Space News Update - November 19, In the News Story 1: Story 1: Sun Fires Off Powerful Solar Flare Story 2: Story 2: Examining Buzz Aldrin’s roadmap to Mars Story 3: Story 3: MAVEN thunders to Space on Journey to Study Red Planet’s Watery History and Potential for Life Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

Sun Fires Off Powerful Solar Flare

Examining Buzz Aldrin’s roadmap to Mars

MAVEN thunders to Space on Journey to Study Red Planet’s Watery History and Potential for Life

The Night Sky Tuesday, November 19 After 9 or 10 this evening, you'll find the waning gibbous Moon shining inside a huge quadrilateral: Capella to the Moon's upper left, Aldebaran to the Moon's upper right, Betelgeuse closer to its lower right, and bright Jupiter far to its lower left. Wednesday, November 20 By late evening the waning Moon is up in the east. It's now part of a long, ragged, roughly horizontal snake. From right to left: Rigel in Orion's foot in the east-southeast, Orion's Belt, Betelgeuse, the Moon, Jupiter, Pollux, and above Pollux, Castor. Thursday, November 21 Jupiter is the bright "star" upper left of the Moon late this evening. Although they look close together, Jupiter is currently 1,660 times farther away. And Pollux and Castor, to Jupiter's left and upper left, are 500,000 and 730,000 times farther than Jupiter! (at 34 and 52 light-years, respectively). Friday, November 22 The waning gibbous Moon is up in the east by about 10 p.m., depending on where you live. Look above it for bright Jupiter and (to Jupiter's left) Pollux and Castor. To the Moon's right twinkles Procyon. Much farther to the right, brighter Sirius is rising or soon to rise. Saturday, November 23 The eclipsing binary star Algol should be at minimum light, magnitude 3.4 instead of its usual 2.3, for a couple hours centered on 9:06 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It takes several more hours to fade and to rebrighten. Sky & Telescope

ISS Sighting Opportunities Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information ISS For Denver: DateVisibleMax HeightAppearsDisappears Tue Nov 19, 6:19 AM2 min11°10 above N10 above NNE Wed Nov 20, 5:31 AM1 min10°10 above N10 above NNE Thu Nov 21, 6:18 AM3 min13°10 above NNW10 above NE Fri Nov 22, 5:30 AM2 min11°11 above N10 above NNE Sat Nov 23, 6:17 AM4 min21°11 above NNW14 above ENE

NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website November 19, Tuesday 6:30 p.m. - Live Coverage of the Launch of Student-Built Satellites as Part of the CubeSat Launch Initiative - WFF/HQ (Media and Education Channels) November 20, Wednesday 2 - 3:30 p.m. - Live Interviews with Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA - JSC (All Channels) 8 - 9:30 p.m. - Asteroid Initiative Ideas Synthesis Workshop - Opening Plenary Session - HQ/LPI - (All Channels) November 21, Thursday 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Asteroid Initiative Ideas Synthesis Workshop -- Partnerships & Participatory Engagement - HQ/LPI - (Public and Education Channels) 11 a.m. - Space Station Live - JSC (Media Channel) 2 - 6:30 p.m. - Asteroid Initiative Ideas Synthesis Workshop -- Asteroid Crew Systems - HQ/LPI - (All Channels) 8: :30 p.m. - Asteroid Initiative Ideas Synthesis Workshop -- Cosmic Explorations: A Speakers Series - HQ/LPI - (All Channels) November 22, Friday 9 a.m. - Asteroid Initiative Ideas Synthesis Workshop -- Grand Challenge Panel – Next Generation Engagement - HQ/LPI - (Public and Education Channels) 11 a.m. - Space Station Live - JSC (Media Channel) 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Asteroid Initiative Ideas Synthesis Workshop -- Summary Plenary Session - HQ/LPI - (All Channels)

