Space News Update - October 29, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Could the Next Planetary Rover Come from Canada? Story 2: Story 2: Return of the Dragon: Commercial craft back home Story 3: Story 3: Coolant leak prompts Nov. 1 station spacewalk Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

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Return of the Dragon: Commercial craft back home

Coolant leak prompts Nov. 1 station spacewalk

The Night Sky Monday, October 29 · Full Moon (exact at 3:49 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time). Look a fist-width above the Moon for the brightest stars of Aries, lined up nearly horizontally. · Algol should be at minimum light for a couple hours centered on 10:03 p.m. EDT. · Jupiter's Great Red Spot (pale orange-tan) crosses Jupiter's central meridian around 11:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Tuesday, October 30 · The "Summer Star" Vega is still the brightest star in the west during fall evenings. Higher above it is Deneb. Farther off to Vega's left or lower left is Altair, the third star of the Summer Triangle. Wednesday, October 31 · The Halloween Moon, waning gibbous, rises around the end of twilight. The Pleiades are above it. Once it rises higher, Aldebaran sparkles is below it and bright Jupiter shines to its lower left, as shown here. · Just after dark, the faint, slow-moving asteroid 35 Leukothea should occult a 10.6-magnitude star in Aquarius fairly high in the south for up to 39 seconds, for observers along a track from Florida through Michigan. Charts and details.Charts and details Thursday, November 1 · The bright "star" above the Moon this evening is Jupiter. Although they look close together, Jupiter is 1,500 times farther away. Aldebaran, to their right, is 930,000 times more distant than Jupiter! Friday, November 2 · Once the waning gibbous Moon rises high late this evening, look lower right of it for wintry Orion making his sparkly appearance.

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) ISSMon Oct 29/06:54 PM67210 above NW14 above ESE ISSMon Oct 29/08:32 PM< above WSW ISSTue Oct 30/07:44 PM32020 above WSW11 above S ISSWed Oct 31/06:54 PM33835 above WSW11 above SSE ISSFri Nov 02/06:52 PM11313 above SW10 above SSW

NASA-TV Highlights Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.NASA website October 30, Tuesday 8:40 a.m. - ISS Expedition 33 Interviews with the Weather Channel and the Associated Press - JSC (Public and Media Channels) October 31, Wednesday 3:15 a.m. - ISS Progress 49 Launch Coverage (Launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan scheduled at 3:41 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) 9 a.m. - ISS Progress 49 Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at 9:40 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) November 1, Thursday 7:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 33 Spacewalk Coverage (Spacewalk scheduled to begin at 8:15 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels)

Space Calendar · Oct 29 - [Oct 26] KSLV 1 Launch (South Korea)KSLV 1 Launch · Oct 29 - [Oct 29] Asteroid 2012 UU169 Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)Asteroid 2012 UU169Near-Earth Flyby · Oct 29 - Asteroid 2012 UW9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)Asteroid 2012 UW9Near-Earth Flyby · Oct 29 - Asteroid 2000 EA14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)Asteroid 2000 EA14Near-Earth Flyby · Oct 29 - Asteroid 1154 Astronomia Closest Approach To Earth (2.508 AU)Asteroid 1154 Astronomia · Oct 30 - Asteroid 2012 UR18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)Asteroid 2012 UR18Near-Earth Flyby · Oct 30 - [Oct 25] Asteroid 2012 UU68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)Asteroid 2012 UU68Near-Earth Flyby · Oct 30 - Asteroid 2012 UQ18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)Asteroid 2012 UQ18Near-Earth Flyby · Oct 30 - Asteroid 8423 Macao Closest Approach To Earth (1.356 AU)Asteroid 8423 Macao · Oct 30 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (2.028 AU)Asteroid 4149 Harrison · Oct 30 - Kuiper Belt Object (2002 UX25) At Opposition ( AU)Kuiper Belt Object (2002 UX25)At Opposition · Oct 31 - [Oct 25] Progress M-17M Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 49P)ProgressSoyuz U Launch · Oct 31 - Comet P/2012 SB6 (Lemmon) Perihelion (2.406 AU)Comet P/2012 SB6 (Lemmon)Perihelion · Oct 31 - Asteroid 1602 Indiana Closest Approach To Earth (1.324 AU)Asteroid 1602 Indiana · Oct 31 - Asteroid Kriegh Closest Approach To Earth (1.393 AU)Asteroid Kriegh · Oct 31 - Asteroid 7707 Yes Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)Asteroid 7707 Yes · Oct 31 - Kuiper Belt Object (2002 TC302) At Opposition ( AU) · Nov 01 - Asteroid Brianwilson Closest Approach To Earth (1.844 AU) · Nov 02 - Luch 5-B/ Yamal 300K Proton M-Briz M Launch · Nov 02 - Moon Occults Jupiter · Nov 02 - Asteroid 4798 Mercator Closest Approach To Earth (1.405 AU) · Nov 02 - Asteroid Gregnorman Closest Approach To Earth (2.335 AU) · Nov 02 - Asteroid 1268 Libya Closest Approach To Earth (2.868 AU) · Nov th Anniversary (2002), Stardust, Asteroid 5535 Annefrank Flyby · Nov th Anniversary (1917), Mount Wilson 100-inch Telescope First LightKuiper Belt Object (2002 TC302)At OppositionAsteroid BrianwilsonLuch 5-BYamal 300KProton M-Briz M LaunchMoon Occults JupiterAsteroid 4798 MercatorAsteroid GregnormanAsteroid 1268 LibyaStardustAsteroid 5535 Annefrank FlybyMount Wilson JPL Space Calendar

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