1. Space News Update - September 5, 2014 - In the News Story 1: Story 1: NASA Instrument aboard European Spacecraft Returns First Science Results Story 2: Story 2: Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday Story 3: Story 3: RapidScat: Some Assembly Required -- in Space Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

2. NASA Instrument aboard European Spacecraft Returns First Science Results

3. Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday

4. RapidScat: Some Assembly Required -- in Space

5. Monday, September 8 Full Moon (exact at 9:38 p.m. EDT). The Moon shines in dim Aquarius. To its upper left in the evening, the western side of the Great Square of Pegasus points down toward it (more or less). This is another perigean "supermoon," the third in a row.supermoon The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Friday, September 5 Saturn, Mars, Delta (δ) Scorpii, and Antares form an equally-spaced ragged line in the southwest at dusk, as shown at right. Delta Scorpii used to be a bit dimmer than Beta above it. Then in July 2000 it doubled in brightness. It has remained bright, with slow fluctuations, ever since.remained bright, with slow fluctuations Look high above the Moon this evening for Altair. Saturday, September 6 This is International Observe the Moon night! Zoom in on the map to find an event near you. Or set up your own telescope for the public, and add your event to the map so people can find you! The Moon is waxing gibbous, two days from full. (Just make sure it'll be in view from your site when you tell people to come!) See the article, A Worldwide Night of Moonwatching.International Observe the Moon nightadd your event to the mapA Worldwide Night of Moonwatching Also, look to the right of the Moon, by a little more than a fist-width at arm's length, for two faintish (3rd-magnitude) stars: Alpha and Beta Capricorni, one above the other. Alpha is the one on top. With sharp vision, you can barely see that it's double. Binoculars resolve it easily. Sunday, September 7 Look for bright Vega passing your zenith in late twilight, if you live in the world's mid-northern latitudes. Vega goes right through your zenith if you're at latitude 39° north (near Baltimore, Kansas City, Lake Tahoe, Sendai, Beijing, Athens, Lisbon). How closely can you judge this?

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver: DateVisible Max HeightAppearsDisappears Mon Sep 8, 6:07 AM1 min10°10 above SE10 above ESE

7. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) Monday, September 8 5:30 a.m. - Video B-Roll Feed of Training for Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA (all channels) 6 a.m. - Live Interviews with Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia (all channels) 10:55 a.m. - ISS Expedition 40 Interviews with KOA Radio, Denver and the Wall Street Journal’s “Off Duty” Feature Reporter with Commander Steve Swanson of NASA, Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (all channels) 1 p.m. - NASA Science Briefing, Studying Earth from the International Space Station - HQ (all channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Sep 05 - Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) Closest Approach To Earth (0.891 AU)Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)Closest Approach To Earth Sep 05 - Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (16.913 AU)Comet 95P/ChironClosest Approach To Earth Sep 05 - [Aug 29] Asteroid 2014 QT295 Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)Asteroid 2014 QT295 Sep 05 - Asteroid 2014 QP33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)Asteroid 2014 QP33Near-Earth Flyby Sep 05 - Asteroid 84882 Table Mountain Closest Approach To Earth (0.968 AU)Asteroid 84882 Table Mountain Sep 05 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RF43 At Opposition (51.977 AU)Kuiper Belt Object 2010 RF43At Opposition Sep 05 - 50th Anniversary (1964), Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) LaunchOrbiting Geophysical Observatory Sep 06 - [Sep 04] AsiaSat 6 (Thaicom 7) Falcon 9 LaunchAsiaSat 6 (Thaicom 7)Falcon 9 Launch Sep 06 - Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley At Opposition (2.491 AU)Comet 79P/du Toit-HartleyAt Opposition Sep 06 - Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Closest Approach To Earth (2.759 AU)Comet 147P/Kushida-MuramatsuClosest Approach To Earth Sep 06 - Comet P/2012 G1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.875 AU)Comet P/2012 G1 (PANSTARRS)At Opposition Sep 06 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) At Opposition (4.641 AU)Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina)At Opposition Sep 06 - Asteroid 3043 San Diego Closest Approach To Earth (0.771 AU)Asteroid 3043 San Diego Sep 06 - Asteroid 165347 Philplait Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU)Asteroid 165347 Philplait Sep 06 - Asteroid 78905 Seanokeefe Closest Approach To Earth (2.050 AU)Asteroid 78905 Seanokeefe Sep 06 - Asteroid 7092 Cadmus Closest Approach To Earth (3.275 AU)Asteroid 7092 CadmusClosest Approach To Earth Sep 06 - International Observe the Moon NightInternational Observe the Moon Night Sep 07 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #390 (OTM-390)Cassini Sep 07 - Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini) Closest Approach To Earth (1.953 AU)Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini)Closest Approach To Earth Sep 07 - Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (2.714 AU)Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEATAt Opposition Sep 07 - [Sep 04] Asteroid 2014 RC Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)Asteroid 2014 RCNear-Earth Flyby Sep 08 - Comet 206P/Barnard-Boattini Closest Approach To Earth (0.928 AU)Comet 206P/Barnard-BoattiniClosest Approach To Earth Sep 08 - Comet P/2006 F4 At Opposition (2.971 AU)Comet P/2006 F4At Opposition Sep 08 - [Aug 29] Comet C/2014 Q1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.733 AU)Comet C/2014 Q1 (PANSTARRS) Sep 08 - Comet 95P/Chiron At Opposition (16.915 AU)Comet 95P/ChironAt Opposition Sep 08 - [Aug 29] Asteroid 2014 QV295 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)Asteroid 2014 QV295 Sep 08 - Asteroid 4660 Nereus Closest Approach To Earth (1.505 AU)Asteroid 4660 NereusClosest Approach To Earth Sep 08 - Asteroid 3197 Weissman Closest Approach To Earth (1.557 AU)Asteroid 3197 Weissman Sep 08 - Asteroid 10183 Ampere Closest Approach To Earth (1.568 AU)Asteroid 10183 Ampere Sep 08 - Asteroid 13677 Alvin Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)Asteroid 13677 Alvin Sep 08 - Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)Asteroid 4169 Celsius Sep 08 - 10th Anniversary (2004), Genesis, Return To EarthGenesis

9. Food for Thought Mineral Exploration in Space to Return Results in 2020

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