space news update - september 1, 2014 - in the news story 1: distant ice ball to become farthest...
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Space News Update- September 1, 2014 -
In the News
Story 1: Distant ice ball to become farthest object ever visited
Story 2:NASA Tests Orion’s Fate During Parachute Failure Scenario
Story 3: How to get rid of a satellite after its retirement
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Distant ice ball to become farthest object ever visited
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NASA Tests Orion’s Fate During Parachute Failure Scenario
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How to get rid of a satellite after its retirement
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Tuesday, September 1Vega stands nearly overhead at nightfall; Arcturus is down in the west. Look a third of the way from Vega to Arcturus for the dim Keystone of Hercules. Two thirds of the way is the semicircle of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, with its one modestly bright gem, Alphecca.
Wednesday, September 2Vega passes your zenith if you live in the world's mid-northern latitudes. Vega goes right through your zenith at nightfall if you're at latitude 39° north: near Baltimore, Kansas City, Lake Tahoe, Sendai, Beijing, Athens, Lisbon.
Thursday, September 3Have you ever heard of Riddle's Trapezium? Archenal 1? They're together in the same telescopic field of view in Serpens Cauda, as Sue French tells in her Deep-Sky Wonders column in the September Sky & Telescope, page 55.
Friday, September 4The last-quarter Moon rises around 11 or midnight tonight very close to Aldebaran, depending on your location. The Moon occults Aldebaran soon after rising for parts of eastern North America, and in Saturday's dawn or daylight for Europe and western Asia. See the article with map in the September Sky & Telescope, page 51.The Moon is exactly last quarter at 5:54 a.m. Saturday morning Eastern Daylight Time.
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Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
No Sightings for Denver through Sept. 5th.
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Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website
MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASAMAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASAMAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASA
11:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 1 - ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Soyuz TMA-18M Launch Coverage (Launch scheduled at 12:37 a.m. ET Sept. 2; includes video B-roll of the crew’s pre-launch activities at 11:55 p.m. ET) (starts at 11:45 p.m.) (all channels)
2:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 2 - Video File Feed of the Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Pre-Launch Activities and Launch (all channels)
3 a.m., Friday, September 4 - ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Soyuz TMA-18M Docking Coverage (Docking scheduled at 3:42 a.m. ET) (all channels)
5:30 a.m., Friday, September 4 - ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Soyuz TMA-18M Hatch Opening and Other Activities (Hatch Opening scheduled at appx. 6:15 a.m. ET) (starts at 5:45 a.m.) (all channels)
8 a.m., Friday, September 4 - Video File of ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew Soyuz TMA-18M Docking, Hatch Opening and Other Activities (all channels)
(all times Eastern Time Zone)
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Sep 01 - Moon Occults UranusSep 01 - Neptune At OppositionSep 01 - Comet 207P/Hill At Opposition (2.486 AU)Sep 01 - Comet 144P/Kushida At Opposition (2.567 AU)Sep 01 - Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.966 AU)Sep 01 - Comet 128P-B/Shoemaker-Holt At Opposition (2.966 AU)Sep 01 - Comet P/2014 O3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.246 AU)Sep 01 - Aten Asteroid 281375 (2008 JV19) Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)Sep 01 - Aten Asteroid 2004 TD10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)Sep 01 - Amor Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (0.240 AU)Sep 01 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)Sep 01 - Asteroid 1832 Mrkos Closest Approach To Earth (1.976 AU)Sep 01 - Asteroid 3264 Bounty Closest Approach To Earth (2.551 AU)Sep 01 - Asteroid 1489 Attila Closest Approach To Earth (2.610 AU)Sep 01 - Engelbert Zaschka's 120th Birthday (1895)Sep 01 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' 140th Birthday (1875)Sep 02 - [Aug 28] Soyuz TMA-18M Soyuz-FG Launch (International Space Station 45S)Sep 02 - [Aug 29] MUOS 4 Atlas 5 LaunchSep 02 - Comet 42P/Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.461 AU)Sep 02 - Comet 318P/McNaught-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (1.552 AU)Sep 02 - Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) Closest Approach To Earth (2.860 AU)Sep 02 - Asteroid 166614 Zsazsa Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)Sep 02 - Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)Sep 02 - Asteroid 9340 Williamholden Closest Approach To Earth (2.135 AU)Sep 03 - Comet 141P-D/Machholz Perihelion (0.761 AU)Sep 03 - Comet C/2014 L5 (Lemmon) At Opposition (5.934 AU)Sep 03 - Asteroid 112 Iphigenia Occults HIP 32246 (3.0 Magnitude Star)Sep 03 - Asteroid 1495 Helsinki Closest Approach To Earth (1.403 AU)Sep 03 - Asteroid 6779 Perrine Closest Approach To Earth (1.489 AU)Sep 03 - Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)Sep 03 - Kuiper Belt Object 145452 (2005 RN43) At Opposition (39.636 AU)Sep 03 - Lecture: New Horizons & Dawn Mission Updates, Houston, TexasSep 03 - Carl Anderson's 110th Birthday (1905)
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Sep 04 - Kanopus ST Soyuz 2-1v LaunchSep 04 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)Sep 04 - Comet 322P/SOHO Perihelion (0.054 AU)Sep 04 - Comet C/2014 E1 (Larson) At Opposition (2.717 AU)Sep 04 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 QX8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)Sep 04 - Asteroid 716 Berkeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.985 AU)Sep 04 - Fermi Open Day, Torino, ItalySep 04 - 25th Anniversary (1990), Burnwell Meteorite Fall (Hit Porch in Kentucky)Sep 05 - Moon Occults AldebaranSep 05 - Comet 320P/McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (0.183 AU)Sep 05 - Comet P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness) Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)Sep 05 - [Aug 26] Comet C/2015 Q1 (Scotti) Perihelion (1.919 AU)Sep 05 - Comet 87P/Bus At Opposition (3.028 AU)Sep 05 - Comet C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) Perihelion (4.180 AU)Sep 05 - Asteroid 9 Metis At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)Sep 05 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 PK57 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)Sep 05 - Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.253 AU)Sep 05 - Asteroid 15318 Innsbrook Closest Approach To Earth (1.267 AU)Sep 05 - Asteroid 371 Bohemia Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)Sep 05 - Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.815 AU)Sep 05 - Asteroid 70713 Sethmacfarlane Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)Sep 05 - Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.231 AU)
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NASA Science Zeros in on Ocean Rise: How Much? How Soon?
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Western Wildfire Smoke Has Drifted Over the Atlantic