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Space News Update - Aug 10, 2012 In the News Story 1: Curiosity prepped for software load, snaps color panorama Story 2: Morpheus Lander Crashes, Burns at Kennedy Space Center Story 3: Plenty of Dark Matter Near the Sun Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week > Curiosity prepped for software load, snaps color panorama Morpheus Lander Crashes, Burns at Kennedy Space Center Plenty of Dark Matter Near the Sun The Night Sky Friday, August 10 · Night owls! The waning Moon forms a tight triangle with Jupiter and fainter Aldebaran after they rise about 1 or 2 a.m. Saturday morning, as shown at right. Bright Venus rises far to their lower left around 3 a.m. (depending on your location). Saturday, August 11 · The Perseid meteor showershould be at its best late tonight. Find a dark spot with a wide-open view of the sky overhead, bundle up against the late-night chill, lie back in a lounge chair, watch the sky, and be patient. After 11 or midnight you may see a meteor a minute on average; fewer earlier. The thick waning crescent Moon rises by 1 or 2 a.m. (with Jupiter above it). But its modest light, notes the International Meteor Organization, "should be considered more of a nuisance than a deterrent." You're also likely to see occasional Perseids for many nights before and after. See our article Perseids at Their Prime. The Night Sky Sunday, August 12 · Venus hangs below the waning crescent Moon before and during dawn Monday morning, as shown above and below. Monday, August 13 · Mars is finally passing between Saturn and Spica low in the westsouthwestern twilight this evening and tomorrow evening. · Daytime occultation of Venus. This afternoon, telescope users across most of North America can watch the edge of the thin waning crescent Moon cover half-lit Venus in a blue sky. The event happens low for Easterners; the farther west you are, the higher the Moon and Venus will be in your sky. Finding them is the trick. See the August Sky & Telescope, page 51, for full details. ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION DATE/TIME (MIN) MAX ELEV (DEG) APPROACH DEPARTURE (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR) ISS Fri Aug 10/09:09 PM 3 29 29 above NW 11 above NNE ISS Fri Aug 10/10:46 PM 1 11 11 above NNW 10 above N ISS Sat Aug 11/09:53 PM 2 13 13 above NNW 10 above NNE ISS Sat Aug 11/11:30 PM <1 10 10 above N 10 above N ISS Sun Aug 12/09:00 PM 2 18 18 above NNW 10 above NNE ISS Sun Aug 12/10:37 PM <1 10 10 above N 10 above N ISS Mon Aug 13/09:43 PM 1 11 10 above NNW 10 above N Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information NASA-TV Highlights August 10, Friday 4 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels) 8 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels) 10 p.m. - Replay of Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover Post-Landing News Briefing - Sol 5 Update - HQ (All Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website. Space Calendar Aug 10 - Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (1.075 AU) Aug 10 - Asteroid 4758 Hermitage Closest Approach To Earth (1.707 AU) Aug 10 - 20th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon Launch Aug 10 - 20th Anniversary (1992), Kitsat A Launch (1st South Korean Satellite) Aug 10 - 40th Anniversary (1972), Daylight Fireball (Utah, Canada) Aug 11 - Moon Occults Jupiter Aug 11 - Asteroid 18610 Arthurdent Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU) Aug 11 - Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.957 AU) Aug 11 - Asteroid 2127 Tanya Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU) Aug 11 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 Launch Aug 11 - 135th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Deimos Aug 12 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak This represents the view Aug 12 - Moon Occults Asteroid 21 Lutetia Aug 12 - Asteroid 1757 Porvoo Occults HIP 106039 (4.5 Magnitude Star) from mid-northern latitudes Aug 12 - Asteroid 37655 Illapa Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU) at about 2:00 a.m. local time Aug 12 - Asteroid 1539 Borrelly Closest Approach To Earth (1.921 AU) around August 12 and 13 Aug 12 - 35th Anniversary (1977), HEAO 1 Launch Aug 12 - 50th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 Launch Aug 13 - Moon Occults Venus Aug 13 - Comet 185P/Petriew Perihelion (0.932 AU) Aug 13 - Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.838 AU) Aug 13 - Asteroid 4037 Ikeya Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU) Aug 13 - Asteroid 3106 Morabito Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU) Aug 13 - 370th Anniversary (1642), Christiaan Huygens' Discovery of Mars' South Polar Cap JPL Space Calendar Food for Thought Schweickart: Private Asteroid Mission is for the Benefit of Humanity Space Video of the Week Video Credit: Universe Today