Space News Update - April 22, 2013 -

1. Space News Update - April 22, 2013 - In the News Story 1:Orbital Sciences launches Antares rocket on successful test flight Story 2: Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color Story 3: NASA sees 3 coronal mass ejections Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

2. > Orbital Sciences launches Antares rocket on successful test flight

3. Hubble Sees a Horsehead of a Different Color

4. NASA sees 3 coronal mass ejections

5. The Night Sky Monday, April 22· The two brightest points in the sky after dusk this week are Jupiter in the west and Sirius in the southwest. Midway between them is Orion. This lineup is lying down lower every week now. How late into the spring can you keep it in view? Tuesday, April 23 · There's a bright gibbous Moon tonight. If you're out with a telescope, you'll notice that the Moon is creeping toward a star: Chi Virginis, magnitude 4.7. The Moon's invisible dark limb, just beyond the terminator, will occult the star for most of North America except the Northeast and north of the Great Lakes (Denver, 9:07 p.m. MDT) Wednesday, April 24· Look close to the nearly full Moon for Spica tonight. The Moon occults Spica for parts of Central America, South America, and southern Africa;map and timetables. Thursday, April 25· Full Moon. A very slight partial lunar eclipse is visible from Europe, Africa, Australia, and most of Asia, centered on 20:07 April 25th Universal Time. Details. · The "star" near the Moon all night is Saturn, just two days away from its own opposition. Friday, April 26· Around the end of twilight this evening, the Moon rises below Saturn. With binoculars, look closer below Saturn for the wide double star Alpha2 and Alpha1 Librae, magnitudes 2.8 and 5.2, respectively.

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

7. NASA-TV Highlights April 24, Wednesday6 a.m. - ISS Progress 51 Launch Coverage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (Launch scheduled at 6:12 a.m. EDT) - JSC via Baikonur (All Channels)April 25, Thursday11:35 a.m. - ISS Expedition 35 In-Flight Event with WCSH-TV, Portland, ME and Sirius XM’s “Midday Briefing” Program - JSC (All Channels)12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control On-Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels)2 - 7 p.m. - Live Coverage of FIRST Robotic Finals from St. Louis Missouri - HQ (Public and Education Channels)April 26, Friday7:45 a.m. - ISS Progress 51 Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at 8:27 a.m. EDT) - JSC (All Channels)9 a.m. - 6 p.m. - NASA’s Great Moon Buggy Race - MSFC (Public Channel)9:30 a.m. - 7:15 p.m. - Live Coverage of FIRST Robotic Finals from St. Louis Missouri - HQ (Education Channel)11 a.m. - ISS Live - JSC (Media Channel) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.

8. Space Calendar Apr 22 - [Apr 15] Earth Day Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak Apr 22 - [Apr 17] Comet P/2013 G4 (PANSTARRS)Closest Approach To Earth (1.718 AU) Apr 22 - Comet 136P/MuellerAt Opposition (4.158 AU) Apr 22 - Asteroid 2009 SQ104Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU) Apr 22 - Asteroid 2010 CE55Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU) Apr 22 - Asteroid 2012 XF55Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU) Apr 22 - Asteroid 65803 DidymosClosest Approach To Earth (1.272 AU) Apr 23 - Comet C/2011 R1 (McNaught)At Opposition (2.017 AU) Apr 23 - Comet P/2011 C2 (Gibbs)At Opposition (4.674 AU) Apr 23 - Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (0.929 AU) Apr 23 - Asteroid 3651 Friedman Closest Approach To Earth (1.136 AU) Apr 23 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.892 AU) Apr 23 - Asteroid 253 MathildeClosest Approach To Earth (1.965 AU) Apr 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 2010 EK139At Opposition (37.227 AU) Apr 24 - [Apr 17] Progress M-19MSoyuz U Launch (International Space Station 51P) Apr 24 - [Apr 17] Comet P/2013 G4 (PANSTARRS)At Opposition (1.718 AU) Apr 24 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-WachmannAt Opposition (5.231 AU) Apr 24 - Asteroid 2952 Lilliputia Closest Approach To Earth (1.699 AU) Apr 24 - Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU) Apr 24 - Asteroid 246913 Slocum Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU) Apr 24 - Workshop: From Outer Space to Mining, Cleveland, United Kingdom Apr 25 - [Apr 18] Partial Lunar Eclipse Apr 25 - [Apr 22] Asteroid 2013 GK69Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU) Apr 25 - Lecture: Project Orion Nuclear Propulsion, London, United Kingdom Apr 26 - Cosmos-Uragan M Soyuz-2-1b Fregat Launch Apr 26 - Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEATAt Opposition (2.976 AU) Apr 26 - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-WachmannClosest Approach To Earth (5.230 AU) Apr 26 - Asteroid 2612 Kathryn Occults HIP 34608 (6.4 Magnitude Star) Apr 26 - [Apr 22] Asteroid 2013 GE55Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU) Apr 26 - Asteroid 2575 Bulgaria Closest Approach To Earth (1.008 AU) Apr 26 - Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.727 AU) Apr 26 - Asteroid 16626 Thumper Closest Approach To Earth (1.925 AU) Apr 26 - 15th Anniversary (1998), Cassini, Venus Flyby Apr 26 - 165th Anniversary (1848), Andrew Graham's Discovery of Asteroid 9 Metis JPL Space Calendar

9. Food for Thought Earth Day! Astronaut Celebrates Earth from Space

10. Space Image of the Week Image Credit: Dennis Simmons/SpaceWeather