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Space News Update - June 14, 2013 -. In the News Story 1: NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed Story 2: Black Hole Discovery Explains Decades Of Observations Story 3: Shenzhou 10 docks with Chinese Space Lab in Orbit Departments The Night Sky
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Space News Update - June 14, 2013 - In the News Story 1:NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed Story 2:Black Hole Discovery Explains Decades Of Observations Story 3:Shenzhou 10 docks with Chinese Space Lab in Orbit Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting OpportunitiesNASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week
The Night Sky Friday, June 14 · The waxing crescent Moon hangs to the lower left of Regulus and the Sickle of Leo this evening. · With the solstice a week away, have you been watching the sunset point on your horizon day by day? See the June Sky & Telescope, page 50, for more on watching the reality of the solstice. Saturday, June 15 · Mercury is drawing closer to Venus as it fades in the twilight, as shown at right. They're 3.3° apart now and will be 2° from each other at their closest on the 19th. Sunday, June 16 · First-quarter Moon (exact at 1:24 p.m. EDT). The Moon shines under the dim head of Virgo. Monday, June 17 · The Moon this evening forms the end of a curving line with Spica and Saturn, counting to the Moon's left. Look below the Moon for the four-star figure of Corvus.
ISS Sighting Opportunities ISS For Denver: Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) June 15, Saturday 8 a.m. - Coverage of the Docking of the European Space Agency’s “Albert Einstein” Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 Cargo Ship to the ISS (docking scheduled at 9:46 a.m. ET) - JSC (All Channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website
Space Calendar Jun 14 - Comet 258P/PANSTARRSAt Opposition (3.539 AU) Jun 14 - Asteroid 39566 Carllewis Closest Approach To Earth (1.167 AU) Jun 14 - Asteroid 13677 Alvin Closest Approach To Earth (2.220 AU) Jun 15 - Comet 17P/HolmesAt Opposition (1.959 AU) Jun 15 - Asteroid 1640 Nemo Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU) Jun 16 - [Jun 11] 50th Anniversary (1963), 1st Woman In Space (Valentina Tereshkova) Jun 16 - Asteroid 20707 (1999 WW4) Occults HIP 66200 (4.9 Magnitude Star) Jun 16 - Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.108 AU) Jun 16 - Asteroid 7041 Nantucket Closest Approach To Earth (1.253 AU) Jun 16 - Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU) Jun 16 - Kuiper Belt Object 50000 QuaoarAt Opposition (42.047 AU) Jun 17 - Comet 91P/RussellClosest Approach To Earth (1.693 AU) Jun 17 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.186 AU) Jun 17 - Asteroid 2157 Ashbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.475 AU) Jun 17 - Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU) JPL Space Calendar
Food for Thought Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space
Space Image of the Week A View of Mercury From Afar