1. Space News Update - July 5, 2013 - In the News Departments
Story 1: Ocean satellite dies after 11½-year mission
Story 2: Fit Check Sets Stage for Orion Recovery Test
Story 3: A Galaxy Grows Fat on Nearby Gas 
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights
Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week

2. Ocean satellite dies after 11½-year mission
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. Fit Check Sets Stage for Orion Recovery Test

4. A Galaxy Grows Fat on Nearby Gas

5. The Night Sky Sky & Telescope
Friday, July 5 · Venus, the "Evening Star," is very gradually brightening and moving higher above the west-northwest horizon in twilight. Keep watch through the summer and fall!
· During dawn Saturday morning, look low in the east-northeast for the waning Moon. It guides your way to Mars, Jupiter, Aldebaran, and Beta Tauri, as shown at right. Binoculars will help.
· Earth is at aphelion, its farthest from the Sun for the year (only 1/30 farther than at perihelion in January).
Saturday, July 6 · Two hours after sunset, after darkness is truly complete, the east-northeast horizon bisects the Great Square of Pegasus across two of its opposite corners. By midnight the whole Great Square is up in good view, balanced on its bottom corner.
Sunday, July 7 · When the stars begin to come out these evenings, the Big Dipper hangs straight down from its handle high in the northwest, while the dim, elusive Little Dipper stands straight up on its handle from Polaris in the north.
Sky & Telescope
Monday, July 8 · This is the time of year when, as twilight fades to dark, the two brightest summer stars, Arcturus and Vega, shine equally close to the zenith (depending on where you are). Arcturus is the one toward the southwest; Vega is toward the east.
· New Moon (exact at 3:14 a.m. on this date EDT).

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
No Sighting Opportunities through July 15.
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

7. NASA-TV Highlights Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website
(all times Eastern Daylight Time)
No special programming. For NASA-TV’s daily program schedule go to:
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar
Jul 05 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 05 - Comet 271P/van Houten-Lemmon Perihelion (4.250 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (1.086 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet 246P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.007 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet 108P/Ciffreo At Opposition (2.921 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.168 AU)
Jul 06 - Asteroid Rio de Janeiro Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)
Jul th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Lysithea
Jul 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #352 (OTM-352)
Jul 07 - Comet 174P/Echeclus At Opposition (5.567 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (2.061 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid Jimmypage Closest Approach To Earth (2.069 AU)
Jul 07 - Asteroid 2197 Shanghai Closest Approach To Earth (2.497 AU)
Jul th Anniversary (2003), Mars Exploration Rover B (Opportunity) Launch
Jul 08 - Comet 156P/Russell-LINEAR At Opposition (2.020 AU)
Jul 08 - Comet 170P/Christensen At Opposition (2.672 AU)
Jul 08 - Comet 270P/Gehrels Perihelion (3.602 AU)
Jul 08 - Asteroid Apophis Closest Approach To Earth (0.244 AU)
JPL Space Calendar

9. Earth Is Farthest From the Sun for 2013 Today
Food for Thought
Earth Is Farthest From the Sun for 2013 Today

10. Space Image of the Week
M82: Starburst Galaxy with a Superwind  Image Credit & Copyright: Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Obs.)