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

	June 09, 2017  MEDIA ADVISORY In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Week of June 5 - 9, 2017   Additional Astronaut on the Space Station Means Dozens of New Team Members on the Ground This week, NASA announced the agency's new class of astronauts. These new crew members, like the astronauts working on the International Space Station now, will team with flight controllers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to gather vital science critical for the next giant leap in human space exploration. Marshall has been busy preparing to support the increased science load anticipated when an additional crew member joins the orbiting laboratory and doubles the amount of science data expected.   NASA Awards Universal Stage Adapter Contract for Space Launch System Rocket NASA has selected Dynetics, Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama, to develop and build a universal stage adapter for the agency’s Space Launch System rocket. The adapter will connect NASA’s Orion spacecraft and provide additional cargo space for the future configurations of the rocket containing an exploration upper stage.   Space Station Crew Returns Home as Resupply Mission Arrives in Orbit As the crew of the International Space Station bid farewell to two of their own last week, they also welcomed the latest resupply capsule during a busy few days in orbit. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy returned to Earth on June 2, and a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying research equipment, cargo and supplies arrived at the orbiting laboratory June 5.   Three DIY CubeSats Score Rides on First Flight of SLS and Orion NASA awarded rides for three small spacecraft on the agency's newest rocket, and $20,000 each in prize money, to the winning teams of citizen solvers competing in the semi-final round of the agency’s Cube Quest Challenge. Once deployed, the CubeSats will vie for a share of a $5 million prize in the first-ever competition in deep space.   Watching a Volatile Stellar Relationship In biology, "symbiosis" refers to two organisms that live close to and interact with one another. Astronomers have long studied a class of stars -- called symbiotic stars -- that co-exist in a similar way. Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers are gaining a better understanding of how volatile this close stellar relationship can be. 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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