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Nov 19 - [Nov 13] ORS 3/ Vermont Lunar Cubesat/ STPSat 3/ SENSE 1 & 2/ Firefly/ STARE B/ RAMPART/ TetherSat 1 & 2/ NPS- SCAT/ Copper/ CAPE 2/ KYSAT 2/ SwampSat/ Black Knight 1/ Trailblazer 1/ DragonSat 1/ ChargerSat1/ TJ Sat/Prometheus 1- 4/CSIP Minotaur 1 LaunchORS 3Vermont Lunar CubesatSTPSat 3SENSE 1 & 2FireflySTARE BRAMPARTTetherSat 1 & 2NPS- SCATCopperCAPE 2KYSAT 2SwampSatBlack Knight 1Trailblazer 1DragonSat 1ChargerSat1TJ SatMinotaur 1 Launch Nov 19 - [Nov 14] Asteroid 2013 VK13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)Asteroid 2013 VK13Near-Earth Flyby Nov 19 - Asteroid 7434 Osaka Closest Approach To Earth (1.032 AU)Asteroid 7434 Osaka Nov 19 - Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (1.223 AU)Asteroid 341 California Nov 19 - Asteroid 2046 Leningrad Closest Approach To Earth (1.880 AU)Asteroid 2046 Leningrad Nov 19 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.104 AU)Asteroid 6676 Monet Nov 20 - Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) Closest Approach To Earth (0.397 AU)Comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)Closest Approach To Earth Nov 20 - Asteroid 804 Hispania Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)Asteroid 804 Hispania Nov 20 - Asteroid 4758 Hermitage Closest Approach To Earth (2.025 AU)Asteroid 4758 Hermitage Nov 21 - DubaiSat 2/ STSat 3/ SkySat 1/ WNISAT-1/ Brite-PL 1/ AprizeSat 7 & 8/ UniSat 5/ Delfi-n3Xt/ Dove 4/ Triton 1 & 2/ CINEMA 2 & 3/ GOMX 1/ FUNcube 1/ PUCP-SAT 1/ UWE 3/ Pocket-PUCP/ BPA 3/ I-Cube 1/ 2/ Humsat-D/ BeakerSat 1 (Eagle 1)/ QubeScout S1/ Wren Dnepr 1 LaunchDubaiSat 2STSat 3SkySat 1WNISAT-1Brite-PL 1AprizeSat 7 & 8UniSat 5Delfi-n3XtDove 4Triton 1 & 2 CINEMA 2 & 3GOMX 1FUNcube 1PUCP-SAT 1UWE 3Pocket-PUCPBPA 3I-Cube 2Humsat-DBeakerSat 1 (Eagle 1)/ QubeScout S1Wren Nov 21 - Comet 2P/Encke Perihelion (0.336 AU)Comet 2P/EnckePerihelion Nov 21 - Comet 100P/Hartley At Opposition (3.646 AU)Comet 100P/HartleyAt Opposition Nov 21 - Asteroid Tryggvason Occults HIP (4.3 Magnitude Star)Asteroid Tryggvason Occults HIP Nov 21 - Asteroid Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.148 AU)Asteroid Bambi Nov 21 - Asteroid 2598 Merlin Closest Approach To Earth (1.201 AU)Asteroid 2598 Merlin Nov 21 - Asteroid Auckland Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)Asteroid Auckland Nov 21 - Asteroid 5053 Chladni Closest Approach To Earth (1.502 AU)Asteroid 5053 Chladni Nov 21 - Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Nov 22 - [Nov 19] Swarm A, B & C Rokot KM LaunchSwarm A, B & CRokot KM Launch Nov 22 - Comet P/2013 T2 (Schwartz) At Opposition (1.181 AU)Comet P/2013 T2 (Schwartz)At Opposition Nov 22 - Comet 271P/van Houten-Lemmon Closest Approach To Earth (3.331 AU)Comet 271P/van Houten-LemmonClosest Approach To Earth Nov 22 - Asteroid 8553 Bradsmith Closest Approach To Earth (1.443 AU)Asteroid 8553 Bradsmith Nov th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 18 FlybyGalileo Nov 23 - Comet P/2012 T3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.914 AU)Comet P/2012 T3 (PANSTARRS)At Opposition Nov 23 - Comet 251P/LINEAR At Opposition (4.254 AU)Comet 251P/LINEARAt Opposition Nov 23 - Comet C/2012 U1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.763 AU)Comet C/2012 U1 (PANSTARRS)Closest Approach To Earth Nov 23 - Asteroid 4547 Massachusetts Closest Approach To Earth (1.531 AU)Asteroid 4547 Massachusetts Nov 23 - Asteroid Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)Asteroid Kalpanachawla

Food for Thought Teenaged Space Station Thriving After 15 Years Of Science, Extreme Construction And Tricky Repairs

Space Image of the Week Image Credit: Jim Nelson, a museum galaxy guide MAVEN Launch Cape Canaveral