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In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Week of February 5 - February 9, 2018
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Structural Testing Complete on SLS Core Stage Powerhouse
After numerous tests using millions of pounds of force, engineers have successfully completed structural qualification testing on the engine section for NASA's new deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System. The engine section is a true powerhouse, with four RS-25 engines and side attachment points for two solid rocket boosters.
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Marshall Spinoffs Clean Your Air, Keep Your Beer Cold and Help Do Your Math
As rockets roar off of launch pads and spacecraft beam data back from distant planets, the technologies that enable those mighty feats are being put in your hands every day as products and technologies called spinoffs. They are the result of NASA’s innovation being put in the hands of the public where new tools and goods to improve life on Earth are born.
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The Winter 'Astrolympics' Kick Off
As the athletes get set to compete in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, the public can explore the games in a different way through an innovative project, from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, blending science and sports. "AstrOlympics" relates the amazing feats of Olympic athletes with the spectacular phenomena found throughout space.
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Bursting with Excitement – A Look at Bubbles and Fluids in Space
Watching a bubble float effortlessly through the International Space Station may be mesmerizing and beautiful to witness, but that same bubble is also teaching researchers about how fluids behave differently in microgravity than they do on Earth.
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Juno Completes Tenth Science Orbit of Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft accomplished a close flyby over Jupiter’s churning atmosphere this week, successfully completing its tenth science orbit. At the time of perijove, the point in Juno's orbit closest to the planet's center, the spacecraft was about 2,100 miles above the planet's cloud tops.
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