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Space News Update- Aug 10, 2012 -
In the News
Story 1: Curiosity prepped for software load, snaps color panorama
Story 2: Morpheus Lander Crashes, Burns at Kennedy Space Center
Story 3: Plenty of Dark Matter Near the Sun
Departments
The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV HighlightsSpace CalendarFood for Thought
Space Image of the Week
Curiosity prepped for software load, snaps color panorama
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Morpheus Lander Crashes, Burns at Kennedy Space Center
Plenty of Dark Matter Near the Sun
The Night SkyFriday, August 10· Night owls! The waning Moon forms a tight triangle with Jupiter and fainter Aldebaran after they rise about 1 or 2 a.m. Saturday morning, as shown at right. Bright Venus rises far to their lower left around 3 a.m. (depending on your location).Saturday, August 11· The Perseid meteor showershould be at its best late tonight. Find a dark spot with a wide-open view of the sky overhead, bundle up against the late-night chill, lie back in a lounge chair, watch the sky, and be patient. After 11 or midnight you may see a meteor a minute on average; fewer earlier.The thick waning crescent Moon rises by 1 or 2 a.m. (with Jupiter above it). But its modest light, notes the International Meteor Organization, "should be considered more of a nuisance than a deterrent."You're also likely to see occasional Perseids for many nights before and after. See our article Perseids at Their Prime.
The Night Sky
Sunday, August 12· Venus hangs below the waning crescent Moon before and during dawn Monday morning, as shown above and below.Monday, August 13· Mars is finally passing between Saturn and Spica low in the west-southwestern twilight this evening and tomorrow evening.· Daytime occultation of Venus. This afternoon, telescope users across most of North America can watch the edge of the thin waning crescent Moon cover half-lit Venus in a blue sky. The event happens low for Easterners; the farther west you are, the higher the Moon and Venus will be in your sky. Finding them is the trick. See the August Sky & Telescope, page 51, for full details.
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
For Denver:
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATIONMAX ELEV
APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)
ISS Fri Aug 10/09:09 PM 3 29 29 above NW 11 above NNE
ISS Fri Aug 10/10:46 PM 1 11 11 above NNW 10 above N
ISS Sat Aug 11/09:53 PM 2 13 13 above NNW 10 above NNE
ISS Sat Aug 11/11:30 PM < 1 10 10 above N 10 above N
ISS Sun Aug 12/09:00 PM 2 18 18 above NNW 10 above NNE
ISS Sun Aug 12/10:37 PM < 1 10 10 above N 10 above N
ISS Mon Aug 13/09:43 PM 1 11 10 above NNW 10 above N
NASA-TV Highlights
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.
August 10, Friday4 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels)8 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels)10 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels)
Space Calendar
Aug 10 - Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (1.075 AU)Aug 10 - Asteroid 4758 Hermitage Closest Approach To Earth (1.707 AU)Aug 10 - 20th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon LaunchAug 10 - 20th Anniversary (1992), Kitsat A Launch (1st South Korean Satellite)Aug 10 - 40th Anniversary (1972), Daylight Fireball (Utah, Canada)Aug 11 - Moon Occults JupiterAug 11 - Asteroid 18610 Arthurdent Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)Aug 11 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.957 AU)Aug 11 - Asteroid 2127 Tanya Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU)Aug 11 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 LaunchAug 11 - 135th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon DeimosAug 12 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of TelestoAug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower PeakAug 12 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 LutetiaAug 12 - Asteroid 1757 Porvoo Occults HIP 106039 (4.5 Magnitude Star)Aug 12 - Asteroid 37655 Illapa Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)Aug 12 - Asteroid 1539 Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU)Aug 12 - 35th Anniversary (1977), HEAO 1 LaunchAug 12 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 LaunchAug 13 - Moon Occults VenusAug 13 - Comet 185P/Petriew Perihelion (0.932 AU)Aug 13 - Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.838 AU)Aug 13 - Asteroid 4037 Ikeya Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)Aug 13 - Asteroid 3106 Morabito Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU)Aug 13 - 370th Anniversary (1642), Christiaan Huygens' Discovery of Mars' South Polar Cap
JPL Space Calendar
This represents the view from mid-northern latitudes at about 2:00 a.m. local time around August 12 and 13
Food for Thought
Schweickart: Private Asteroid Mission is for the Benefit of Humanity
Space Video of the Week
Video Credit: Universe Today