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Space News Update - August 29, 2011 -

Space News Update - August 29, 2011 -. In the News Story 1: Russian Soyuz Updates Story 2: 'Exotic Galaxy' With Black Hole Heart Wows Astronomers Story 3: New Evidence for Cold Ocean on Early Mars Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights

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Space News Update - August 29, 2011 -

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  1. Space News Update - August 29, 2011 - In the News Story 1:Russian Soyuz Updates Story 2:'Exotic Galaxy' With Black Hole Heart Wows Astronomers Story 3:New Evidence for Cold Ocean on Early Mars Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting OpportunitiesSpace Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. Russian Soyuz Updates Moscow: Russia to test launch Soyuz rockets before delivering ISS crews Houston: Space station could be abandoned in November

  3. 'Exotic Galaxy' With Black Hole Heart Wows Astronomers

  4. New Evidence for Cold Ocean on Early Mars

  5. The Night Sky · Monday, Aug. 29 · Cygnus has a reputation for being poor in deep-sky objects despite its Milky Way richness. Maybe that's because you've never tried teasing out the Berkeley clusters at the center of the Northern Cross. See Sue French's Deep-Sky Wonders article, charts, and photos in the September Sky & Telescope, page 56. Tuesday, Aug. 30 · As soon as the stars come out, the Great Square of Pegasus is up in the east. It's balancing on one corner, a little larger than your fist at arm's length. · Michael Romo of Los Angeles writes in, "Did you know that the western stars of the Great Square of Pegasus are almost directly opposite the Pointers of the Big Dipper? Find the Great Square low in east, and follow a line from its left star through its top star. The line passes through Polaris and on to the Pointers of the Big Dipper low in the northwest." Wednesday, Aug. 31 · Low in twilight, look for Spica to the upper left of the thin crescent Moon, and Saturn to the Moon's upper right, as shown here. Binoculars will help. Thursday, Sept. 1 · As early as nightfall now, Cassiopeia has risen as high in the northeast as the Big Dipper has sunk in the northwest. Friday, Sept. 2 · Wait up till midnight, and you'll find Jupiter blazing in the east and Capella, one of the brightest stars in the sky, shining in the northeast. Find the midpoint between them. A little lower-right from that point is the Pleiades star cluster.

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

  7. NASA-TV Highlights August 29, Monday9 a.m. - NASA Television Video File - HQ (Public, HD and Media Channels)10 a.m. - International Space Station Status Briefing - JSC (Public, Media and HD Channels)1:35 p.m. - ISS Expedition 28 Educational Event with the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA - JSC (All Channels)August 30, Tuesday8:35 a.m. - ISS Expedition 28 In-Flight Event for JAXA with the Young Astronauts Club in Japan - JSC (Public, HD and Education Channels)September 1, Thursday10:40 a.m. - ISS Expedition 28 In-Flight Event with the South Dakota Public Broadcasting System - JSC (Public, HD and Education Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.

  8. Space Calendar Aug 29 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults HIP 17813 (10.6 Magnitude Star) Aug 29 - Asteroid 30440 Larry Closest Approach To Earth (1.954 AU) Aug 30 - 20th Anniversary (1991), Yohkoh Launch Aug 31 - Comet 213P/Van Ness Closest Approach To Earth (1.201 AU) Aug 31 - Asteroid 2271 Kiso Occults HIP 69427 (4.2 Magnitude Star) Aug 31 - Asteroid 32605 Lucy Closest Approach To Earth (1.824 AU) Sep 01 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #288A (OTM-288A) Sep 01 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.698 AU) Sep 01 - Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.970 AU) Sep 01 - Asteroid 3317 Paris Closest Approach To Earth (3.845 AU) Sep 01 - Asteroid 2006 SQ372 Closest Approach To Earth (24.005 AU) Sep 02 - Comet C/2010 G2 (Hill) Perihelion (1.981 AU) Sep 02 - Asteroid 192 Nausikaa At Opposition (8.3 Magnitude) Sep 02 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults TYC 0291-00397-1 (11.2 Magnitude Star) JPL Space Calendar

  9. Food for Thought Using Supernovae to Measure the Cosmos

  10. Space Image of the Week

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