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

	May 05, 2017  MEDIA ADVISORY In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Week of May 1 - May 5, 2017   Marshall's Paul McConnaughey Runs Toward Challenges of Space Exploration Adventures around the world give NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Associate Director Paul McConnaughey a unique outlook on exploration. This week, he shared his sense of adventure of the space variety with other avid travelers during the Travel Bloggers Exchange conference in Huntsville. Many of the bloggers also toured Marshall and learned about many of the NASA's missions.   Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn As NASA's Cassini spacecraft prepares to shoot the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings for the second time in its Grand Finale, Cassini engineers are delighted, while ring scientists are puzzled. Based on data Cassini collected during its first dive, the region appears to be relatively dust-free.   'NASA Day in Baton Rouge' Recognizes Louisiana's Role in Space Exploration Officials from Marshall and NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this week to recognize the state's role in space exploration. Historically a big contributor to NASA missions, Louisiana has an active role in NASA's Space Launch System, Orion spacecraft and many other programs.   NASA Awards $100,000 in First Printing Stage of 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge Seven teams working on technology that could someday be used to create habitats from materials on other worlds have completed the first printing segment of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. NASA has awarded $100,000 to the two top-scoring teams from this stage, the Phase 2: Level 1 Compression Test Competition.   Scientists Find Giant Wave Rolling Through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, radio observations and computer simulations, scientists have discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster. Spanning some 200,000 light-years, the wave is about twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy. 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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