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Space News Update - May 6, 2013 -

Space News Update - May 6, 2013 -. In the News Story 1: Bright, Long-Lasting GRB Sets Energy Output Record Story 2: Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult Story 3: New analysis suggests wind, not water, formed mound on Mars Departments The Night Sky

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Space News Update - May 6, 2013 -

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  1. Space News Update - May 6, 2013 - In the News Story 1:Bright, Long-Lasting GRB Sets Energy Output Record Story 2:Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult Story 3: New analysis suggests wind, not water, formed mound on Mars Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. > Bright, Long-Lasting GRB Sets Energy Output Record

  3. Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult

  4. New analysis suggests wind, not water, formed mound on Mars

  5. The Night Sky Monday, May 6· The brightest star high in the southeast after nightfall is Arcturus. Far to its lower right are Spica and, lower, Saturn. To the right of these two, look for the quadrilateral of Corvus, the Crow. Tuesday, May 7· Summer is more than six weeks away, but the Summer Triangle is making its appearance in the east one star after another. The first in view is Vega. It's already visible low in the northeast as twilight fades. Next up is Deneb, lower left of Vega by two or three fists at arm's length. Deneb takes about an hour to appear after Vega does, depending on your latitude. The third is Altair, which doesn't show up far to their lower right until around midnight. Wednesday, May 8· If you're up around midnight, go out and look southeast for a preview of summery Scorpius rearing up into good view, sporting fiery Antares as its heart.

  6. The Night Sky Thursday, May 9· The famous binary star Gamma Virginis (Porrima) has widened to a separation of 2 arcseconds this spring, after being too close for amateur telescopes to resolve for much of the previous decade. It's the 3rd-magnitude star 15° upper right of Spica these evenings. · New Moon, exact at 8:28 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Friday, May 10 · Young Moon challenge. Have you ever seen a crescent Moon as young as about 24 hours? Not many people have, and now's your chance from North America. Look just above the west-northwest horizon starting 15 minutes after sunset. The Moon is there close to Venus! Binoculars help, then try with your naked eyes. Note the time, and determine how long this is since the time of new Moon in yesterday's listing above. · An annular eclipse of the Sun crosses parts of Australia and the central Pacific. The eclipse is partial for all of Australia, Indonesia, and Hawaii. Map and details.

  7. ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: No sighting opportunities until May 14 Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

  8. NASA-TV Highlights May 6, Monday12:30 p.m. - ISS Expedition 35 In-Flight Event for the Canadian Space Agency with Commander Chris Hadfield and “Music Monday” in Canada - JSC (Public and Media Channels)3 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 36/37 Qualification Training Simulation Runs at Star City, Russia - JSC (All Channels)May 7, Tuesday12:35 p.m. - ISS Expedition 35 In-Flight Event with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Science and Space - JSC (All Channels)May 8, Wednesday3 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 36/37 Crew News Conference at Star City, Russia and Visit to Red Square in Moscow - JSC (All Channels)May 9, Thursday6:30 a.m. - Video B-Roll of Expedition 36/37 NASA Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg - JSC (Public and Media Channels)7 - 8 a.m. - Live Interviews with Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA from the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia - JSC via Star City (Public and Media Channels)12:05 p.m. - ISS Mission Control On-Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website.

  9. Space Calendar May 06 - [May 06] Proba-V/ VNREDSat 1A/ ESTCube 1Vega Launch May 06 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults HIP 65540 (7.1 Magnitude Star) May 06 - Asteroid 165347 Philplait Closest Approach To Earth (1.252 AU) May 06 - Asteroid 293934 MPIA Closest Approach To Earth (1.712 AU) May 06-07 - 1st Annual International Conference on Space Environment & Aviation Technology (SEAT 2013), Singapore May 07 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan May 07 - Mercury Passes 0.5 Degrees From Mars May 07 - Comet 76P/West-Kohoutek-IkemuraPerihelion (1.600 AU) May 07 - Comet C/2012 K6 (McNaught)At Opposition (2.409 AU) May 07 - Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-AluClosest Approach To Earth (2.425 AU) May 07 - [May 06] Asteroid 2013 JY2Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU) May 07 - Asteroid 81203 Polynesia Closest Approach To Earth (1.240 AU) May 07 - Asteroid 11548 Jerrylewis Closet Approach To Earth (1.519 AU) May 07 - Asteroid 8657 Cedrus Closest Approach To Earth (2.030 AU) May 08 - Comet 107P/Wilson-HarringtonAt Opposition (1.865 AU) May 08 - [May 05] Comet P/2006 R2 (Christensen)At Opposition (3.118 AU) May 08 - Asteroid 37582 Faraday Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU) May 08 - Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (1.574 AU) May 08 - Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.995 AU) May 08 - Lecture: Alien Evolution, London, United Kingdom May 09 - Comet 278P/McNaughtClosest Approach To Earth (1.207 AU) May 09 - Comet 275P/HermannAt Opposition (1.272 AU) May 09 - Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR)Perihelion (1.509 AU) May 09 - Comet C/2012 K6 (McNaught)Closest Approach To Earth (2.408 AU) May 09 - Comet C/2013 G7 (McNaught)At Opposition (4.283 AU) May 09 - Asteroid 2925 Beatty Closest Approach To Earth (1.367 AU) May 09 - Asteroid 16809 Galapagos Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU) May 09 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (1.797 AU) May 09 - Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (2.215 AU) May 10 - Annular Solar Eclipse (Visible From Austrlia, Pacific Ocean) May 10 - Comet C/2013 H1 (La Sagra)Closest Approach To Earth (1.725 AU) May 10 - Comet P/2012 TK8 (Tenagra)Perihelion (3.091 AU) May 10 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Occults 2UCAC 40336209 (12.4 Magnitude Star) May 10 - Asteroid 1988 TANear-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU) May 10 - Asteroid 1322 Coppernicus Closest Approach To Earth (1.148 AU) JPL Space Calendar

  10. Food for Thought Star’s Dying Gasp May Signal Black Hole’s Birth

  11. Space Image of the Week Image Credit: Alan Friedman/SpaceWeather.com

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