In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

	March 17, 2017  MEDIA ADVISORY In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Week of March 13-17, 2017   Aiming Higher: High School Students Build Flight Hardware Bound for Space Students at an Austin High School in Decatur, Alabama, have done so well in NASA's HUNCH program that they are now making parts for use on the International Space Station. HUNCH -- High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware -- challenges students to use machining, welding and other skills learned in class to build exact hardware.   NASA Announces Teams for 2017 Human Exploration Rover Challenge Nearly 100 high school and college teams from across the globe will put their skills to the test March 30 to April 1 during NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Participating teams come from all over the world including 23 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and several different countries.   Diversity and Inclusion Key to NASA Mission and Huntsville's Success In a guest article on AL.com, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Todd May explains how diversity and inclusion play vital roles in the mission of America's space agency and help make the "Rocket City" successful. The piece sets the stage for the "Future and Beyond HSV" symposium, which will be held April 20 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville.   NASA's Orion Spacecraft Parachutes Tested at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground Engineers successfully tested the parachutes for NASA's Orion spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona last week. This was the second test in a series of eight that will certify Orion's parachutes for human spaceflight. Orion, which will launch atop NASA's Space Launch System, is built to take astronauts farther into the solar system than ever before.   Star Discovered in Closest Known Orbit Around Likely Black Hole Astronomers have found evidence for a star that whips around a black hole about twice an hour. This may be the tightest orbital dance ever witnessed for a likely black hole and a companion star. This discovery was made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as NASA’s NuSTAR and CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array. For more information or to learn about other happenings at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, visit NASA Marshall. For past issues of the ICYMI newsletter, click here.
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