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In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Week of July 31 - August 4, 2017
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Space Launch System Solid Rocket Boosters 'on Target' for First Flight
Production of the five-segment powerhouse motors for NASA's Space Launch System solid rocket boosters is on target, with 10 motor segments cast with propellant and four of those segments complete. Following propellant casting and tests the exterior cases were painted white with black-and-white photogrammetric markings.
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NASA Contracts with BWXT Nuclear Energy to Advance Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Technology
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion could be a game changer and significantly change space travel. As NASA pursues innovative, cost-effective alternatives to conventional propulsion technologies to forge new paths into the solar system, researchers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center say nuclear thermal propulsion technologies are more promising than ever.
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Experienced Trio Brings International Space Station Crew up to Full Speed
Expedition 52 is now up to full speed with six crew members. The latest trio from the United States, Italy and Russia arrived late last week beginning a 4.5-month mission in space. The three spaceflight veterans -- NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy --quickly got to work 250 miles above Earth’s surface.
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(Video 1:33) NASA's 'Fly's Eye GLM Simulator' Aims to Change How Researchers Study Lightning, Severe Weather
The Fly's Eye Geostationary Lightning Mapper Simulator acts like the GLM on the GOES-16, the newest of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth-observing satellite’s. The GLM detects pulses of light produced by lightning to help us better understand severe weather. To help make sure the GLM is seeing what it’s supposed to see, the cross-eyed instrument looks for lightning, too, aboard NASA's high-flying ER-2 aircraft.
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NASA Marshall's Dr. Alphonse Sterling Prepares for Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse
Among the scores of scientists avidly awaiting the Aug. 21 "Eclipse Across America" -- the first total solar eclipse to span the continental United States since 1918 -- is Marshall's Alphonse Sterling. While he is as excited about the upcoming August eclipse, he's also one of two eclipse career astrophysicists starring in a new feature-length documentary on eclipse chasing.
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