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Space News Update - February 27, 2018 -

Recent discoveries suggest that water on the moon is more abundant and less mobile than previously thought. Furthermore, Jupiter's Great Red Spot may disappear within the next 20 years. Additionally, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is set to reveal secrets about the red planet. In the Night Sky, five carnivore constellations can be seen rising upright from the northeast to the south. ISS sighting opportunities, NASA-TV highlights, space calendar, and more are also featured.

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Space News Update - February 27, 2018 -

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  1. Space News Update - February 27, 2018 - • In the News • Story 1: • On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile • Story 2: • Jupiter's Great Red Spot Could Disappear Within 20 Years • Story 3:NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to Reveal Secrets of the Red Planet • Departments • The Night Sky • ISS Sighting Opportunities • NASA-TV Highlights • Space Calendar • Food for Thought • Space Image of the Week

  2. On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile

  3. Jupiter's Great Red Spot Could Disappear Within 20 Years

  4. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to Reveal Secrets of the Red Planet

  5. The Night Sky • Tuesday, February 27 • After dinnertime at this time of year, five carnivore constellations are rising upright in a row from the northeast to south. They're all seen in profile with their noses pointed up and their feet (if any) to the right. These are: (1) Ursa Major the Big Bear in the northeast with the Big Dipper as its brightest part, (2) Leo the Lion in the east (with the bright Moon tonight!), (3) dim Hydra the Sea Serpent in the southeast, (4) Canis Minor the Little Dog higher in the south-southeast, and bright and (5) Canis Major the Big Dog in the south. • Wednesday, February 28 • Follow the almost-full Moon as it begins the night by leading Regulus upward. Watch as the gap between them decreases hour by hour. The Moon's very thin dark limb will then occult Regulus for much of Maine and northeastern Canada. • Thursday, March 1 • Full Moon (exact at 7:51 p.m. EST). The Moon shines under the Sickle of Leo in early evening, as shown here. • This is the time of year when Orion stands straight upright due south as the stars come out. Later in the night, and later in the month, he begins his long tilt down toward the west. Sky & Telescope • Friday, March 2 • If you're in the longitudes of North America, check in on Jupiter's unusually red Great Red Spot with your telescope before dawn tomorrow morning. The GRS should cross Jupiter's central meridian around 6:12 a.m. EST (3:12 a.m. PST) tomorrow morning. Features on Jupiter remain closer to the planet's central meridian than to the limb for nearly an hour before and after they transit. • You'll also find Ganymede's tiny black shadow crossing Jupiter's face from 4:29 to 6:15 a.m. EST (1:19 to 3:15 a.m. PST) tomorrow morning. • All of the Great Red Spot's transit times in February and March (they happen about every 10 hours) are listed on page 50 of the February and March Sky & Telescopes. Facing those pages are timetables of all the phenomena of Jupiter's moons.

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

  7. MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013 NASA NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Time Zone) • Tuesday, February 27 • 1 p.m. - GOES-S Pre-Launch News Briefing from Kennedy Space Center (all channels) • 2 p.m. - Coverage of the Farewells and Hatch Closure for the Expedition 54 Crew on the ISS (Hatch closure scheduled at 2:50 p.m. ET) (Starts at 2:15 a.m.) (all channels) • 2:30 p.m. - GOES-S Science Briefing from Kennedy Space Center (NTV-3 (Media)) • 5:30 p.m. - Coverage of the Undocking of the Expedition 54 Crew on Soyuz MS-06 from the ISS (Undocking scheduled at 6:08 p.m. EST) (starts at 5:45 p.m.) (all channels) • 8 p.m. - Coverage of the Deorbit Burn and Landing of the Expedition 54 Crew on Soyuz MS-06 in Kazakhstan (Deorbit burn scheduled at 8:38 p.m. ET, landing near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan scheduled at 9:31 p.m. ET) (all channels) • Wednesday, February 28 • 10 a.m. - NASA Edge Coverage of the GOES-S Rollout (NTV-1 (Public)) • 1 p.m. - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Presents: STEM in 30: Astronaut Training (NTV-1 (Public)) • 4 p.m. - Video File of the Expedition 54 Crew’s Post-Landing Activities in Kazakhstan (May include interviews with NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark VandeHei) (NTV-3 (Media)) • Thursday, March 1 • 11 a.m. - Video File of the Return of ISS Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark VandeHei and Joe Acaba of NASA to Ellington Field, Houston (NTV-3 (Media)) • 1 p.m. - ISS Expedition 55 In-Flight Event with Newsweek Magazine and Flight Engineers Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) (Starts at 1:05 p.m.) (all channels) • 4:30 p.m. - GOES-S Launch Coverage - Kennedy Space Center (launch window opens at 5:02 p.m.) (all channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

  8. Space Calendar • Feb 27 - Soyuz MS-6 Return To Earth (International Space Station) • Feb 27 - Comet 321P/SOHO At Opposition (3.810 AU) • Feb 27 - Comet P/2017 W3 (Gibbs) Perihelion (3.833 AU) • Feb 27 - Asteroid 4 Vesta Occults TYC 6237-00876-1 (11.2 Magnitude Star) • Feb 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 DT Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU) • Feb 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 CU14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU) • Feb 27 - Apollo Asteroid 2014 EY24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU) • Feb 27 - Asteroid 1831 Nicholson Closest Approach To Earth (1.289 AU) • Feb 27 - Asteroid 11908 Nicaragua Closest Approach To Earth (1.942 AU) • Feb 27 - Teleconference: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) Meeting • Feb 27 - Lecture: New Perspective on the Origin of the Moon, Tucson, Arizona • Feb 27 - Lecture: What's Inside a Black Hole?, Trieste, Italy • Feb 27 - Colloquium: New Perspective on the Origin of the Moon, Tuscon, Arizona • Feb 27-28 - Workshop: From Mars Express to Exomars, Madrid, Spain • Feb 27-Mar 01 - Deep Space Gateway Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado (Westin Denver International Airport Hotel) • Feb 27-Mar 01 - 2018 Workshop on Land Product Validation and Evolution (LPVE 2018), Rome, Italy • Feb 28 - Comet 346P/Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (2.683 AU) • Feb 28 - Comet C/2017 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.915 AU) • Feb 28 - Asteroid 451 Patientia Occults HIP 22949 (6.2 Magnitude Star) • Feb 28 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 BF511 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU) • Feb 28 - Atira Asteroid 1998 DK36Closest Approach To Earth (0.824 AU) • Feb 28 - Asteroid 7434 Osaka Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU) • Feb 28 - Asteroid 21459 Chrisrussell Closest Approach To Earth (1.463 AU) • Feb 28 - Asteroid 10637 Heimlich Closest Approach To Earth (2.145 AU) • Feb 28 - Plutino 90482 OrcusAt Opposition (47.134 AU) • Feb 28 - Seminar: Gravitational Waves as Predicted by Einstein - Signals from Black Holes Collisions in the Distant Universe, Trieste JPL Space Calendar

  9. Food for Thought A Piece of Mars is Going Home

  10. Space Image of the Week Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams Image Credit: CFHT, Coelum, MegaCam, J.-C. Cuillandre (CFHT) & G. A. Anselmi (Coelum)

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