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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 15 - January 19, 2018
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Onward in 2018: NASA Tests RS-25 Flight Controller
The RS-25 engine test campaign revved into 2018 with the successful first hot-fire of the year on Jan. 16, on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The 365-second full duration test also included a 3-D printed part and certified the flight controller. Once certified, the flight controller will be removed and installed on a flight engine for use by NASA’s new deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System.
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(VIDEO 1:51) Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way
A new visualization provides an exceptional virtual trip — complete with a 360-degree view — to the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. This project, made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, allows viewers to control their own exploration of the fascinating environment of volatile massive stars and powerful gravity around the monster black hole that lies in the center of the Milky Way.
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Watch the Skies: Bright Fireball Spotted Over Michigan
A bright fireball lit up skies over Michigan at 8:08 p.m. EST on Jan. 16, an event that was witnessed and reported by hundreds of observers, many who captured video of the bright flash. Based on the latest data, the extremely bright streak of light in the sky was caused by a six-foot-wide space rock -- a small asteroid.
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NASA Briefing Previews Upcoming US Spacewalks
American and Japanese astronauts aboard the International Space Station will embark on a pair of spacewalks Jan. 23 and 29 to service the station’s robotic arm. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will lead both spacewalks. Flight Engineer Scott Tingle will join him on the first spacewalk with Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai joining Vande Hei on the second.
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