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Space News Update - January 30, 2012 -

Space News Update - January 30, 2012 -. In the News Story 1: Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects Story 2: NASA’s New Eyes in the Sky Story 3: Space Weather Center to Add World's First 'Ensemble Forecasting' Capability Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities

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Space News Update - January 30, 2012 -

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  1. Space News Update - January 30, 2012 - In the News Story 1:Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects Story 2:NASA’s New Eyes in the Sky Story 3:Space Weather Center to Add World's First 'Ensemble Forecasting' Capability Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. Mars-Bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects

  3. NASA’s New Eyes in the Sky

  4. Space Weather Center to Add World's First 'Ensemble Forecasting' Capability

  5. The Night Sky Monday, January 30 · The first-quarter Moon shines about 8° upper left of Jupiter this evening (for North America), as shown above. Tuesday, January 31 · Jupiter is lower right of the Moon this evening. Continue the line much farther lower right to hit Venus. · The first near-Earth asteroid discovered was 433 Eros in 1898. It's currently making its closest pass by Earth since 1975, shining at magnitude 8.6. It stays this bright for the next two weeks. Find it in Sextans south of Leo using the charts in the January Sky & Telescope, page 52, or online. Wednesday, February 1 · The Moon shines between the Pleiades and Aldebaran, as shown above. Thursday, February 2 · Now that it's February, Orion strides high in early evening. It's below the Moon tonight. Orion's top left corner is fiery Betelgeuse. Far below Betelgeuse shines brighter Sirius. Betelgeuse and Sirius form the equilateral Winter Triangle with Procyon off to their left. · Comet Garradd, still about magnitude 6.6, is passing a mere ½° west of the globular cluster M92 in Hercules in the early hours of Friday morning. The two fuzzballs are similar in brightness but different in looks. They're highest in the hour before the first light of dawn at your site. Friday, February 3 · After dinnertime, the waxing gibbous Moon is shining high in the southeast. Look to its upper left for bright Capella, to its upper right for Aldebaran, lower right for Orion, and lower left for Gemini including Castor and Pollux.

  6. ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

  7. NASA-TV Highlights January 31, Tuesday11:50 a.m. - ISS Expedition 30 Educational Event with the Asa E. Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, TX - JSC (All Channels)1 p.m. - NASA Science Update - HQ (Public, HD and Media Channels)February 2, Thursday9:10 a.m. - ISS Expedition 30 ESA Educational Event for the “Mission X” Competition - JSC (All Channels)11:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 30 Educational Event with the U.S. Coast Guard Academy - JSC (All Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.

  8. Space Calendar Jan 30 - Cassini, Titan Flyby Jan 30 - Asteroid 2012 BD14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU) Jan 30 - Asteroid 2010 WU8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU) Jan 30 - Asteroid 35978 Arlington Closest Approach To Earth (1.479 AU) Jan 30 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (2.076 AU) Jan 30 - Asteroid 83360 Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.116 AU) Jan 31 - Asteroid 433 Eros Closest Approach To Earth (0.177 AU) Feb 01 - Fajr Safir-e-Fajr Launch (Iran) Feb 01 - Comet 164P/Christensen Closest Approach To Earth (1.840 AU) Feb 01 - Asteroid 2006 CJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU) Feb 01 - Asteroid 2008 EP6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU) Feb 01 - Asteroid 2006 SU217 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU) Feb 01 - Asteroid 278381 (2007 MR) Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU) Feb 01 - Asteroid 12477 Haiku Closest Approach To Earth (1.459 AU) Feb 01 - Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU) Feb 01 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (2.308 AU) Feb 02 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #308 (OTM-308) Feb 02 - Asteroid 2848 ASP Closest Approach To Earth (2.278 AU) Feb 02 - 35th Anniverary (1977), Burnup of the Salyut 4 Space Station (USSR) Feb 03 - Asteroid 477 Italia Closest Approach To Earth (1.858 AU) Feb 03 - Asteroid 30444 Shemp Closest Approach To Earth (2.179 AU) JPL Space Calendar

  9. Food for Thought Teens Put Lego Man in 'Space' (Actually Stratosphere)

  10. Space Image of the Week

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