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In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
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Space Station Crew 3-D Prints First Student-Designed Tool in Space
Astronauts on the International Space Station 3-D printed the Multipurpose Precision Maintenance Tool this week. The tool was designed by University of Alabama in Huntsville student Robert Hillan to provide astronauts with a single tool that can help with a variety of tasks, from tightening different sized nuts or bolts to stripping wires.
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Test Version of SLS Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter Completed
Engineers completed a test version of the Space Launch System’s LVSA, which will connect two major sections of the upper part of the rocket -- the core stage and interim cryogenic propulsion stage -- for the first flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft. Justin Littell, an engineer working on the LVSA, is featured in the most recent Faces of SLS series.
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NASA's Centennial Challenges Program Announces Winners and a New Challenge
It was a big week for NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program, managed by Marshall. Five teams were awarded $5,000 each after completing Level 1 of the Sample Return Robot Challenge, and the program announced its newest challenge -- the Vascular Tissue Challenge. It offers a $500,000 prize to be divided among the first three teams that successfully create thick, metabolically functional human vascularized organ tissue in a controlled laboratory environment.
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(Video 6:04) NASA's Saffire Team Starts a Large Fire in Space -- On Purpose
On June 14, NASA scientists intentionally ignited a large-scale fire onboard a spacecraft to learn more about how fire acts in space. The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-I, or Saffire-I, started the fire inside an empty Cygnus resupply vehicle after it left the International Space Station. Check out this video to learn more about the experiment and what researchers hope to learn.
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Social Roundup: Behind-the-Scenes Photos, Free Posters and a Historic Anniversary Highlighted This Week on Marshall's Twitter
Make sure to follow Marshall’s Twitter account to keep up with all the happenings from around the center. Tweets this week include behind-the-scenes photos from Robert Hillan’s visit, fun graphics about Saffire, free Mars exploration posters and this week’s throwback Thursday, which celebrated the anniversary of Sally Ride becoming the first American woman in space.
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