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Space News Update March 2, 2012 -

Space News Update March 2, 2012 -. In the News Story 1: Falcon 9 rocket fueling test completed at Cape Canaveral Story 2: Night Sky Guide: March 2012 Story 3: Ready to Launch! A New Website Sharing Space Station Benefits For Humanity Departments The Night Sky

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Space News Update March 2, 2012 -

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  1. Space News Update • March 2, 2012 - In the News Story 1: Falcon 9 rocket fueling test completed at Cape Canaveral Story 2:Night Sky Guide: March 2012 Story 3: Ready to Launch! A New Website Sharing Space Station Benefits For Humanity Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting OpportunitiesSpace Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. Falcon 9 rocket fueling test completed at Cape Canaveral

  3. Night Sky Guide: March 2012

  4. Ready to Launch! A New Website Sharing Space Station Benefits For Humanity

  5. The Night Sky Friday, March 2 · Bright Venus and Jupiter continue to draw closer together in the evening sky this week. And use them to find little Mercury far below. Watch Mercury fading day by day. · The dark edge of the Moon occults (covers) the 4.1-magnitude star Nu Geminorum late tonight for most of eastern and central North America. With a telescope, watch the star creep up to the Moon's limb and then suddenly wink out. Some times: Montreal, 12:15 a.m. EST; Washington DC, 12:29 a.m. EST; Atlanta, 12:49 a.m. EST; Chicago, 11:21 p.m. CST; Kansas City, 11:34 p.m. CST, Edmonton, 9:32 p.m. MST. More times. Saturday, March 3· The Moon shines above Procyon after dark. Upper left of the Moon are Pollux and Castor. · Mars is at opposition, appearing opposite the Sun in Earth's sky. This is the most distant opposition of Mars in its 15-year cycle of oppositions near and far, so the planet appears only 13.9 arcseconds wide. At its next time around in April 2014, Mars will reach a diameter of 15.2″.

  6. The Night Sky Sunday, March 4· Mercury is at greatest elongation, 18° east of the Sun. Look for it above the sunset horizon far below and perhaps a bit right of Venus and Jupiter. Mercury remains at nearly the same place above your horizon each evening this week, but it's fading day by day. Monday, March 5 · Mars is at its closest to Earth for this apparition: 100.8 million km (62.6 million miles). Mars appears 13.9 arcseconds wide, compared to the 24″ or 25″ it reaches during its closet swing-bys. The last time that happened was in 2003; the next will be in 2018. · The eclipsing variable star Algol should be at minimum light, magnitude 3.4 instead of its usual 2.1, for a couple hours centered on 9:25 p.m. EST. It takes several additional hours to fade and to rebrighten.

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

  8. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) March 2, Friday11 a.m. - ISS Update - JSC (All Channels)1 p.m. - Celebrating John Glenn’s Legacy: 50 Years of Americans in Orbit 1962-2012 - GRC (All Channels)2:15 p.m. - Celebrating John Glenn’s Legacy: 50 Years of Americans in Orbit 1962-2012 Post-Event News Conference and Tweetup - GRC (All Channels)7 p.m. - Replay of ISS Update - HQ (All Channels)11 p.m. - Replay of ISS Update - HQ (All Channels)March 5, Monday1:15 p.m. - ISS Expedition 30 In-Flight Event for ESA with German Chancellor Angela Merkel from Hanover, Germany - JSC(Public and Media Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website

  9. Johann Gottfried Galle Space Calendar Mar 02 - [Feb 26] Comet P/2011 VJ5 (Lemmon)Closest Approach To Earth (0.813 AU) Mar 02 - Comet C/2012 A2 (LINEAR)Closest Approach To Earth (3.521 AU) Mar 02 - [Feb 28] Asteroid 2012 DR32Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU) Mar 02 - Asteroid 12410 Donald Duck Closest Approach To Earth (1.105 AU) Mar 02 - Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.749 AU) Mar 02 - 40th Anniversary (1972), Pioneer 10 Launch (Jupiter Flyby Mission) Mar 03 - MarsAt Opposition Mar 03 - Comet P/2012 A3 (SOHO)Closest Approach To Earth (0.791 AU) Mar 03 - Asteroid 8209 Toscanelli Closest Approach To Earth (1.683 AU) Mar 04 - [Feb 25] Asteroid 2012 DZ13Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU) Mar 04 - Asteroid 1862 ApolloClosest Approach To Earth (1.219 AU) Mar 04 - Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approach To Earth (1.432 AU) Mar 04 - Asteroid 6032 Nobel Closest Approach To Earth (2.003 AU) Mar 04 - Asteroid 1640 Nemo Closest Approach To Earth (2.073 AU) Mar 05 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees) Mar 05 - Comet 182P/LONEOSPerihelion (1.009 AU) Mar 05 - Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd)Closest Approach To Earth (1.266 AU) Mar 05 - [Feb 28] Asteroid 2012 DJ31Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU) Mar 05 - Asteroid 4055 MagellanClosest Approach To Earth (1.355 AU) Mar 05 - Asteroid 13208 FraschettiClosest Approach T Earth (1.885 AU) Mar 05 - Asteroid 3202 Graff Closest Approach To Earth (2.640 AU) Mar 05 - 30th Anniversary (1982), Venera 14, Venus Landing/Flyby (USSR) Mar 05 - Gerard Mercator's 500th Birthday (1512)

  10. Food for Thought Warp Drives May Come With a Killer Downside

  11. Space Image of the Week Orion's Rainbow of Infrared Light Image credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/IRAM

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