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Space News Update - June 01, 2012 -

Space News Update - June 01, 2012 -. In the News Story 1: Dragon Spacecraft Returns to Earth after Historic Test Flight Story 2: The 2012 Transit of Venus Story 3: Enceladus Plume is a New Kind of Plasma Laboratory Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights

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Space News Update - June 01, 2012 -

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  1. Space News Update - June 01, 2012 - In the News Story 1:Dragon Spacecraft Returns to Earth after Historic Test Flight Story 2:The 2012 Transit of Venus Story 3:Enceladus Plume is a New Kind of Plasma Laboratory Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. Dragon Spacecraft Returns to Earth after Historic Test Flight

  3. The 2012 Transit of Venus

  4. Enceladus Plume is a New Kind of Plasma Laboratory

  5. The Night Sky Friday, June 1 · By 10 or 11 p.m. the Summer Triangle is up in the east. Its top corner is Vega, the brightest star in the eastern sky. Deneb is the brightest star to Vega's lower left. Look for Altair farther to Venus's lower right. Saturday, June 2 · The gibbous Moon shines in the south-southeast after dark. Look well to its lower left for orange Antares. Nearly halfway between the Moon and Antares is the row of three stars marking the head of Scorpius. Sunday, June 3 · This evening, look for Antares about 4° lower right of the full Moon (as seen from North America). · Partial eclipse of the Moon before and during dawn Monday morning for central and western North America. The partial eclipse begins at 3:00 a.m. PDT; mid-eclipse (with 38% of the Moon's diameter in shadow) is at 4:03 a.m. PDT; partial eclipse ends at 5:07 a.m. PDT. For details see June 4th's Partial Eclipse of the Moon. Monday, June 4 · This evening the bright Moon shines well to the left of Antares.

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

  7. NASA-TV Highlights June 1, Friday 6 a.m. - Replay of SpaceX Dragon Post-Splashdown Briefing - HQ (All Channels) 7 a.m. - Replay of NASA Science Update: Hubble M-31 Milky Way - HQ (All Channels) 8 a.m. - Replay of SpaceX Dragon Post-Splashdown Briefing - HQ (All Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.

  8. Space Calendar Jun 01 - [May 25] Soyuz TMA-03M Return To Earth(International Space Station) Jun 01 - [May 31] Intelsat 19Zenit 3SL Launch Jun 01 - Mercury Passes 0.2 Degrees From Venus Jun 01 - Comet P/2012 G1 (PANSTARRS)Perihelion(2.584 AU) Jun 01 - Comet C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)Closest Approach To Earth(4.141 AU) Jun 02 - [May 28] Asteroid 2012 KX41Near-Earth Flyby(0.037 AU) Jun 02 - Asteroid 2007 LENear-Earth Flyby(0.048 AU) Jun 02 - [May 25] Asteroid 2012 KO18Near-Earth Flyby(0.083 AU) Jun 02 - Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.974 AU) Jun 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #325 (OTM-325) Jun 03 - Comet C/2011 U3 (PANSTARRS)Perihelion(1.071 AU) Jun 03 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 5022-00057-1(10.7 Magnnitude Star) Jun 03 - Asteroid 264020 Stuttgart Closest Approach To Earth (1.624 AU) Jun 03 - Asteroid 20488 Pic-du-Midi Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU) Jun 03 - Asteroid 727 Nipponia Closest Approach To Earth (1.840 AU) Jun 03 - Asteroid 5145 PholusClosest Approach To Earth(23.680 AU) Jun 04 - [May 29] Partial Lunar Eclipse Jun 04 - Asteroid 3306 Byron Closest Approach To Earth (0.935 AU) Jun 04 - Asteroid 7919 Prime Closest Approach To Earth (1.220 AU) Jun 04 - Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.449 AU) Jun 04 - Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.244 AU) Jun 04 - Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (2.291 AU) JPL Space Calendar

  9. Food for Thought Our Galaxy is Destined for a Head-on Collision

  10. Space Image of the Week Credit: PHL @ UPR Arecibo, NASA, EUMETSAT, NERC Satellite Receiving Station, U. Dundee

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