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Space News Update - March 8, 2013 -

Space News Update - March 8, 2013 -. In the News Story 1: A Window into Europa's Ocean Right at the Surface Story 2: Comet PANSTARRS Rises to the Occasion Mid-March Story 3: Soyuz Crew Approved for Fast Approach to Space Station Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities

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Space News Update - March 8, 2013 -

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  1. Space News Update - March 8, 2013 - In the News Story 1:A Window into Europa's Ocean Right at the Surface Story 2: Comet PANSTARRS Rises to the Occasion Mid-March Story 3: Soyuz Crew Approved for Fast Approach to Space Station Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. > A Window into Europa's Ocean Right at the Surface

  3. Comet PANSTARRS Rises to the Occasion Mid-March

  4. Soyuz Crew Approved for Fast Approach to Space Station

  5. The Night Sky Friday, March 8 · Jupiter is 5° from Aldebaran high in the west after dark. But it's now passing only 2° from fainter (3.5-magnitude) Epsilon Tauri, the other tip of the Hyades V pattern, located almost between them. Saturday, March 9 · The Big Dipper glitters high in the northeast these evenings, standing on its handle. You probably know that the two stars forming the front of the Dipper's bowl (currently on top) are the Pointers; they point to Polaris, currently to their left. And, you may know that if you follow the curve of the Dipper's handle out and around by a little more than a Dipper length, you'll arc to Arcturus, now rising in the east. But did you know that if you follow the Pointers backward the opposite way, you'll land in Leo? Draw a line diagonally across the Dipper's bowl from where the handle is attached, continue far on, and you'll go to Gemini. And look at the two stars forming the open top of the Dipper's bowl. Follow this line past the bowl's lip far across the sky, and you crash into Capella. · Daylight-saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday morning in most of North America. Clocks spring ahead an hour.

  6. ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: No sightings until March 12. Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

  7. NASA-TV Highlights March 11, Monday 11:30 a.m. - NASA Exploration Design Challenge Kickoff Event - JSC (All Channels) 1:25 p.m. - ISS Expedition 34 “Let’s Talk Science” In-Flight Educational Event for the Canadian Space Agency with Airdie, Alberta - JSC (All Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.

  8. Space Calendar Mar 08 - Asteroid 4319 Jackierobinson Closest Approach To Earth (1.713 AU) Mar 09 - [Mar 07] Cassini, Rhea Flyby Mar 09 - Comet 280P/Larsen At Opposition (2.217 AU) Mar 09 - [Mar 06] Asteroid 2013 ET Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU) Mar 09 - Asteroid 4125 Lew Allen Closest Approach To Earth (1.200 AU) Mar 09 - Asteroid 15907 Robot Closest Approach To Earth (1.490 AU) Mar 09 - Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (1.988 AU) Mar 09 - Asteroid 11998 Fermilab Closest Approach To Earth (2.829 AU) Mar 10 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States) Mar 10 - [Mar 08] Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (0.302 AU) Mar 10 - Comet P/2007 T2 (Kowalski) Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU) Mar 10 - [Mar 03] Comet 223P/Skiff At Opposition (4.224 AU) Mar 10 - Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.440 AU) Mar 11 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #344 (OTM-344) Mar 11 - Asteroid 4690 Strasbourg Closest Approach To Earth (1.137 AU) Mar 11 - Asteroid 426 Hippo Closest Approach To Earth (1.639 AU) Close-up of comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS as seen from Mount Dale, Western Australia. Image credit: Astronomy Education Services/Gingin Observatory JPL Space Calendar

  9. Food for Thought CuriousMars: Rover's SAM organic and CheMin Labs Outrun Computer Snafu For Extra Rock Analysis

  10. Space Image of the Week Image Credit: NASA Langley/Sean Smith

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