Space News Update - September 13, 2013 -

1. Space News Update - September 13, 2013 - In the News Story 1: NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ingredient of Household Plasticin Space Story 2:First Ever Evidence of a Comet Striking Earth Story 3: LADEE Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit on Oct. 6 Amidst Government Shutdown Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting OpportunitiesSpace Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

2. NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ingredient of Household Plastic in Space • NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the night side of Saturn's largest moon and sees sunlight scattering through the periphery of Titan's atmosphere and forming a ring of color.

3. First Ever Evidence of a Comet Striking Earth

4. LADEE Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit on Oct. 6 Amidst Government Shutdown

5. The Night Sky • Tuesday, October 8 • The Moon shines above Venus in twilight. • Depending on where you are in North America, the Moon, Venus, and fainter Antares form a nearly equilateral triangle, as shown at right. • Wednesday, October 9 • Look for Venus far lower right of the Moon during and after twilight. Just 3/4° above Venus is 2nd-magnitude Delta Scorpii. • Thursday, October 10 • Do you know the landmark binocular double stars of western Capricornus? Everybody should, you'll never forget them. This is the season. • Friday, October 11 • First-quarter Moon (exact at 7:02 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time). The Moon, half lit, shines above the pouring Sagittarius Teapot in early evening. • Triple shadow transit on Jupiter. A rare case of three moons — Io, Europa, and Callisto — casting their tiny black shadows onto Jupiter at the same time happens late tonight, from 4:32 to 5:37 Universal Time October 12th (12:32 to 1:37 a.m. Saturday morning Eastern Daylight Time). Jupiter will be high and best placed for telescope users in Europe and Africa, and low in the east for eastern North America. • Saturday, October 12 • Venus has been approaching dimmer orange Antares, which twinkles to its left. They're now 4½° apart in the southwestern twilight. They'll pass 1½° from each other on October 16th. Sky & Telescope

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities Not Available Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

7. NASA-TV Highlights Not Available Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

8. Space Calendar • · Oct 08 - [Oct 01] Total Lunar Eclipse • · Oct 08 - [Oct 02] Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #393 (OTM-393) • · Oct 08 - [Oct 01] Comet 74P/Smirnova-ChernykhAt Opposition (3.674 AU) • · Oct 08 - Comet 152P/Helin-LawrenceAt Opposition (3.804 AU) • · Oct 08 - [Oct 02] Comet C/2013 P4 (PANSTARRS)At Opposition (4.987 AU) • · Oct 08 - [Oct 02] Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 0780-01502-1 (11.9 Magnitude Star) • · Oct 08 - [Oct 02] Asteroid 757 Portlandia Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU) • · Oct 08 - [Oct 03] Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU) • · Oct 08 - [Oct 03] Asteroid 13010 Germantitov Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU) • · Oct 08 - [Oct 03] 410th Anniversary (1604), Discovery of Supernova 1604 (Kepler's Nova) • · Oct 09 - [Oct 03] Draconids Meteor Shower Peak • · Oct 09 - Comet C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)At Opposition (3.538 AU) • · Oct 09 - [Oct 01] Comet 74P/Smirnova-ChernykhClosest Approach To Earth (3.674 AU) • · Oct 09 - [Oct 04] Asteroid 2012 KY3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU) • · Oct 09 - [Oct 04] Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.576 AU) • · Oct 09 - [Oct 04] Asteroid 50240 Cortina Closest Approach To Earth (1.853 AU) • · Oct 09 - Kuiper Belt Object 19308 (1996 TO66)At Opposition (46.173 AU) • · Oct 09 - [Oct 05] 5th Anniversary (2009), LCROSS Impacts Moon • · Oct 10 - Comet 148P/Anderson-LINEARClosest Approach To Earth (1.794 AU) • · Oct 10 - [Oct 05] Asteroid 18399 (1992 WK1) Occults HIP 3056 (6.4 Magnitude Star) • · Oct 10 - [Oct 05] Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 0206-00073-1 (11.3 Magnitude Star) • · Oct 10 - [Oct 06] Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.578 AU) • · Oct 11 - [Oct 06] Asteroid 498 Tokio Closest Approach To Earth (1.200 AU) • · Oct 11 - [Oct 06] Asteroid 15131 Alanalda Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU) • · Oct 11 - [Oct 07] 20th Anniversary (1994), MagellanBurnup in Venus' Atmosphere • · Oct 12 - Comet 252P/LINEARAt Opposition (3.292 AU) • · Oct 12 - Comet 150P/LONEOSAt Opposition (3.770 AU) • · Oct 12 - [Oct 07] Asteroid 2010 FV9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU) • · Oct 12 - [Oct 07] Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.102 AU) • · Oct 12 - [Oct 08] Asteroid 44016 Jimmypage Closest Approach To Earth (1.543 AU) • · Oct 12 - [Oct 08] Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU) • · Oct 12 - [Oct 08] 50th Anniversary (1964), Voskhod 1 Launch • · Oct 14 - Comet 233P/La SagraClosest Approach To Earth (1.659 AU) • · Oct 14 - [Oct 01] Comet 94P/RussellAt Opposition (3.305 AU) • · Oct 16 - Comet P/2013 N3 (PANSTARRS)Closest Approach To Earth (2.567 AU) • Oct 16 - Comet P/2005 RV25 (LONEOS-Christensen)At Opposition(2.842 AU) JPL Space Calendar

9. CU-Boulder student-built satellite launched into Earth orbit Sept. 29 CU-Boulder student-built satellite launched into Earth orbit Sept. 29 Food for Thought CU-Boulder Student-built Satellite Launched into Earth Orbit September 29th

10. CU-Boulder student-built satellite launched into Earth orbit Sept. 29 Space Image of the Week • Aurora, Airglow, City Lights and Shining Stars • Photo taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano on Oct. 5, 2013 (ESA/NASA)