1. Space News Update - June 22, 2018 - In the News Departments Story 1:
Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze
Story 2:
A Precise Test Of Einstein's General Relativity Outside The Milky Way
Story 3: 'Red nuggets' Are Galactic Gold for Astronomers
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV Highlights
Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week

2. Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze
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. A Precise Test Of Einstein's General Relativity Outside The Milky Way

4. 'Red nuggets' Are Galactic Gold for Astronomers

5. The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Friday, June 22
• The waxing gibbous Moon this evening shines with bright Jupiter to its lower left and fainter Spica to its lower right.
Saturday, June 23
• The bright "star" with the Moon tonight is Jupiter. Although they look rather close together, Jupiter is currently 1,800 times farther away — and it's 40 times larger in diameter.
• This is the time of year when the two brightest stars of summer, Arcturus and Vega, shine about equally high overhead soon after dark: Arcturus toward the southwest, Vega toward the east.
Arcturus and Vega are 37 and 25 light-years away, respectively. They represent the two commonest types of naked-eye stars: a yellow-orange K giant and a white A main-sequence star. They're 150 and 50 times brighter than the Sun, respectively — which, combined with their nearness, is why they dominate the evening sky.
Sunday, June 24
• This evening the Moon forms a long line with Jupiter to its right and Spica a greater distance to the right of Jupiter.
And, look a Jupiter-distance lower left of the Moon to spot orange Antares. Between Antares and the Moon are stars of the head of Scorpius.
Monday, June 25
• This evening the waxing gibbous Moon shines about midway between bright Jupiter to its right or upper right, and Saturn nearly as far to the Moon's lower left. Much closer lower right of the Moon is orange Antares.
Tuesday, June 26
• Now you'll find the nearly full Moon more or less between Antares to its right and Saturn to its lower left.
Sky & Telescope

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
No Denver Sighting Opportunities until June 30th.
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)
June 22, Friday 9 a.m. – NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testimony before House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.  Hearing on Space Situational Awareness: Whole of Government Perspectives on Roles and Responsibilities (All Channels)
June 25, Monday 11:15 a.m. – Space Station Educational Event with the Spruce Street School in New York, N.Y. and NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (All Channels)
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar
Jun 22 - CICERO/ Outernet 1/ Lemur-2 Electron Launch
Jun 22 - Comet 367P/Catalina Perihelion (2.522 AU)
Jun 22 - Apollo Asteroid 4034 Vishnu Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid Berners-Lee Closeset Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
Jun 22 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.070 AU)
Jun th Anniversary (1978), Jim Christy's Discovery of Pluto's Moon Charon
Jun 23 - Moon Occults Asteroid 16 Psyche
Jun 23 - Comet 210P/Christensen At Opposition (4.264 AU)
Jun 23 - Apollo Asteroid (1996 AW1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Jun 23 -[Jun 21] Amor Asteroid 2018 MG5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)
Jun 23 - Apollo Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Closest Approach To Earth (1.702 AU)
Jun 23 - Kuiper Belt Object Quaoar At Opposition ( AU)
Jun 24 - Comet 364P/PANSTARRS Perihelion (0.798 AU)
Jun 24 - Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro Closest Approach To Earth (1.675 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 2032 Ethel Occults HIP 93315 (6.5 Magnitude Star)
Jun 24 - Aten Asteroid (2010 NY65) Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
Jun 24 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 LD3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
Jun 24 - Amor Asteroid 2018 LU3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid Ohsadaharu Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
Jun 24 - Asteroid 2343 Siding Spring Closest Approach To Earth (1.385 AU)
Jun th Anniversary (1938), Chicora Meteorite Fall (Hit Cow in Pennsylvania)
Jun 24 - Victor Hess' 125th Birthday (1883)
Jun 25 - Comet C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU)
Jun 25 - Comet 277P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.304 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 2975 Spahr Closest Approach To Earth (1.195 AU)
Jun 25 - Asteroid 2315 Czechoslovakia Closest Approach To Earth (2.212 AU)
Jun 26 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) At Opposition (3.910 AU)
Jun 26 - Apollo Asteroid 2007 UD6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid Suess Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
Jun 26 - Asteroid 3866 Langley Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)
Jun th Anniversary (1978), SEASAT 1 Launch
JPL Space Calendar

9. Food for Thought
What’s the Minimum Number of People You Should Send in a Generational Ship to Proxima Centauri?

10. Space Image of the Week
Northern Lights and Noctilucent Clouds  Image Credit & Copyright: Adrien Mauduit