1. Space News Update - March 12, 2012 - In the News Story 1: Story 1: Earthlings Dazzled by Venus-Jupiter Close Encounter Story 2: Story 2: Proposed nuclear clock may keep time with the Universe Story 3: Story 3: SpaceX eyes shuttle launch pad for heavy-lift rocket Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

2. Earthlings Dazzled by Venus-Jupiter Close Encounter

3. Proposed nuclear clock may keep time with the Universe

4. SpaceX eyes shuttle launch pad for heavy-lift rocket

5. The Night Sky Monday, March 12 · Venus and Jupiter are now almost at their closest together, appearing 3.1° apart this evening. Watch their orientation change drastically from day to day now that they're so close. Tuesday, March 13 · Venus and Jupiter appear closest together tonight: 3.0°. Wednesday, March 14 · Last-quarter Moon (exact at 9:25 p.m. EDT on this date). The Moon rises around the middle of the night. As dawn begins Thursday morning it's above the Teapot of Sagittarius. Thursday, March 15 · This is the time of year when we in the mid-northern latitudes get our best evening look at the teeming Milky Way in the constellation Puppis, east and southeast of Canis Major. Explore some of the telescopic highlights here with Sue French's chart and article in the March Sky & Telescope, page 62. Friday, March 16 · Jupiter and Venus have separated a bit to appear 4.0° apart now - still a head-turning spectacle during and after twilight!

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information For Denver: SATELLITELOCALDURATION MAX ELEV APPROACHDEPARTURE DATE/TIME(MIN)(DEG)(DEG-DIR) ISSThu Mar 15/06:26 AM21710 above S17 above SE

7. NASA-TV Highlights March 13, Tuesday 10:25 a.m. - ISS Expedition 30 In-Flight Interview with Fox News Channel - JSC (Public and Media Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.NASA website

8. Space Calendar Mar 12 - Comet C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes) Perihelion (0.801 AU) Mar 12 - Comet 91P/Russell Closest Approach To Earth (2.363 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 5361 Goncharov Occults HIP 78059 (6.3 Magnitude Star) Mar 12 - Asteroid 2012 DW60 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 2012 EN3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 2010 SV3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 2012 DN14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 3917 Franz Schubert Closest Approach To Earth (1.369 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.554 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 4511 Rembrandt Closest Approach To Earth (1.801 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.902 AU) Mar 12 - Asteroid 134346 Pinatubo Closest Approach To Earth (1.961 AU) Mar 14 - Asteroid 2012 ER3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU) Mar 14 - Asteroid 2008 EY5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU) Mar 15 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #312A (OTM-312A) Mar 15 - Venus Passes 3.3 Degrees From Jupiter Mar 15 - Asteroid 2012 BB14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU) Mar 15 - Asteroid 11334 Rio de Janeiro Closest Approach To Earth (1.974 AU) Mar 16 - Mercury Passes 4.6 Degrees From Uranus Mar 16 - Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.424 AU) Mar 16 - 50th Anniversary (1962), 1st Titan 2 Rocket Launch JPL Space Calendar

9. Food for Thought Solar Storm Warning Satellite on Last Legs

10. Space Image of the Week The Scale of the Universe - Interactive