Space News Update - October 22, In the News Story 1: Story 1: India’s First Mars Mission Set to Blast off Seeking Methane Signature Story 2: Story 2: Sky Survey Captures Key Details of Cosmic Explosions Story 3: Story 3: Gaia Sunshield Passes Final Exam Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

India’s First Mars Mission Set to Blast off Seeking Methane Signature

Sky Survey Captures Key Details of Cosmic Explosions

Gaia Sunshield Passes Final Exam

The Night Sky Sky & Telescope Tuesday, October 22 It's October — so have you tried to spot the companion of Sirius yet? Accompanying Sirius is the first-discovered white dwarf, 1/10,000 as bright and currently 10.0 arcseconds to its east. Early dawn in October is an excellent time to look for it, for reasons that Alan Whitman explains in the October Sky & Telescope, page 30. Wednesday, October 23 Below the feet of Aquarius, off the eastern end of Capricornus, are the Helix Nebula and a crowd of lesser-known galaxies. Now that the Moon is gone from the after-dinner sky, explore them with your telescope using Sue French's Deep-Sky Wonders column, chart, and photos in the October Sky & Telescope, page 56. Thursday, October 24 The Moon rises around 10 or 11 tonight (depending on where you are), with bright Jupiter to its left or lower left. Farther left is Pollux, with Castor above it. By the beginning of dawn Friday morning, they're all high in the south (above Procyon). Friday, October 25 Staying out late tonight? Keep an eye to the low east-northeast for Jupiter rising around 11 or midnight (depending on your location). Castor and Pollux shine to its left. About 45 minutes later, the waning gibbous Moon follows it up. And then once the Moon is well up, look to the Moon's lower right for Procyon. Saturday, October 26 Last-quarter Moon (exactly so at 7:40 p.m. EDT). The Moon rises around midnight or 1 a.m. local time tonight, in dim Cancer below Jupiter and Gemini.

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 Oct 22, 6:34 PM2 min11°10 above NNW10 above NNE Tue Oct 22, 8:10 PM1 min16°10 above NW16 above NNW Wed Oct 23, 7:22 PM3 min21°11 above NNW21 above NNE Thu Oct 24, 6:34 PM4 min16°10 above NNW10 above ENE Thu Oct 24, 8:10 PM2 min28°10 above NW28 above NW Fri Oct 25, 7:22 PM4 min45°10 above NW41 above ENE Sat Oct 26, 6:34 PM6 min29°10 above NW11 above E Sat Oct 26, 8:12 PM< 1 min29°22 above W29 above WSW Sun Oct 27, 7:23 PM4 min61°15 above WNW25 above SSE

NASA-TV Highlights ( all times Eastern Daylight Time) October 22, Tuesday 7 a.m. – Coverage of the Unberthing and Release of the Orbital Sciences/Cygnus Cargo Ship from the ISS (Release scheduled at 7:30 a.m. EDT) – JSC (All Channels) 12:00 p.m. - Video File of the ISS Expedition 38/39 Crew News Conference at Star City, Russia - JSC (All Channels) October 23, Wednesday 10:45 a.m. – ISS Expedition 37 Educational In-Flight Event with the Henning, MN School District – JSC (All Channels) October 24, Thursday 10:45 a.m. – ISS Expedition 37 In-Flight Event for ESA to Commemorate the “Albert Einstein” Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 – JSC(Public and Media Channels) October 25, Friday 5:30 a.m. – Video B-roll Feed of Expedition 38/39 NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio – JSC (All Channels) a.m. - Live Interviews with ISS Expedition 38/39 Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio from Star City, Russia - JSC (All Channels) Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA websiteNASA website

Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar Oct 22 - Comet 214P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.754 AU) Oct 22 - Asteroid Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.070 AU) Oct 23 - [Oct 19] Cygnus Reenters Earth's Atmosphere Oct 23 - Asteroid 2010 VP21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU) Oct 23 - Asteroid 2012 ER14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU) Oct 23 - Asteroid 5256 Farquhar Closest Approach To Earth (1.458 AU) Oct 23 - Kuiper Belt Object (1992 QB1) At Opposition ( AU) Oct 24 - Comet 292P/Li Closest Approach To Earth (1.808 AU) Oct 24 - Asteroid 2013 TO69 Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU) Oct 24 - Asteroid 2008 LH2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU) Oct th Anniversary (1998), Deep Space 1 Launch Oct 25 - Asteroid 1 Ceres Occults TYC (10.0 Magnitude Star) Oct 25 - Asteroid 41 Daphne Occults HIP (6.7 Magnitude Star) Oct 25 - Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (1.439 AU) Oct 25 - Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.520 AU) Oct 25 - Asteroid Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.462 AU) Oct 26 - Comet P/2013 N5 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.404 AU) Oct 26 - Comet C/2013 S1 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (2.005 AU) Oct 26 - Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley At Opposition (2.148 AU) Oct 26 - Asteroid 2013 TY5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)

Food for Thought Celebrating the Legacy of ESA’s Planck Mission

Space Image of the Week Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/NASA/ESA/F. Combes ALMA Peers Into Giant Black Hole Jets