1. Space News Update - June 14, 2019 - In the News Departments Story 1:
The briny depths of Europa brim with table salt
Story 2:
Saturn's moon Mimas: A 'snowplough' in the planet's rings
Story 3:
Hubble observes tiny galaxy with big heart
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV Highlights
Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week

2. The briny depths of Europa brim with table salt
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. Saturn's moon Mimas: A 'snowplough' in the planet's rings

4. Hubble observes tiny galaxy with big heart

5. The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Friday, June 14
• Look far lower left of the Moon in late twilight and after dark for Antares and Jupiter, as shown here.
• The Big Dipper, high in the northwest, now hangs straight down by its handle as the stars come out.
Saturday, June 15
• The bright Moon forms a not-quite-equilateral triangle with Jupiter to its lower left and Antares to its lower right, as shown here. Think photo opportunity. The triangle is 10° from end to end, so use a moderately long lens. Or even try zooming in with a phone camera braced rock-steady.
Sunday, June 16
• Full "Honey Moon" tonight (exact at 4:31 a.m. Monday morning EDT). By no coincidence the Moon shines near Jupiter, which was at opposition just six days ago. "Full" and "at opposition" both mean "in the direction opposite the Sun" as seen from Earth.
Jupiter, however, is currently 1,670 times farther now, which is why it looks like a tiny dot compared to the Moon — even though it's actually 40 times larger in diameter.
Adding to the panorama are, to their right, fainter Antares and other stars of upper Scorpius.
Sky & Telescope
Monday, June 17
• The Moon shines now between Jupiter and Saturn, closer to the latter. Jupiter is upper right of the Moon after dark. Saturn is to the Moon's lower left, as seen here.
Tuesday, June 18
• As twilight fades, use binoculars to try catching Mercury and Mars just ½° apart low in the west-northwest. Mercury is by far the brighter of the two. Mars is actually fainter now than Pollux and Castor, which glimmer a little more than a binocular field of view to their upper right.
• On the opposite side of the sky after dark, the waning gibbous Moon shines with Saturn, which is 3,450 times farther away.

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
There are no sightings in your area for the period of Wednesday Jun 12, 2019 through Friday Jun 28, 2019
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 14, Friday 10 a.m. – SpaceCast Weekly (All Channels) 11:35 a.m. – International Space Station In-Flight Event for the Canadian Space Agency with astronaut David Saint-Jacques of CSA (Public Channel with interpretation; Media Channel in native language)
June 17, Monday 10:35 a.m. – International Space Station In-Flight Interviews with CNN and North Carolina’s “Our State” Magazine with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch  (All Channels)
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar
Jun 14 - Comet 68P/Klemola At Opposition (1.330 AU)
Jun 14 - Comet 231P/LINEAR-NEAT Perihelion (3.022 AU)
Jun 14 - Dwarf Planet Ceres Occults TYC  (11.0 Magnitude Star)
Jun 14 - Apollo Asteroid 2019 LL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU)
Jun 14 - Amor Asteroid 2019 KJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Jun 14 - Apollo Asteroid 1866 Sisyphus Closest Approach To Earth (0.450 AU)
Jun 14 - Neptune Trojan 2013 KY18 At Opposition ( AU)
Jun th Anniversary (1994), St. Robert Meteorite Fall (Hit House in Canada)
Jun th Anniversary (1949), V-2 Launch Carrying Albert II, the Rhesus Monkey
Jun 14 - Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.992 AU)
Jun 14 - Nilakantha Somayaji's 575th Birthday (1444)
Jun 15 - Moon Occults Dwarf Planet Ceres
Jun 16 - Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.624 AU)
Jun 16 - Comet 85P/Boethin At Opposition (3.307 AU)
Jun 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2019 LU Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
Jun 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2019 LR Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
Jun 16 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 XZ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 3837 Carr Closest Approach To Earth (1.244 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 1816 Liberia Closest Approach To Earth (1.735 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid 4252 Godwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.393 AU)
Jun 16 - Asteroid Jocelynbell Closest Approach To Earth (1.583 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 3155 Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.542 AU)
Jun 17 - Asteroid 1801 Titicaca Closest Approach To Earth (2.215 AU)
Jun 17 - Satellite Industry Forum 2019, Singapore
Jun 17 - Lecture: Saturnian Dynamics, Ithaca, New York
Jun 17 - William Finlay's 170th Birthday (1849)
Jun 18 - Asteroid Moron Closest Approach To Earth (2.000 AU)
Jun 18 - Asteroid 1001 Gaussia Closest Approach To Earth (2.478 AU)
Jun th Anniversary (2009), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Launch
Jun th Anniversay (1889), Mighei Meteorite Fall in USSR
Jun 18 - William Lassell's 220th Birthday (1799)
JPL Space Calendar

9. How NASA's Spitzer Has Stayed Alive for So Long
Food for Thought
How NASA's Spitzer Has Stayed Alive for So Long

10. Space Image of the Week
Spiral Galaxy M96 from Hubble  Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & Copyright: Leo Shatz