1. Space News Update - June 9, 2017 - In the News Departments Story 1:
Measuring a White Dwarf's Mass
Story 2:
Window to a Water Past on Mars
Story 3: Watching a Volatile Stellar Relationship
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV Highlights
Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week

2. Measuring a White Dwarf's Mass
In this computer graphic, NASA's Voyager 1 probe, moving toward upper left, nears the edge of the sun's influence, flying through a region of space dominated by a "magnetic highway" that helps mediate the flow of particles into and out of the solar system. The region includes particles from the sun's southern hemisphere that have been forced northward by the pressure of the interstellar wind. Voyager 1 is expected to cross the boundary into interstellar space sometime within the next few years if not sooner. (Credit: NASA)

3. Window to a Water Past on Mars

4. Watching a Volatile Stellar Relationship

5. The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Friday, June 9
• This evening, look for Saturn a few degrees to the right of the just-past-full Moon. This is a "minimoon": it's currently near apogee. Can you really see that the Moon is a just a bit smaller than usual?
Watch it pull a bit farther away from Saturn as they cross the sky together through the night.
The full Moon of June is traditionally called the Strawberry Moon or (wait for it . . .) the Honey Moon. Perhaps because it rides low across the sky, where summer haze may turn it honey-yellow all night.
Saturday, June 10
• With summer officially just 11 days away, the Summer Triangle stands high and proud in the east after dark. Its top star is bright Vega. Deneb is the brightest star to Vega's lower left (by 2 or 3 fists at arm's length). Look for Altair a greater distance to Vega's lower right.
Sunday, June 11
• A small telescope will show Jupiter's moon Io reappearing out of eclipse from Jupiter's shadow around 11:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Watch for it to gradually emerge into view just east of the planet.
Monday, June 12
• The Big Dipper hangs high in the northwest as the stars come out. The Dipper's Pointers, currently its bottom two stars, point lower right toward Polaris. Above Polaris, and looking very similar to it, is Kochab, the lip of the Little Dipper's bowl.
Kochab stands precisely above Polaris around the end of twilight or a little after. How well can you time this event for your location? How fast can you see any tilt with respect to a hanging plumb bob or the vertical edge of a building?
Sky & Telescope

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
Date
Visible
Max Height
Appears
Disappears
Fri Jun 9, 10:14 PM
2 min
52°
22° above WNW
46° above S
Sat Jun 10, 9:23 PM
4 min
76°
35° above NW
16° above ESE
Sun Jun 11, 10:06 PM
3 min
20°
10° above W
18° above SSW
Mon, Jun 12, 9:15 PM
40°
24° above W
11° above SSE
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

7. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Time Zone)
MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
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MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
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MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
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NASA-TV Highlights
(all times Eastern Time Zone)
Friday, June 9
4 p.m., Replay of the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class Introduction with Vice President Mike Pence (all channels)
Saturday, June 10
1 a.m., 2 a.m, 7 a.m., Replay of the ISS Expedition 52 In-Flight Educational Event with the Leeds Elementary School in Elkton, Maryland and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA (NTV-1 (Public))
8 a.m., 2 p.m., 7 p.m., Replay of the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class Introduction with Vice President Mike Pence (all channels)
9 a.m., 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Replay of the Visit of Vice President Mike Pence to Mission Control, Houston (all channels)
10 a.m., 4p.m., 9 p.m., Saturday, June 10 - Replay of the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class News Conference from the Johnson Space Center, Houston (all channels)
11 a.m., 11 p.m., Replay of the ISS Expedition 52 In-Flight Educational Event with the Leeds Elementary School in Elkton, Maryland and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA (all channels)
Sunday, June 11
1 a.m., 2 a.m., Replay of the ISS Expedition 52 In-Flight Educational Event with the Leeds Elementary School in Elkton, Maryland and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA (NTV-1 (Public))
6 a.m., Replay of the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class Introduction with Vice President Mike Pence (all channels)
7 a.m., Replay of the Visit of Vice President Mike Pence to Mission Control, Houston (all channels)
8 a.m., Replay of the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class News Conference from the Johnson Space Center, Houston (all channels)
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar
Jun 09 - Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy At Opposition (3.698 AU)
Jun 09 - Amor Asteroid 2017 KS34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (0.935 AU)
Jun 09 - Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
Jun 09 - Neptune Trojan 2013 KY18 At Opposition ( AU)
Jun th Anniversary (1952), Abee Meteorite Fall in Canada
Jun 09 - Johann Gottfied Galle's 205th Birthday (1812)
Jun 10 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan & Janus
Jun 10 - Comet P/2011 A2 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (2.229 AU)
Jun 10 - Comet C/2017 K4 (ATLAS) At Opposition (2.450 AU)
Jun 10 - Comet 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson Perihelion (2.818 AU)
Jun 10 - Comet 268P/Bernardi At Opposition (4.110 AU)
Jun 10 - Amor Asteroid 2017 HV4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 7462 Grenoble Closest Approach To Earth (1.500 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.638 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid Jimmypage Closest Approach To Earth (2.048 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid Frankherbert Closest Approach To Earth (2.103 AU)
Jun 10 - Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (3.845 AU)
Jun 10 - Kuiper Belt Object Varda At Opposition ( AU)
Jun 10 - Eugene Parker's 90th Birthday (1927)
Jun 11 - Cygnus Reentry Into Earth's Atmosphere
Jun 11 - Comet 71P/Clark Closest Approach To Earth (0.590 AU)
Jun 11 - Comet 233P/La Sagra At Opposition (3.058 AU)
Jun 11 - Comet 200P/Larsen At Opposition (3.891 AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.295 AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.446 AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (1.971 AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 2127 Tanya Closest Approach To Earth (2.117 AU)
Jun 11 - Asteroid 1006 Lagrangea Closest Approach To Earth (2.554 AU)
Jun 11 - Royal Air Force Cosford Air Show, Cosford, United Kingdom
Jun 11 - Charles Fabry's 150th Birthday (1867)
JPL Space Calendar

9. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar
Jun th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
Jun 12 - Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson) Perihelion (1.637 AU)
Jun 12 - Comet 289P/Blanpain At Opposition (4.106 AU)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 1674 Groeneveld Occults HIP 42516 (6.4 Magnitude Star)
Jun 12 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 KF3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Jun 12 - Amor Asteroid 1980 Tezcatlipoca Closest Approach To Earth (0.727 AU)
Jun 12 - Asteroid 397 Vienna Closest Approach To Earth (1.739 AU)
Jun 12 - Jupiter Trojan Asteroid 1143 Odysseus Closest Approach To Earth (4.680 AU)
Jun 12 - Paul Guldin's 440th Birthday (1577)
Jun 13 - Comet 73P-AI/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.964 AU)
Jun 13 - Comet P/2017 G2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (2.846 AU)
Jun 13 - Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) Perihelion (3.297 AU)
Jun 13 - Comet C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.552 AU)
Jun 13 - Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels At Opposition (3.589 AU)
Jun 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 FR2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Jun 13 - Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU)
Jun 13 - Asteroid Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (2.645 AU)
Jun 13 - Asteroid 1268 Libya Closest Approach To Earth (3.313 AU)
JPL Space Calendar

10. New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale
Food for Thought
Three DIY CubeSats Score Rides on NASA’s First Flight of Orion, Space Launch System

11. Space Image of the Week
Firefall by Moonlight  Image Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)