Jul 20 - Comet 189P/NEAT Perihelion (1.177 AU) · Jul 20 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.996 AU) · Jul 20 - Asteroid Rowanatkinson Closest Approach To Earth (1.137 AU) JPL Space Calendar

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