1. Space News Update - April 29, 2013 - In the News Departments
Story 1: Herschel links Jupiter’s water to comet impact
Story 2: Sea Launch rocket failure blamed on hydraulic pump
Story 3: NASA's PhoneSats set mark for first smartphone satellites 
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights
Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week

2. Herschel links Jupiter’s water to comet impact
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. Sea Launch rocket failure blamed on hydraulic pump

4. NASA's PhoneSats set mark for first smartphone satellites

5. The Night Sky Monday, April 29
• It's almost May, yet the winter star Sirius still twinkles low above the west-southwest horizon in late twilight. How much later into the spring can you keep it in view?
Tuesday, April 30
• The small but distinctive constellation Corvus, the Crow, is an icon of spring evenings (in the Northern Hemisphere). Look for its four-star quadrilateral in the south-southeast after dark, to the right of Saturn and Spica. Watch for Venus beginning to creep up into view shortly after sunset.
Wednesday, May 1
• Have you ever really explored the richest 1° field of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster? How deeply into it can your scope go? Use the charts and guide in Alan Whitman's "Going Deep" column in the May Sky & Telescope, page 61.
Thursday, May 2
• Last-quarter Moon. The Moon, between dim Capricornus and Aquarius, rises around the middle of the night (far below Altair). By daybreak Friday morning it's high in the south.
Friday, May 3
• As soon as it's fully dark, look for the Big Dipper very high in the north-northeast. It's upside down, with its handle to the right and its bowl to the left. It's "dumping water" onto the much dimmer Little Dipper down below

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
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)
April 30, Tuesday
10 a.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 36/37 Qualification Training Simulation Runs at Star City, Russia - JSC (All Channels)
12:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 35 In-Flight Event for the Canadian Space Agency - JSC (Public and Media Channels)
May 2, Thursday
12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control On-Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels)
12:40 p.m. - ISS Expedition 35 In-Flight Educational Event with Fredericksburg High School, Fredericksburg, TX - JSC (All Channels)
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar
Apr 29 - Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu At Opposition (2.433 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 1909 Alekhin Occults HIP (3.9 Magnitude Star)
Apr 29 - Asteroid (2005 NZ6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 7016 Conandoyle Closest Approach To Earth (1.184 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.919 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (2.150 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid Usuda Closest Approach To Earth (2.180 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.413 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.890 AU)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 3202 Graff Closest Approach To Earth (3.019 AU)
Apr 30 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #348 (OTM-348)
Apr 30 - Moon Occults Pluto
Apr 30 - Comet 69P/Taylor At Opposition (3.421 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid Zephyr Closest Approach To Earth (1.083 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid Johnnyweir Closest Approach To Earth (1.570 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid Richardcook Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 AU)
May 01 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan
May 01 - Comet 141P/Machholz At Opposition (4.230 AU)
May 01 - Asteroid 2013 EU9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
May 01 - Asteroid 3115 Baily Closest Approach To Earth (1.888 AU)
May th Anniversary (1998), Discovery of Dar al Gani 476 (Mars Meteorite)
May 02 - [Apr 23] Comet C/2013 H1 (La Sagra) At Opposition (1.732 AU)
May 02 - Comet 256P/LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
May 02 - Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (2.026 AU)
May 02 - Kuiper Belt Object (2004 GV9) At Opposition ( AU)
May 03 - [Apr 26] Space Day
May 03 - Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova At Opposition (3.918 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid Hayabusa Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid Calar Alto Closest Approach To Earth (2.118 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.000 AU)
May 03 - Asteroid Table Mountain Closest Approach To Earth (2.242 AU)
JPL Space Calendar

9. Experts Urge Removal of Space Debris From Orbit
Food for Thought
Experts Urge Removal of Space Debris From Orbit

10. Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSL
Space Image of the Week
Sharp Stereo
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSL