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In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Week of January 1 - January 5, 2018
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(Video 1:33) With Eyes on the Future, Marshall Leads the Way to Deep Space in 2017
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center led the way in space exploration in 2017. Work being performed at Marshall is advancing how NASA explores space and preparing for deep-space missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Check out the 2017 Year in Review video for highlights of Marshall's work including NASA's Space Launch System, International Space Station and much more.
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NASA Tests 3-D Printed Rocket Part to Reduce Future SLS Engine Costs
Engineers successfully hot-fire tested an RS-25 rocket engine with a large 3-D printed part for the first time in December, marking a key step toward reducing costs for future engines that power SLS, NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket. The test was part of the SLS Program's RS-25 affordability initiative to reduce the engine's overall production costs while maintaining performance, reliability and safety.
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Space Station Crew Begins 2018 Studying How Living in Space Affects Humans
The International Space Station's Expedition 54 crew -- including NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle -- started the New Year studying how humans adapt to living in space for months and years at a time. NASA and its international partners are also learning how to support crews on longer missions with less help from the ground.
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NASA Invests in Concept Development for Missions to Comet, Saturn Moon Titan
NASA's New Frontiers Program has selected two finalist concepts for a robotic mission planned to launch in the mid-2020s. The finalists -- including concepts for a comet sample-return mission and a drone-like rotorcraft to explore potential landing sites on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan -- were selected after an extensive and competitive peer review process.
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A New Stellar X-ray "Reality" Show Debuts
A new project using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes allows people to navigate through real data of the remains of an exploded star for the first time. "Walking Among the Stars," a three-dimensional virtual reality project with augmented reality, allows users to explore inside the debris from actual observations of the supernova remnant called Cassiopeia A
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