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Space News Update- Oct. 1, 2012 -
In the News
Story 1: A curious cold layer in the atmosphere of Venus
Story 2: Mercury’s Surface is Full of Sulfur
Story 3: Falcon 9 engines ignite on pad ahead of October launch
Departments
The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV HighlightsSpace CalendarFood for Thought
Space Image of the Week
Mercury’s Surface is Full of Sulfur
Falcon 9 engines ignite on pad ahead of October launch
The Night SkyMonday, Oct. 1· Altair is the bright star high in the south at nightfall this week. Look for little Tarazed (Gamma Aquilae) to its upper right, and fainter Beta Aquilae a little farther to its lower left. Altair is just 17 light-years away. It's spinning so fast that it's a flattened ellipsoid, not a sphere.
Tuesday, Oct. 2· As dawn begins to break Wednesday morning, look east for dazzling Venus. Just 0.2° from it or less (as seen from the Americas) is Regulus, less than 1% as bright. You may need binoculars to separate Regulus from Venus's glare. A telescope provides a fine view, though Venus itself is currently an undistinguished gibbous disk just 16 arcseconds in diameter.
Wednesday, Oct. 3· The Pleiades sparkle to the left of the waning gibbous Moon late this evening, as shown at lower right.
Thursday, Oct. 4· Late this evening, look for Aldebaran below the Moon and bright Jupiter to the Moon's lower left, as shown at lower right.
Friday, Oct. 5· Jupiter comes up over the east-northeast horizon around 9:30 or 10 tonight, followed a half hour later by the nearly last-quarter Moon. They rise higher as night grows late, as shown at lower right.· Jupiter's satellite Ganymede slowly disappears into eclipse by Jupiter's shadow at 12:32 a.m. EDT tonight a little west of Jupiter, then emerges from eclipse at 2:31 a.m. EDT barely west of the planet's edge. Subtract 3 hours for PDT. A small telescope is all you need.
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
For Denver:
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)
ISS Mon Oct 01/05:45 AM 3 39 12 above NW 34 above ENEISS Tue Oct 02/04:59 AM 1 25 25 above NNE 20 above ENEISS Tue Oct 02/06:32 AM 4 38 10 above WNW 30 above SISS Wed Oct 03/05:45 AM 5 74 28 above WNW 10 above SEISS Thu Oct 04/04:59 AM 2 33 33 above ESE 10 above ESEISS Thu Oct 04/06:33 AM 3 13 10 above W 10 above SSWISS Fri Oct 05/05:46 AM 2 22 22 above SSW 10 above S
NASA-TV Highlights
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.
October 3, Wednesday11:05 a.m. - ISS Expedition 33 In-Flight Interviews with CNN Medical’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and the New York Times - JSC (All Channels)
October 4, Thursday12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels)
October 5, Friday5:30 a.m. - Video B-Roll of ISS Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford In Training - JSC (Public and Media Channels)6 a.m. - Live Interviews with ISS Expedition 33 Flight Engineer Kevin Ford from Star City, Russia - JSC (Public and Media Channels)
Space CalendarOct 01 - Comet 168P/Hergenrother Perihelion (1.415 AU)Oct 01 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.668 AU)Oct 01 - Asteroid 30441 Curly Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)Oct 01 - Asteroid 88705 Potato Closest Approach To Earth (2.342 AU)Oct 02 - [Sep 29] ATV-3 Reenters Earth's AtmosphereOct 02 - Comet 158P/Kowal-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (3.584 AU)Oct 02 - Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)Oct 02 - Asteroid 3313 Mendel Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)Oct 03 - [Sep 30] Asteroid 2012 SJ58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)Oct 03 - [Sep 30] Asteroid 2012 SG58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)Oct 03 - Asteroid 3031 Houston Closest Approach To Earth (1.451 AU)Oct 03 - Asteroid 2044 Wirt Closest Approach To Earth (1.497 AU)Oct 03 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Sigma 7 Launch (Walter Schirra)Oct 03 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Zagami Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)Oct 04 - GPS 2F-3 Delta 4M LaunchOct 04 - Comet 260P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (0.584 AU)Oct 04 - 5th Anniversary (2007), Kaguya (Selene 1) Moon Orbit Insertion,Oct 04 - 55th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 1 LaunchOct 04-10 - [Sep 27] World Space WeekOct 05 - Moon Occults JupiterOct 05 - European Southern Observatory's (ESO) 50th Birthday (1962)Oct 05 - Robert Goddard's 130th Birthday (1882)
JPL Space Calendar
Walter “Wally” Marty Schirra, Jr.
Food for ThoughtRussians face their space crisis
Space Image of the Week
Image Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
