1. Space News Update - July 8, 2011 - In the News Story 1: Story 1: NASA Launches Space Shuttle on Historic Final Mission Story 2: Story 2: House Panel Proposes Killing Hubble Telescope Successor Story 3: Story 3: Exploding Stars Can Make Good Dust Factories Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

2. NASA Launches Space Shuttle on Historic Final Mission

3. House Panel Proposes Killing Hubble Telescope Successor

4. Exploding Stars Can Make Good Dust Factories

5. The Night Sky Friday, July 8 · Spica shines to the right of the Moon after dusk, with Saturn and Porrima farther right as shown here. Get your telescope on all these objects early; they move lower later in the evening. Saturday, July 9 · Titan, the brightest satellite of Saturn, can be found in a telescope about four ring-lengths west of Saturn this evening and tomorrow evening. With an aperture of 6 inches or more, you may be able to make out Titan's orange tint due to its hydrocarbon-smogged atmosphere. Sunday, July 10 · Arcturus is the brightest star very high in the west-southwest after dark. Vega is the brightest even higher in the east. A third of the way from Arcturus to Vega, look for the mostly dim semicircle of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown. Two-thirds of the way, look for the dim Keystone of Hercules. Monday, July 11 · Look 2° or 3° below the Moon for Antares early this evening, as shown below.

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities SATELLITELOCALDURATION MAX ELEV APPROACHDEPARTURE DATE/TIME(MIN)(DEG)(DEG-DIR) Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting InformationSatellite Sighting Information For Denver: For Denver: No ISS Sighting Opportunities ISSFri Jun 24/00:28 AM< 11210 above NW12 above NW ISSFri Jun 24/09:54 PM21211 above N10 above NE ISSFri Jun 24/11:30 PM13622 above NNW36 above N ISSSat Jun 25/10:30 PM22319 above N17 above ENE ISSSun Jun 26/00:05 AM< 11210 above WNW12 above WNW ISSSun Jun 26/09:30 PM31513 above N10 above ENE ISSSun Jun 26/11:06 PM14623 above NW46 above NW ISSMon Jun 27/10:07 PM33324 above NNW22 above E ISSFri Jun 24/00:28 AM< 11210 above NW12 above NW ISSFri Jun 24/09:54 PM21211 above N10 above NE ISSFri Jun 24/11:30 PM13622 above NNW36 above N NO SIGHTINGS AVAILABLE from Wednesday, July 6 to Thursday, July 21.

7. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA websiteNASA website STS-135 Shuttle Atlantis mission coverage July 8 through July 20.

8. Space Calendar Jul 08 - [Jul 08] STS-135 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station (Last Space Shuttle Launch), Successful Jul 08 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.789 AU) Jul 08 - [Jul 01] Teleconference: NASA Technology Roadmap -: Materials Panel Jul 09 - Cassini, Distant Titan Flyby Jul 09 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (1.213 AU) Jul 09 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.259 AU) Jul 09 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (1.888 AU) Jul 10 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Helene, Janus, Pan & Prometheus Jul 10 - Comet P/2010 T2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.753 AU) Jul 10 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults UCAC2 33935848 (11.5 Magnitude Star) Jul 10 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Occults TYC 6274-00940-1 (10.3 Magnitude Star) Jul 10 - Asteroid 4573 Piestany Occults HIP 100713 (6.8 Magnitude Star) Jul 10 - Asteroid 2011 EZ78 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU) Jul 10 - Asteroid 2034 Bernoulli Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU) Jul 10 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.525 AU) Jul 11 - Globalstar 2 (7-12) Soyuz 2-1a-Fregat Launch Jul 11 - Asteroid 2008 LV16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU) Jul 11 - Asteroid 204852 Frankfurt Closest Approach To Earth (1.802 AU)

9. Food for Thought NASA's Hubble Makes One Millionth Science Observation

10. Space Image of the Week Saturn Storm Panoramas Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA