Weekly Space Hangout – June 12, 2015: Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program

Summary: Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week we welcome Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program Participants: Michael Prokosch (Seeing Stars Blog, MikeProkosch@shsuobservatory) Tim Spuck (tspuck@nrao.edu) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein / briankoberlein.com) Vivian White (vwhite@astrosociety.org). Guests: Jolene Creighton (@jolene723 / fromquarkstoquasars.com) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein / briankoberlein.com) Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy) This Week's Stories: Three candidates for ESA’s next medium-class science mission Russia conducts surprise Soyuz 2-1A launch carrying Kobalt-M Meet Adeline, Airbus’ Answer To SpaceX Reusability Airbus unveils Adeline, its clever answer to SpaceX’s reusable rockets United Arab Emirates to Launch Mars Mission by 2021 Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator Test Sharpest View Ever of Star Formation in the Distant Universe Sails in Space: Partial Photo, Video and Light Curve #NASA Awards $30 MIllion to #SpaceX For Pad Abort Milestone? Circumbinary Planets NASA Aiming for Multiple Missions to Jupiter Moon Europa Nearby 'dwarf' galaxy is home to luminous star cluster Researchers characterize mysterious ultraluminous X-ray sources Exoplanets: Atmospheric signs of volcanic activity could aid search for life A Celestial Butterfly Emerges from its Dusty Cocoon and here XCOR Selects Matrix Composites to Develop Lynx Chines Supernova prized by astronomers begins to fade from view Spacecraft glitch shifts orbiting ISS International Space Station back on track after Soyuz thrusters activated inadvertently, changing its orientation and here Work-experience schoolboy discovers a new planet Schoolboy discovers alien world during work experience 17-year-old discovers a huge alien planet 1,000 light-years from Earth New Solar Storm Forecasting Technique Breaks The 24-Hour Warning Barrier For Earth LightSail Team Declares Solar Sail Success as Mission Nears Its End #TWiM: Elon Musk's plan to put the Internet in space moves to launch pad Saturn's outermost ring stuns astronomers Shift Change in Space - Summer 2015 Edition Crew return home after extended stay on the space station Trio create model to explain massive heat in the Sun's corona Robotic tunneler may explore icy moons Milky Way Map Pins Down Our Galaxy's Arms Mystery on Mercury: Strange Pattern of Huge Cliffs Defy Explanation First US deep space weather satellite reaches final orbit Actor Christopher Lee dies at 93 (Count Dooku/Saruman/ Count Dracula) Jack King, NASA's "Voice of Apollo," dies at 84 The quest to find Philae From Andy Weir's Facebook Page (Posted June 11, 2015): The Martian's release date has been bumped up to October 2nd. Trek On, Spock: Asteroid Now Carries Leonard Nimoy's Name We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page. You can join in the discussion between episodes over at our Weekly Space Hangout Crew group in G+, and suggest your ideas for stories we can discuss each week!