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Space News Update - June 17, 2013 - In the News Story 1: The Cat’s Paw Nebula — Our Galaxy’s Mini-Starburst? Story 2: Earth-Passing Asteroid is “An Entirely New Beast” Story 3: Details of Yuri Gagarin’s Tragic Death Revealed Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

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Space News Update - June 17, 2013 -. In the News Story 1: The Cat’s Paw Nebula — Our Galaxy’s Mini-Starburst? Story 2: Earth-Passing Asteroid is “An Entirely New Beast” Story 3: Details of Yuri Gagarin’s Tragic Death Revealed Departments The Night Sky - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Space News Update- June 17, 2013 -

In the News

Story 1: The Cat’s Paw Nebula — Our Galaxy’s Mini-Starburst?

Story 2:Earth-Passing Asteroid is “An Entirely New Beast”

Story 3:

Details of Yuri Gagarin’s Tragic Death Revealed 

Departments

The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities

NASA-TV HighlightsSpace CalendarFood for Thought

Space Image of the Week

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Earth-Passing Asteroid is “An Entirely New Beast”

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Details of Yuri Gagarin’s Tragic Death Revealed

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The Night SkyMonday, June 17· The Moon this evening forms the end of a curving line with Spica and Saturn, counting to the Moon's left. Look below the Moon for the four-star figure of Corvus.

Tuesday, June 18· The Moon now shines just below the line between Spica and Saturn.

Wednesday, June 19· Dim little Mercury is closest to bright Venus low in twilight this evening. Look for it 2° to Venus's lower left.· Saturn glows to the upper right of the waxing gibbous Moon as night falls. Thursday, June 20· Look lower left of the Moon at dusk, by almost two fists at arm's lengths, for orange-red Antares. Between them is the three-star row of the Head of Scorpius, nearly vertical.

· This is Midsummer's Night, the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The solstice is at 1:04 a.m. on the 21st EDT; 10:04 p.m. on the 20th PDT. Wrote a friend in the Pacific Northwest, "There'll be bonfires from Kalaloch to Portland tonight." Friday, June 21· Antares shines lower right of the bright Moon this evening.

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ISS Sighting Opportunities

Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

ISS For Denver:

Date Visible Max Height Appears Disappears

Mon Jun 17, 0:13 AM < 1 min 42° 10 above WNW 12 above WNW

Mon Jun 17, 9:48 PM 3 min 18° 15 above N 11 above ENE

Mon Jun 17, 11:24 PM 2 min 78° 13 above NW 36 above WNW

Tue Jun 18, 8:59 PM 3 min 14° 12 above N 11 above NE

Tue Jun 18, 10:36 PM 2 min 55° 27 above NNW 47 above ENE

Wed Jun 19, 9:47 PM 4 min 33° 23 above NNW 14 above E

Wed Jun 19, 11:23 PM 1 min 26° 11 above WNW 18 above W

Thu Jun 20, 8:58 PM 4 min 23° 17 above NNW 10 above E

Thu Jun 20, 10:34 PM 2 min 49° 18 above WNW 48 above SSW

Fri Jun 21, 9:47 PM 3 min 88° 35 above NW 25 above SE

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NASA-TV Highlights

(all times Eastern Daylight Time)

June 18, Tuesday8:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 36 In-Flight Event for ESA with Euronews - JSC (Public and Media Channels)

June 19, Wednesday10:40 a.m. - ISS Expedition 36 In-Flight Educational Event with the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, KS - JSC (All Channels)12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control On-Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels)

June 20, Thursday11 a.m. - Johnson Space Center Memorial Ceremony for Astronaut Neil Armstrong - JSC (All Channels)

June 21, Friday6 - 10 a.m. - Live Satellite Interviews on the Supermoon Phenomenon - GSFC (Media Channel)

Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

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Space Calendar

JPL Space Calendar

Jun 17 - Comet 91P/Russell Closest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU)Jun 17 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.186 AU)Jun 17 - Asteroid 2157 Ashbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.475 AU)Jun 17 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)Jun 18 - [Jun 17] Asteroid 2013 LY28 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)Jun 18 - Asteroid 2013 JR28 Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)Jun 18 - Asteroid 20403 Attenborough Closest Approach To Earth (2.196 AU)Jun 18 - 30th Anniversary (1983), 1st US Woman In Space (Sally Ride)Jun 19 - [Jun 12] Progress M-19M Re-enters Earth's AtmosphereJun 19 - Comet 169P/NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (2.045 AU)Jun 19 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)Jun 19 - Asteroid 4372 Quincy Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)Jun 19 - Asteroid 2191 Uppsala Closest Approach To Earth (2.233 AU)Jun 19 - 10th Anniversary (2003), Nozomi, Earth FlybyJun 20 - Gonets M5, M6 & M7 Rokot KM LaunchJun 20 - Mercury Passes 2.0 Degrees From VenusJun 20 - Comet P/2011 VJ5 (Lemmon) At Opposition (3.234 AU)Jun 20 - Asteroid 2013 KL6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)Jun 20 - Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.559 AU)Jun 20 - Asteroid 20469 Dudleymoore Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)Jun 20 - Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU)Jun 20 - Asteroid 3325 TARDIS Closest Approach To Earth (2.259 AU)Jun 21 - Summer Solstice, 05:04 UTJun 21 - Resurs P-1 Soyuz 2-1B LaunchJun 21 - Asteroid 2013 LC2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)Jun 21 - Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.622 AU)Jun 21 - Max Wolf's 150th Birthday (1863)

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Food for ThoughtHow duct tape patched up the world – and why

we're still sticking with it

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Space Image of the WeekSOUTHERN SUNSPOTS