Space News Update - July 9, In the News Story 1: Story 1: The Sun Blasts Out an X1-Class Solar Flare Story 2: Story 2: Scientists say NASA's 'new form of life' was untrue Story 3: Story 3: Mystery Wave in Milky Way Galaxy Suggests Recent Crash Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

The Sun Blasts Out an X1-Class Solar Flare

Scientists say NASA's 'new form of life' was untrue

Mystery Wave in Milky Way Galaxy Suggests Recent Crash

The Night Sky Monday, July 9 · At nightfall, spot bright Arcturus very high in the southwest to west. It's way above Saturn, Spica, and Mars. Look off to the right of Arcturus for the Big Dipper — which is hanging down and, as night grows late, previewing its late-summer dip as if scooping water. Tuesday, July 10 · As the stars begin to come out, look very high in the east for bright Vega. How soon can you spot the other two stars of the Summer Triangle? Deneb is 24° to Vega's lower left: two or three fist-widths at arm's length. Altair is 34° to Vega's lower right: three or four fists. Vega passes the zenith around midnight. Wednesday, July 11 · Altair is the brightest star halfway up the southeastern sky (halfway from the horizon to the zenith). Look to its left by slightly more than a fist-width, and perhaps a bit lower, for the distinctive little constellation Delphinus, the leaping Dolphin. Its nose points left. Thursday, July 12 · By 11 p.m. daylight time the Great Square of Pegasus, signature constellation of autumn, is already up in the east and balancing on one corner. · Friday, July 13 · During dawn on Saturday morning, the waning crescent Moon in the east is upper right of Jupiter and lower right of the Pleiades, as shown here

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information For Denver: NO SIGHTINGS UNTIL JULY 17

NASA-TV Highlights July 10, Tuesday 2 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Crew Activities in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC (All Channels) July 11, Wednesday 2 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Crew Activities and Soyuz Rocket Mating in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC (All Channels) July 12, Thursday 6:30 a.m. - Video Highlights of Expedition 30/31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit - JSC (All Channels) a.m. - Live Interviews with Expedition 30/31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit - JSC (All Channels) 12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control Interview with the Digital Learning Network – JSC (All Channels) 2 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Soyuz TMA-05M Rollout to the Launch Pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC (All Channels) July 13, Friday 2 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 32/33 Final Pre-Launch Crew News Conference and Russian State Commission Meeting in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - JSC (All Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.NASA website

Space Calendar · Jul 09 - Comet 189P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (0.172 AU) · Jul 09 - Comet 152P/Helin-Lawrence Perihelion (3.116 AU) · Jul 09 - Asteroid 1818 Brahms Closest Approach To Earth (0.834 AU) · Jul 09 - Asteroid 1997 Leverrier Closest Approach To Earth (1.002 AU) · Jul 10 - Asteroid 1831 Nicholson Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU) · Jul 10 - Asteroid Manhattan Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU) · Jul 10 - Asteroid Grammier Closest Approach To Earth (2.192 AU) · Jul th Anniversary (1992), Giotto, Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Flyby · Jul th Anniversary (1962), Telstar 1 Launch · Jul 10 - Alvan Clark's 180th Birthday (1832) · Jul 11 - Asteroid 3062 Wren Closest Approach To Earth (2.001 AU) · Jul 11 - Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (2.099 AU) · Jul 11 - Lecture: The Origin of Science, United Kingdom · Jul 12 - Comet C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes) Closest Approach To Earth (1.266 AU) · Jul 12 - Comet P/2010 H4 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (4.616 AU) · Jul th Anniversary (1977), High Engery Astronomical Observatory (HEAO-1) Launch · Jul 13 -Gonets M3 & M4/ Cosmos-Rodnik N4/MiR Rokot KM Launch · Jul 13 - Comet C/2012 L3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.384 AU) · Jul 13 - Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.534 AU) · Jul 13 - Langley Research Center's 95th Birthday (1917) JPL Space Calendar

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