1. Space News Update - July 22, 2014 - In the News Story 1: Story 1: Apollo 11 Moon Landing 45 Years Ago on July 20, 1969: Relive the Moment Story 2: Story 2: Sparks Fly on Mars as Curiosity Laser Blasts Red Planet Rock Story 3: Story 3: Rosetta's target is 'double' comet Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

2. Apollo 11 Moon Landing 45 Years Ago on July 20, 1969: Relive the Moment

3. Sparks Fly on Mars as Curiosity Laser Blasts Red Planet Rock

4. Rosetta's target is 'double' comet

5. The Night Sky Tuesday, July 22 Vega is the brightest star very high in the east. Far down to its lower right shines Altair, almost as bright. Altair is flagged by little Tarazed a finger-width above it, an orange-giant star far in Altair's background.... on its way to passing Venus lower down two mornings later. (The visibility of the fainter objects in bright twilight is exaggerated here. These scenes are drawn for the middle of North America. European observers: move each Moon symbol a quarter of the way toward the one for the previous date. For clarity, the Moon is shown three times actual size.) Wednesday, July 23 As dawn brightens on Thursday morning the 24th, spot Venus low in the east- northeast with the waning crescent Moon to its right and Mercury still to its lower left, as shown here. Thursday, July 24 In a really dark sky, the Milky Way now forms a magnificent arch high across the whole eastern sky after darkness is complete. It runs all the way from below Cassiopeia in the north-northeast, up and across Cygnus and the Summer Triangle in the east, and down past the spout of the Sagittarius Teapot in the south. Friday, July 25 Mars and Spica still shine low in the southwest as night comes on. Mars keeps pulling farther away from Spica; they're now 6° apart. Saturn glows to their upper left. Arcturus sparkles high to their upper right. Saturday, July 26 Summer is hardly more than a third over, astronomically speaking. But already the Great Square of Pegasus, symbol of the coming fall, heaves up from behind the east-northeast horizon at dusk and climbs higher in the east through the evening. It's balancing on one corner. Sky & Telescope

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver:

7. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website Wednesday, July 23 8 a.m., Wednesday, July 23 - Live Interviews with the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) Crew in the “Aquarius” Underwater Research Vessel (all channels) 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 23 - Coverage of the Launch of the ISS Progress 56 Cargo Ship from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (all channels) 11 p.m., Wednesday, July 23 - Coverage of the Docking of the ISS Progress 56 Cargo Ship to the ISS (all channels) Thursday, July 24 10 a.m., Thursday, July 24 - Space Station Live (all channels) 11:20 a.m., Thursday, July 24 - ISS Expedition 40 In-Flight Event with the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology (all channels)

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Jul 22 - [Jul 15] Progress Return To Earth (International Space Station)Progress Return To Earth Jul 22 - Comet P/2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) At Opposition (1.656 AU)Comet P/2008 WZ96 (LINEAR)At Opposition Jul 22 - Asteroid 26616 (2000 GG6) Occults HIP 87847 (5.4 Magnitude Star)Asteroid 26616 (2000 GG6) Occults HIP 87847 Jul 22 - Asteroid 4581 Asciepius Closest Approach To Earth (0.286 AU)Asteroid 4581 AsciepiusClosest Approach To Earth Jul 22 - Asteroid 14764 Kilauea Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)Asteroid 14764 Kilauea Jul 22 - Asteroid 2002 Euler Closest Approach To Earth (1.344 AU)Asteroid 2002 Euler Jul 22 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.688 AU)Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Jul 22 - Friedrich Bessel's 230th Birthday (1784)Friedrich Bessel's Jul 23 - [Jul 16] Progress M-24 Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station 56P)Progress M-24 Jul 23 - Rosetta, Trajectory Correction ManeuverRosettaTrajectory Correction Maneuver Jul 23 - GSSAP1 & 2 (AFSPC 4)/ ANGELS Delta 4 LaunchGSSAP1 & 2 (AFSPC 4)ANGELSDelta 4 Launch Jul 23 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #386 (OTM-386)Cassini Jul 23 - Comet C/2014 N2 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.445 AU)Comet C/2014 N2 (PANSTARRS) Jul 23 - Comet 250P/Larson At Opposition (4.255 AU)Comet 250P/LarsonAt Opposition Jul 23 - Asteroid 2014 MA6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)Asteroid 2014 MA6Near-Earth Flyby Jul 23 - Asteroid 2014 MJ55 Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)Asteroid 2014 MJ55Near-Earth Flyby Jul 23 - Asteroid 2014 DJ80 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)Asteroid 2014 DJ80Near-Earth Flyby Jul 23 - Asteroid 6542 Jacquescousteau Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)Asteroid 6542 Jacquescousteau Jul 23 - Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (1.721 AU)Asteroid 9252 Goddard Jul 23 - Asteroid 2700 Baikonur Closest Approach To Earth (1.989 AU)Asteroid 2700 Baikonur Jul 23 - 15th Anniversary (1999), Chandra X-Ray Observatory LaunchChandra X-Ray Observatory Jul 23 - 30th Anniversary (1984), Discovery of Neptune's RingsNeptune's Rings Jul 24 - Comet 287P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (2.153 AU)Comet 287P/ChristensenClosest Approach To Earth Jul 24 - Comet 19P/Borrelly At Opposition (2.314 AU)Comet 19P/BorrellyAt Opposition Jul 24 - Asteroid 91007 Ianfleming Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)Asteroid 91007 Ianfleming Jul 25 - Comet P/2014 L3 (Hill) Closest Approach To Earth (0.874 AU)Comet P/2014 L3 (Hill) Jul 25 - Comet P/2003 O3 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.253 AU)Comet P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)Perihelion Jul 25 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT At Opposition (1.334 AU)Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEATAt Opposition Jul 25 - Asteroid 2014 MG55 Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)Asteroid 2014 MG55Near-Earth Flyby Jul 25 - Asteroid 8672 Morse Closest Approach To Earth (1.059 AU)Asteroid 8672 Morse Jul 25 - Asteroid 4257 Ubasti Closest Approach To Earth (1.653 AU)Asteroid 4257 UbastiClosest Approach To Earth Jul 25 - Asteroid 16626 Thumper Closest Approach To Earth (1.960 AU)Asteroid 16626 Thumper Jul 25 - 30th Anniversary (1984), 1st Woman Spacewalk (Svetlana Savitskaya)1st Woman Spacewalk (Svetlana Savitskaya) Jul 26 - Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-AluClosest Approach To Earth Jul 26 - Comet 182P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.918 AU)Comet 182P/LONEOSAt Opposition Jul 26 - Asteroid 2013 ND15 Closest Approach To Earth (0.857 AU)Asteroid 2013 ND15Closest Approach To Earth Jul 26 - Asteroid 2013 EC20 Closest Approach To Earth (0.919 AU)Asteroid 2013 EC20Closest Approach To Earth Jul 26 - Asteroid 1541 Estonia Closest Approach To Earth (1.814 AU)Asteroid 1541 Estonia Jul 26 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Friedrich Bessel was the first to use parallax in calculating the distance to a star and while studying the dynamics of 'many- body' gravitational systems, developed Bessel functions. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a telescope specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes.

9. Food for Thought SpaceX Reusable Rocket Test Returns Booster to Earth, then 'Kaboom'

10. Space Image of the Week Image Credit: NASA's GSFC, SDO AIA Team A Solar Filament Erupts