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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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Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars
This week, President Barack Obama outlined the nation’s space exploration goals to CNN. In the article, he writes, "we have set a clear goal vital to the next chapter of America’s story in space: sending humans to Mars by the 2030s and returning them safely to Earth, with the ultimate ambition to one day remain there for an extended time.”
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The Pressure is On for SLS Hardware in Upcoming Test
Engineers are getting ready to put the pressure on hardware for the world's most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, as part of a rigorous test series to ensure each structure can withstand the incredible stresses of launch. This week, a test version of SLS's launch vehicle stage adapter was loaded into the test stand.
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Space Station Science: Versatile Chemistry for the Red Planet
When you need tools around the house, you head to the nearest hardware store, but space travelers don't have that luxury and may have to make their own tools while exploring deep space. Scientists and engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are using materials data from experiments on the International Space Station to study special liquids that may help future explorers live and work on Mars.
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(Video 2:18) Moving, Moving, Moving: A Giant Rocket Fuel Tank
Watch as technicians move a giant fuel tank from the Vertical Assembly Center to an adjacent work area at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility. The liquid hydrogen tank -- the largest part of the core stage for NASA's Space Launch System -- recently completed friction stir welding in the VAC.
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NASA, Department of Education Use Art to Share Journey to Mars Progress, Inspire Students
Dan O’Neil, a local artisan and Marshall team member, recently shared what "opportunity" means to the nation's space agency while participating in the Department of Education's "Opportunity Across America" bus tour. The tour encouraged people to draw what opportunity means to them on the side of the bus.
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