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Space News Update - April 8, 2014 -

Space News Update - April 8, 2014 -. In the News Story 1: NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean Inside Saturn Moon Story 2: NASA Satellite to Continue Gathering Data Up to Planned Lunar Impact Story 3: NASA Severs Most Ties with Russia, Sparing Station but Pushing for U.S. Launches Again

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Space News Update - April 8, 2014 -

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  1. Space News Update - April 8, 2014 - • In the News • Story 1: • NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean Inside Saturn Moon • Story 2: • NASA Satellite to Continue Gathering Data Up to Planned Lunar Impact • Story 3:NASA Severs Most Ties with Russia, Sparing Station but Pushing for U.S. Launches Again • Departments • The Night Sky • ISS Sighting OpportunitiesSpace Calendar • NASA-TV Highlights • Food for Thought • Space Image of the Week

  2. NASA Space Assets Detect Ocean Inside Saturn Moon

  3. NASA Satellite to Continue Gathering Data Up to Planned Lunar Impact

  4. NASA Severs Most Ties with Russia, Sparing Station but Pushing for U.S. Launches Again

  5. The Night Sky • Tuesday, April 8 • Mars is at opposition — its closest opposition since December 2007. Mars is actually nearest to Earth on the 14th, but the difference is barely a trace. This is the month for Mars with your telescope! • Wednesday, April 9 • This evening, look left of the Moon by about a fist-width at arm's length for Regulus in Leo. • Thursday, April 10 • Look above the waxing gibbous Moon this evening for Regulus. The Sickle of Leo extends nearly upright from Regulus. • Friday, April 11 • The waxing gibbous Moon shines under Leo tonight. Leo is where you get if you follow the pointer stars of the Big Dipper far enough backward. • Saturday, April 12 • Look far lower left of the Moon this evening for fiery, glary Mars. By about midnight they're lined up horizontally in the south. 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) April 8, Tuesday 11:05 a.m. - ISS Expedition 39 Educational Event with the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Monroe, CT- JSC (All Channels)11:30 a.m. - Space Station Live - JSC (All Channels) April 9, Wednesday 10:30 a.m. - Space Station Live - JSC (All Channels)11:15 a.m. - Coverage of the ISS Progress 55 Launch to the ISS (Launch scheduled at 11:26 a.m. EDT) - JSC (All Channels)4:45 p.m. - Coverage of the Docking of the ISS Progress 55 to the ISS (Docking scheduled at 5:16 p.m. EDT) - JSC  (All Channels) April 10, Thursday 8:15 a.m. - ISS Expedition 39 In-Flight Event for JAXA - JSC (All Channels)12 p.m. - ISS Mission Control On-Console Interview with the Digital Learning Network - JSC (All Channels) April 11, Friday 8:15 a.m.- 5 p.m. - NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge - MSFC (NTV-2) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

  8. Space Calendar • • Apr 08 - Mars At Opposition • • Apr 08 - Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) At Opposition (1.335 AU) • • Apr 08 - Comet 220P/McNaught At Opposition (2.530 AU) • • Apr 08 - Comet 176P/LINEAR At Opposition (2.808 AU) • • Apr 08 - Comet 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson At Opposition (4.215 AU) • • Apr 08 - Asteroid 1 Ceres Occults 2UCAC 32877293 (12.2 Magnitude Star) • • Apr 08 - Asteroid 2014 EF4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU) • Apr 08 - Asteroid 326290 Akhenaten Closest Approach To Earth (1.460 AU) • • Apr 08 - Asteroid 1495 Helsinki Closest Approach To Earth (1.571 AU) • • Apr 08 - Asteroid 6600 Qwerty Closest Approach To Earth (1.708 AU) • • Apr 08 - Asteroid 12490 Leiden Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU) • • Apr 08 - Asteroid 17627 Humptydumpty Closest Approach To Earth (2.234 AU) • • Apr 08 - 50th Anniversary (1964), Gemini 1 Launch (Unmanned) • • Apr 09 - Progress Soyuz U Launch (International Space Station) • • Apr 09 - Comet 124P/Mrkos Perihelion (1.645 AU) • • Apr 09 - Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU) • • Apr 09 - Asteroid 10379 Lake Placid Closest Approach To Earth (2.421 AU) • • Apr 09 - Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (2.632 AU) • • Apr 09 - Asteroid 118401 LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.807 AU) • • Apr 10 - NROL-67 Atlas 5 Launch • • Apr 10 - Asteroid 14593 Everett Closest Approach To Earth (1.337 AU) • • Apr 10 - Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (2.079 AU) • • Apr 10 - Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (2.096 AU) • • Apr 10 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Closest Approach To Earth (2.852 AU) • • Apr 10 - Dwarf Planet 136108 Haumea At Opposition (49.895 AU) • • Apr 11 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #377 (OTM-377) • • Apr 11 - Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff At Opposition (2.280 AU) • • Apr 11 - Asteroid 2014 FS52 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU) JPL Space Calendar

  9. New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale Food for Thought Fermi Data Tantalize With New Clues to Dark Matter

  10. Space Image of the Week At the Edge of NGC 2174 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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