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Space News Update - February 2, 2016 -

Stay informed with NASA's Space Launch System, lonely planets, monstrous clouds in galaxies, and celestial sightings. Discover upcoming space events and NASA TV highlights. Keep track of space calendar events and astronomical phenomena.

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Space News Update - February 2, 2016 -

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  1. Space News Update - February 2, 2016 - • In the News • Story 1: • NASA Space Launch System’s First Flight to Send Small Sci-Tech Satellites into Space • Story 2: • One Trillion Kilometers Apart: a Lonely Planet and its Distant Star • Story 3:Hubble Sees Monstrous Cloud Boomerang Back to our Galaxy • Departments • The Night Sky • ISS Sighting OpportunitiesSpace Calendar • NASA-TV Highlights • Food for Thought • Space Image of the Week

  2. NASA Space Launch System’s First Flight to Send Small Sci-Tech Satellites into Space

  3. One Trillion Kilometers Apart: a Lonely Planet and its Distant Star

  4. Hubble Sees Monstrous Cloud Boomerang Back to our Galaxy

  5. The Night Sky • Tuesday, February 2 • In early dawn of Wednesday the 3rd, you'll find Saturn and Antares below the waning Moon. • Wednesday, February 3 • Orion stands high in the southeast to south these evenings, proudly displaying the sky's brightest orange-red supergiant, Betelgeuse, in his armpit. But did you know about the redder carbon stars glimmering faintly elsewhere in upper Orion? The only sizable objects that are closer to the Sun than Earth is are Venus, Mercury, and (at this time of the lunar month) the Moon. See all three at once low in the southeast in early dawn. • Thursday, February 4 • In early dawn Friday morning the 5th, catch the crescent Moon pointing the way down to Venus and Mercury, as shown at right. • Friday, February 5 • On Saturday morning the 6th, the crescent Moon, vibrant Venus, and shy Mercury form a triangle low in the southeast, as shown here.. Sky & Telescope

  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 2 • 10 a.m. - Space Station Live (all channels) • 11 a.m. - NASA Announcement on Science, Technology Missions for First Flight of Space Launch System (all channels • Wednesday, February 3 • 7:30 a.m. - Coverage of ISS Expedition 46 Russian Spacewalk (Spacewalk begins at 8:10 a.m. ET; Malenchenko and Volkov) (all channels) • Thursday, February 4 • 12:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 46 Educational Event with Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado (Starts at 12:35 p.m.) (all channels) • Friday, February 5 • 12:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 46 Interviews for KTRK-TV, Houston and TIME Magazine with Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos (Starts at 12:25p.m.) (all channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

  8. Space Calendar • Feb 02 - Beidou-3 I3-S CZ-3B/YZ1 Launch • Feb 02 - Comet 73P-AT/Schwassmann-WachmannAt Opposition (2.252 AU) • Feb 02 - Comet 73P-AC/Schwassmann-WachmannClosest Approach To Earth (3.093 AU) • Feb 02 - Ernst Zinner's 130th Birthday (1886) • Feb 03 - 50th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Landing on the Moon (1st Moon Landing) • Feb 03 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #440 (OTM-440) • Feb 03 - Comet 73P-AH/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.015 AU) • Feb 03 - Comet P/2014 U4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.029 AU) • Feb 03 - Comet 73P-AN/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.030 AU) • Feb 03 - Comet 73P-L/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.031 AU) • Feb 03 - Comet 73P-X/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.033 AU) • Feb 03 - Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (2.614 AU) • Feb 03 - Asteroid 13897 Vesuvius Closest Approach To Earth (3.581 AU) • Feb 04 - Sentinel 3ARokot/Briz-KM Launch • Feb 04 - Comet 141P/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (1.496 AU) • Feb 04 - Comet 141P-A/Machholz Closest Approach To Earth (1.498 AU) • Feb 04 - Comet P/2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.107 AU) • Feb 04 - Comet 73P-Z/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.984 AU) • Feb 04 - Comet 73P-AO/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.984 AU) • Feb 04 - Comet 312P/NEAT At Opposition (3.248 AU) • Feb 04 - Comet 306P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.260 AU) • Feb 04 - Comet C/2015 V4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (5.150 AU) • Feb 04 - Amor Asteroid 2016 AL66 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU) • Feb 04 - Asteroid 293934 MPIA Closest Approach To Earth (1.218 AU) • Feb 04 - Asteroid 50240 Cortina Closest Approach To Earth (1.278 AU) • Feb 04 - Asteroid 144633 Georgecarroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.423 AU) • Feb 04 - Clyde Tombaugh's 110th Birthday (1906) • Feb 05 - GPS 2F-12Atlas 5 Launch JPL Space Calendar

  9. Food for Thought Dying Star Betelgeuse Keeps Its Cool ... and Astronomers Are Puzzled

  10. Space Image of the Week Blast from Black Hole in a Galaxy Far, Far Away Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Hertfordshire/M. Hardcastle et al.; Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA

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