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

	July 21, 2017  MEDIA ADVISORY In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Week of July 17 - 21, 2017   NASA Marshall Astrophysicist Michelle Hui Chases Cosmic Rays NASA astrophysicist Michelle Hui is on the lookout for cosmic catastrophe. Since 2015, she has been part of the gamma-ray astrophysics team at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The team is working to deepen our understanding of colossal, high-energy explosions in distant galaxies, brighter and more powerful than any other documented events in space -- gamma-ray bursts.   This Week in NASA History: Apollo 11 Lands on Moon This week marks the 48th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, the first to land humans on the moon. The mission began July 16, 1969, when the astronauts and their spacecraft launched aboard the Marshall-developed Saturn V rocket that delivered them into space, and on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made the infamous "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."   NASA’s New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina Early this week, a primitive solar system object -- the next flyby destination of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft -- more than four billion miles away passed in front of a distant star as seen from Earth. Several telescopes deployed by the New Horizons team in a remote part of Argentina were in precisely the right place at the right time to catch its fleeting shadow -- an event that’s known as an occultation.   NASA Honors Innovative Space Station Science at Annual ISS R&D Conference Celebrating another year of captivating experiments on the International Space Station, NASA recognized four scientific investigations and facilities this week for their contributions to the science community. The investigations were honored during a special ceremony at the sixth annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference in Washington.   NASA Releases Interactive Map in Preparation for Total Solar Eclipse On Aug. 21, all of North America will be treated to one of nature’s most awe-inspiring sights -- a total solar eclipse. In preparation for the historic event, NASA has released an interactive map that highlights the eclipse's path, stretching from Oregon to South Carolina, where the moon will completely cover the sun. 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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