Space News Update - August 5, In the News Story 1: Story 1: New Image Captures one of the Brightest Volcanoes Ever Seen in the Solar System Story 2: Story 2: Rosetta Probe Swoops Closer to Comet Destination than ISS is to Earth and Reveals Exquisite Views Story 3: Story 3: NASA’s Fermi space telescope reveals new source of gamma rays Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

New Image Captures one of the Brightest Volcanoes Ever Seen in the Solar System

Rosetta Probe Swoops Closer to Comet Destination than ISS is to Earth and Reveals Exquisite Views

NASA’s Fermi space telescope reveals new source of gamma rays

The Night Sky Tuesday, August 5 Look below the Moon this evening for the red supergiant Antares, as shown at right. Around Antares and to its right are other stars of upper Scorpius. Wednesday, August 6 Antares is well to the lower right of the Moon this evening, as shown here. More than twice as far to the Moon's upper left shines Altair. Thursday, August 7 Vega is the brightest star very high in the east after dusk, almost overhead. The brightest in the southeast is Altair, nearly as bright. Altair is flagged by little Tarazed (3rd magnitude) a finger- width above it: an orange giant far in Altair's background. Friday, August 8 Look northeast as the stars come out for W-shaped Cassiopeia. It's still not as high as the Big Dipper is in the northwest, but the two are on their way to their dusk balance point week by week. Get a preview of this by checking on them around 11 p.m. (depending on your location). Saturday, August 9 If you're in the Earth's mid-northern latitudes, bright Vega crosses close by the zenith around 10 or 11 p.m. (depending on where you are east-west in your time zone). Wherever you are, Deneb always passes the zenith two hours after Vega Sky & Telescope

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver:

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website 1:45 p.m., Wednesday, August 6 - ISS Expedition 40 In-Flight Interviews with WYPR Maryland Public Radio and Maryland Public Television with Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman (all channels) 12:25 p.m., Thursday, August 7 - ISS Expedition 40 In-Flight Interviews with ABC News and CBS News with Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst (all channels)

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Aug 05 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEATClosest Approach To Earth Aug 05 - Asteroid Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (1.292 AU)Asteroid Catalina Aug 05 - Asteroid Shemp Closest Approach To Earth (1.350 AU)Asteroid Shemp Aug 05 - Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Aug 05 - Asteroid 6442 Salzburg Closest Approach To Earth (1.585 AU)Asteroid 6442 Salzburg Aug th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 7 Mars FlybyMariner 7 Aug 06 - [Jul 30] Rosetta, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Orbit InsertionRosettaComet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Orbit Insertion Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower PeakSouthern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Aug 06 - [Aug 01] Asteroid 2014 OV299 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)Asteroid 2014 OV299 Aug 06 - Asteroid Summanus Closest Approach To Earth (1.517 AU)Asteroid SummanusClosest Approach To Earth Aug 06 - Asteroid Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (1.664 AU)Asteroid Amsterdam Aug 06 - Asteroid 8657 Cedrus Closest Approach To Earth (1.865 AU)Asteroid 8657 Cedrus Aug 06 - Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 AU)Asteroid 2906 Caltech Aug 06 - Asteroid 5731 Zeus Closest Approach To Earth (2.731 AU)Asteroid 5731 ZeusClosest Approach To Earth Aug 07 - Yamal 401 Proton-M Briz-M LaunchYamal 401 Aug 07 - Comet P/2014 L3 (Hill) At Opposition (0.892 AU)Comet P/2014 L3 (Hill) Aug 07 - Asteroid 16 Psyche At Opposition (9.3 Magnitude)Asteroid 16 PsycheAt Opposition Aug 07 - [Aug 02] Asteroid 2014 OF300 Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)Asteroid 2014 OF300 Aug th Anniversary (1969), Andreevka Meteorite Fall (Hit House in USSR)Andreevka Meteorite Fall Aug 08 - Comet 289P/Blanpain Closest Approach To Earth (1.512 AU)Comet 289P/BlanpainClosest Approach To Earth Aug 08 - Comet 174P/Echeclus At Opposition (4.934 AU)Comet 174P/EcheclusAt Opposition Aug 08 - [Jul 27] 25th Anniversary (1989), STS-28 Launch (Space Shuttle Columbia, DOD Mission)STS-28 Launch Aug th Anniversary (1969), Zond 7 Launch (Soviet Moon Mission)Zond 7 Aug 09 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #387 (OTM-387)Cassini Aug 09 - Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) At Opposition (1.773 AU)Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)At Opposition Aug 09 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC (11.9 Magnitude Star)Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC Aug 09 - Asteroid Slocum Closest Approach To Earth (1.226 AU)Asteroid Slocum Aug 09 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.801 AU)Asteroid 8734 Warner Aug 09 - Asteroid Jerrylewis Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)Asteroid Jerrylewis

Food for Thought Asteroid attacks significantly altered ancient Earth

Space Image of the Week Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Shadows and Plumes Across Enceladus