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Space News Update - July 8, 2013 -

Space News Update - July 8, 2013 -. In the News Story 1: Russian Proton rocket failure prompts investigation Story 2: Radio Bursts Discovered From Beyond our Galaxy Story 3: How Will the World End? Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar

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Space News Update - July 8, 2013 -

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  1. Space News Update - July 8, 2013 - In the News Story 1:Russian Proton rocket failure prompts investigation Story 2:Radio Bursts Discovered From Beyond our Galaxy Story 3:How Will the World End? Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting OpportunitiesNASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. Russian Proton rocket failure prompts investigation

  3. Radio Bursts Discovered From Beyond our Galaxy

  4. How Will the World End?

  5. The Night Sky Monday, July 8 This is the time of year when, as twilight fades to dark, the two brightest summer stars, Arcturus and Vega, shine equally close to the zenith (depending on where you are). Arcturus is the one toward the southwest; Vega is toward the east. New Moon (exact at 3:14 a.m. on this date EDT). Tuesday, July 9 If you have a dark enough sky, the Milky Way forms a magnificent arch high across the eastern sky after nightfall. It runs all the way from below Cassiopeia in the north-northeast, up and across Cygnus and the Summer Triangle in the east, and down past the spout of the Sagittarius Teapot in the south. Wednesday, July 10 Soon after sunset while the sky is still bright, watch for the thin crescent Moon coming into view just above the west horizon, to the lower left of Venus. Binoculars help. Thursday, July 11 As twilight fades, spot the crescent Moon low in the west. Venus is roughly 1½ fist-widths at arm's length to its right (for North America). As dusk deepens, watch for Regulus and Gamma (γ) Leonis coming into view above them, as shown at right. Friday, July 12 The crescent Moon, faint Regulus, and bright Venus form a curving line low in the western twilight, as shown at right.

  6. ISS Sighting Opportunities ISS For Denver: No Sightings Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

  7. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) July 9, Tuesday 7 a.m. - ISS Expedition 36 U.S. Spacewalk Coverage (Spacewalk scheduled to begin at 8:10 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) July 11, Thursday 12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control On-Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels) July 12, Friday 8:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 36 In-Flight Event for a Tweet Up at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany - JSC (Public and Education Channel) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

  8. Space Calendar Jul 08 - Comet 156P/Russell-LINEARAt Opposition (2.020 AU) Jul 08 - Comet 170P/ChristensenAt Opposition (2.672 AU) Jul 08 - Comet 270P/GehrelsPerihelion (3.602 AU) Jul 08 - Asteroid 99942 ApophisClosest Approach To Earth (0.244 AU) Jul 09 - Comet 46P/WirtanenPerihelion (1.052 AU) Jul 09 - Comet P/2012 G1 (PANSTARRS)Closest Approach To Earth (2.550 AU) Jul 09 - Asteroid 9998 ISO Closest Approach To Earth (1.143 AU) Jul 09 - Asteroid 5040 Rabinowitz Closest Approach To Earth (1.149 AU) Jul 09 - Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.818 AU) Jul 10 - [Jul 06] Cassini, Titan Flyby Jul 10 - Comet 123P/West-HartleyAt Opposition (3.702 AU) Jul 10 - Asteroid 12477 Haiku Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU) Jul 10 - Asteroid 6111 Davemckay Closest Approach To Earth (1.639 AU) Jul 10 - Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.729 AU) Jul 10 - Asteroid 12410 Donald Duck Closest Approach To Earth (1.792 AU) Jul 10 - Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.371 AU) Jul 11 - Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (0.778 AU) Jul 11 - Asteroid 2104 Toronto Closest Approach To Earth (2.299 AU) Jul 11 - Asteroid 6371 Heinlein Closest Approach To Earth (2.311 AU) Jul 12 - Comet 191P/McNaughtAt Opposition (1.919 AU) Jul 12 - Comet 246P/NEATAt Opposition (2.011 AU) Jul 12 - Comet 113P/SpitalerAt Opposition (3.287 AU) Jul 12 - Comet 202P/ScottiAt Opposition (3.866 AU) Jul 12 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Occults 2UCAC 26260657 (12.4 Magnitude Star) Jul 12 - Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.211 AU) Jul 12 - Asteroid 1159 Granada Closest Approach To Earth (1.259 AU) Jul 12 - Asteroid 10797 Guatemala Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU) Jul 12 - Asteroid 289586 Shackleton Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU) Jul 12 - Asteroid 11739 Baton Rouge Closest Approach To Earth (2.875 AU) Jul 12 - 25th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter) Phobos 2 was to explore Mars and its moon Phobos. It was comprised of a Mars orbiter, a Phobos lander and a 110-kg "hopper“. Signal was lost 27 March before the lander was released. JPL Space Calendar

  9. Food for Thought Shuttle Atlantis Soars in New Exhibit, Two Years After Last Space Launch

  10. Space Image of the Week Anniversary of the Mars Pathfinder Landing The spacecraft safely landed on the surface of Mars on July 4, 1997

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