In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

	December 07, 2018  MEDIA ADVISORY In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Week of Dec. 3 - 7, 2018   NASA Sends New Research, Hardware to Space Station on SpaceX Mission Experiments in forest observation, protein crystal growth and in-space fuel transfer demonstration are heading to the International Space Station following the Wednesday, Dec. 5, launch of SpaceX’s 16th mission for NASA under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.   Mars New Home 'a Large Sandbox' Preliminary assessment of photographs taken so far by NASA’s InSight lander of its Mars landing area suggests the area in the lander’s immediate vicinity is populated only by a few rocks. Higher-resolution images are expected to begin arriving over the coming days, after InSight releases the clear-plastic dust covers that kept the optics of the spacecraft's two cameras safe during landing.   Double Trouble: A White Dwarf Surprises Astronomers Astronomers have detected a bright X-ray outburst from a star in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy almost 200,000 light years from Earth. A combination of X-ray and optical data indicate that the source of this radiation is a white dwarf star that may be the fastest-growing white dwarf ever observed.   NASA, National Science Foundation Announce Support for White House STEM Engagement Plan NASA and the National Science Foundation, in partnership with other federal agencies, have committed to a White House-led effort to strengthen education in science, technology, engineering and math.   Get Ready Stargazers: The Geminids Are Coming! The second week of December heralds the beginning of the strongest meteor shower of the year – the Geminids. It’s a good time to bundle up, go outside and watch one of Mother Nature’s best sky shows! For more information or to learn about other happenings at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, visit NASA Marshall. For past issues of the ICYMI newsletter, click here.
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