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In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Week of September 25 - 29, 2017
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(Video 1:24) Vice President Mike Pence Visits Marshall
Vice President Mike Pence visited NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center this week, where he talked with astronauts aboard the International Space Station as he toured the Payload and Operations Integration Center -- "science central" for the orbiting laboratory. He also toured test facilities for NASA's Space Launch System -- the agency's new heavy lift rocket.
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NASA Completes Core Stage Hardware for First Space Launch System Flight
After completing major welding on the liquid hydrogen tank for NASA's Space Launch System’s first flight, all five parts of the rocket’s core stage are built and ready for additional outfitting and testing. NASA also finished manufacturing all four core stage test articles, and at Marshall, testing is underway on the engine section structural test article.
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Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise Participates in Marshall Facebook Live Event
While at Marshall to celebrate Safety Week, Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise participated in a Facebook Live on the Marshall Facebook page. Haise shared stories from the Apollo 13, known as NASA's most "successful failure," and took questions from online viewers. He also discussed his early days at NASA and the future of space exploration.
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NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite the size of a shoebox, designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a full-scale solar sail deployment test recently at ManTech NeXolve's facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The test was performed in an indoor clean room to ensure the deployment mechanism's functionality after recent environmental testing.
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(Video 0:36) Hinode Takes an X-Ray of a Powerful Solar Flare
On Sept. 10, the Hinode satellite observed an enormous X-class flare burst from an active region on the western edge of the Sun. The emission was so bright that the initial blast caused the detector to saturate. The giant explosion sent a huge cloud of superhot plasma zooming into interplanetary space -- a phenomenon known as a coronal mass ejection.
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