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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 8 - January 12, 2018
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NASA Deep Space Exploration Systems Look Ahead to Action-Packed 2018
Engineers preparing NASA’s deep-space exploration systems to support missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond are gearing up for a busy 2018. The agency aims to complete the manufacturing of all the major hardware by the end of the year for Exploration Mission-1, which will pave the road for future missions with astronauts.
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Live on NASA TV: SpaceX's Dragon Departs from International Space Station
After delivering tons of science and research to the International Space Station, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is preparing to return to Earth. Live coverage on NASA TV, Jan. 13 begins at 3:30 a.m. CT, as a ground-controlled command releases the spacecraft and NASA’s astronauts Joe Ababa and Scott Tingle monitor its departure.
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NASA Marshall Fosters Out-of-This-World Learning in Tennessee
As part of a NASA initaitve to help spread excitement about the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, students at Robertsville Middle School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, are building their own small satellite. The CubeSat will monitor vegetation growth patterns after wildfires to help communities rebuild.
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Marshall Completes Key Testing on SLS Solid Rocket Booster
The avionics system for solid rocket boosters that will help power NASA's Space Launch System has completed system-level qualification testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. NASA engineers at Marshall simulated the booster avionics operations to verify the fidelity of the system. Key interactions confirmed during qualification testing included the ability to initiate booster ignition, control the booster during flight, terminate flight and triggering core stage separation.
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(Video 2:03) Go for Gold: Webb Telescope Tested for Space
After passing a key test designed to simulate the cold vacuum of space at NASA's Johnson Space Center, NASA's James Webb Telescope is ready for the next step toward a launch in 2019. Watch NASA experts explain how Webb will help answer the question "Are we alone in the universe?"
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