1. Space News Update - October 27, 2014 - In the News Story 1: Black Hole Has Major Flare Story 2: How clean is the International Space Station? Story 3: Story 3: The Inner Workings of Red Giant Stars Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

2. Black Hole Has Major Flare

3. How clean is the International Space Station?

4. The Inner Workings of Red Giant Stars

5. The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, October 27 Full Moon (exact at 8:05 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time). The Moon rises shortly after sunset for North America. After dark look above it, by about a fist and a half at arm's length, for the two or three brightest stars of Aries lined up horizontally. The brightest, Alpha Arietis or Hamal (on the left), is an orange giant. Wednesday, October 28 This is the time of year when the Big Dipper lies horizontal low in the north-northwest early in the evening. How low? The farther south you are, the lower. Seen from 40° north (New York, Denver) its bottom stars twinkle nearly ten degrees high, and the larger, dimmer Great Bear pattern walks upright on the horizon toward the right. But at Miami (26° N) the entire Dipper and Bear skim along below the northern horizon out of sight. Thursday, October 29 The Ghost of Summer Suns. Halloween is approaching, and this means that Arcturus, the star sparkling low in the west- northwest in twilight, is taking on its role as "the Ghost of Summer Suns." What does this mean? For several days centered on October 29th every year, Arcturus occupies a special place above your local landscape. It closely marks the spot there where the Sun stood at the same time, by the clock, during warm June and July — in broad daylight, of course. So, in the last days of October each year, you can think of Arcturus as the chilly Halloween ghost of the departed summer Sun. Friday, October 30 Sometime around 7 or 8 p.m., depending on where you live in your time zone, bright Capella is exactly as high in the northeast as Fomalhaut is in the south. On Saturday (North American date), the quarter-mile asteroid 2015 TB 145 passes 1.3 lunar distances from Earth. It will reach 10th or 11th magnitude (100 times too faint to see with the unaided eye) as it crosses the northern sky of the early-morning hours. It's all over the news and the internet, but there's no chance it will hit Earth for pete's sake. See our article and chart: Close-in Asteroid Offers Halloween Treat.Close-in Asteroid Offers Halloween Treat

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information No sightings for Denver through Nov. 2 nd.

7. NASA-TV Highlights Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA 6:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 28 - U.S. ISS Spacewalk Coverage (Kelly and Lindgren; Spacewalk Begins at 8:10 a.m. ET; could begin earlier if spacewalk preparations allow) (NTV- 1 (Public)) 6:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 28 - U.S. ISS Spacewalk Coverage (Kelly and Lindgren; Spacewalk Begins at 8:10 a.m. ET; could begin earlier if spacewalk preparations allow) (NTV- 2 (Education), NTV-3 (Media)) 10 a.m., Wednesday, October 28 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Discusses Agency’s Journey to Mars at Center for American Progress (NTV-1 (Public)) 11 a.m., Wednesday, October 28 - U.S. ISS Spacewalk Coverage (Kelly and Lindgren) (NTV-1 (Public)) 2 p.m., Thursday, October 29 - In-Flight Interviews with MSNBC and TIME Magazine (Starts at 1:55pm) (all channels) (all times Eastern Time Zone)

