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In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Week of Aug. 8 - Aug. 12, 2016
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NASA to Host Up-Close Journey to Mars Showcase Aug. 18
Media are invited Aug. 18 to learn first-hand about NASA's journey to Mars, including the science, technology and human spaceflight activities that are making human missions to the Red Planet possible. The day will begin at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility where the Space Launch System and parts of the Orion spacecraft are being manufactured, and will end at a test firing of SLS’s powerful RS-25 engine at the Stennis Space Center.
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You Won't Believe What Space and Olympic Athletes Have in Common
With the Olympic Games in full swing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory team has released a new project -- AstrOlympics. The project explores the spectacular range of science found in both the impressive feats of the Olympic Games as well as cosmic phenomena throughout the universe.
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(Video 12:25) Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Delivers Spectacular Cosmic Display
The annual Perseid meteor shower is underway, and shooting stars are lighting up the night sky in one of the most prolific meteor showers in recent memory. Look skyward and you might see another spectacular show tonight. Also, in this archived Facebook video, tour Marshall's ALAMO where NASA astronomers monitor the Earth's meteoroid environment everyday.
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Space Station Research Delivers Eye-Opening Results
In this week's Space Station Live, we talk with Scott Smith, manager of the Nutritional Biochemistry Lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center, about new, compelling results from studies on causes of vision changes seen in some astronauts. The possible link may also impact the health of women back on Earth.
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