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Oct 27 - Comet 51P/Harrington At Opposition (0.859 AU)Comet 51P/HarringtonAt Opposition Oct 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 TL238 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)Apollo Asteroid 2015 TL238 Oct 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 TL20 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)Apollo Asteroid 2015 TL20Near-Earth Flyby Oct 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 TF Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)Apollo Asteroid 2015 TFNear-Earth Flyby Oct 27 - Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) At Opposition (40.252 AU)Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1)At Opposition Oct 27 - Oleg Kotov's 50th Birthday (1965)Oleg Kotov's Oct 27 - Gustave Solomon's 85th Birthday (1930)Gustave Solomon's Oct 28 - [Oct 23] Cassini, Enceladus FlybyCassiniEnceladus Flyby Oct 28 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Polydeuces, Telesto, Daphnis, Pan & HeleneCassini Oct 28 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #428 (OTM-428)Cassini Oct 28 - Comet 51P-A/Harrington At Opposition (0.866 AU)Comet 51P-A/HarringtonAt Opposition Oct 28 - Comet 51P-D/Harrington At Opposition (0.866 AU)Comet 51P-D/HarringtonAt Opposition Oct 28 - Comet C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE) At Opposition (3.510 AU)Comet C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE)At Opposition Oct 28 - Comet 316P/LONEOS-Christensen Perihelion (3.582 AU)Comet 316P/LONEOS-ChristensenPerihelion Oct 28 - Asteroid 3229 Solnhofen Closest Approach To Earth (1.206 AU)Asteroid 3229 Solnhofen Oct 28 - Plutino 47171 (1999 TC36) At Opposition (29.570 AU)Plutino 47171 (1999 TC36)At Opposition Oct 28 - Kuiper Belt Object 42301 (2001 UR163) At Opposition (51.280 AU)Kuiper Belt Object 42301 (2001 UR163)At Opposition Oct 28 - Teleconference: Achieving Science Goals with CubeSatsTeleconference: Achieving Science Goals with CubeSats Oct 28 - Edward Ney's 95th Birthday (1920)Edward Ney's Oct 29 - HiakaSat (HawaiiSat 1)/ ORS-Squared/ Supernova-Beta/ STACEM/ Argus/ EDSN 1-8/ PrintSat/ STU-1 Super-Strypi (SPARK) LaunchHiakaSat (HawaiiSat 1)ORS-SquaredSupernova-BetaSTACEMArgusEDSN 1-8PrintSatSTU-1Super-Strypi (SPARK) Oct 29 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of TitanCassini Oct 29 - Moon Occults AldebaranMoon Occults Aldebaran Oct 29 - Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach At Opposition (1.137 AU)Comet 61P/Shajn-SchaldachAt Opposition Oct 29 - Comet 205P-C/Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)Comet 205P-C/GiacobiniClosest Approach To Earth Oct 29 - Comet 205P/Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)Comet 205P/GiacobiniClosest Approach To Earth Oct 29 - Comet 88P/Howell At Opposition (1.421 AU)Comet 88P/HowellAt Opposition Oct 29 - Comet C/2015 A2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (5.034 AU)Comet C/2015 A2 (PANSTARRS)Perihelion Oct 29 - [Oct 20] Apollo Asteroid 2015 UH Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)Apollo Asteroid 2015 UHNear-Earth Flyby Oct 29 - Apollo Asteroid 410777 (2009 FD) Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)Apollo Asteroid 410777 (2009 FD)Near-Earth Flyby Oct 29 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 TX24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)Apollo Asteroid 2015 TX24Near-Earth Flyby Oct 29 - Asteroid 7220 Philnicholson Closest Approach To Earth (0.944 AU)Asteroid 7220 Philnicholson Oct 29 - Asteroid 4808 Ballaero Closest Approach To Earth (1.396 AU)Asteroid 4808 Ballaero Oct 29 - Asteroid 6001 Thales Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)Asteroid 6001 Thales Oct 29 - Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.114 AU)Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Oct 29 - Gary Hug's 65th Birthday (1950)Gary Hug's Oct 30 - [Oct 23] GPS-2F 11 Atlas 5 LaunchGPS-2F 11Atlas 5 Launch Oct 30 - Comet 205P-A/Giacobini Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU)Comet 205P-A/GiacobiniClosest Approach To Earth Oct 30 - Asteroid 9622 Terryjones Closest Approach To Earth (0.998 AU)Asteroid 9622 Terryjones Oct 30 - Amor Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (1.177 AU)Amor Asteroid 6456 GolombekClosest Approach To Earth Oct 30 - Asteroid 13743 Rivkin Closest Approach To Earth (1.185 AU)Asteroid 13743 Rivkin Oct 30 - Asteroid 6714 Montreal Closest Approach To Earth (1.366 AU)Asteroid 6714 Montreal Oct 30 - Asteroid 8283 Edinburgh Closest Approach To Earth (1.584 AU)Asteroid 8283 Edinburgh Oct 30 - Asteroid 797 Montana Closest Approach To Earth (1.691 AU)Asteroid 797 Montana Oct 30 - 30th Anniversary (1985), STS-61-A Launch (Space Shuttle Challenger, Spacelab-D1)STS-61-A Launch

9. Food for Thought NASA turning to U.S. industry to build asteroid redirect craft

10. Space Image of the Week Fall Color Arrives in the U.S. and Canada