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

	September 06, 2019  MEDIA ADVISORY In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Week of Sept. 2-6   Engine Section for SLS Rocket Moved for Final Integration Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans moved the engine section for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket to another part of the facility Sept. 3 to prepare it for joining to the rest of the rocket’s core stage. The SLS program is managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.   Flurry of Science Investigations Aboard International Space Station Preface Friday’s Soyuz Departure Expedition 60 crew members balanced their workload between preparing for upcoming vehicle activities from and to the space station, and investigations that will give scientists deeper insight into the human body in space and on Earth. Marshall manages science operations for the station.   OSIRIS-REx’s Final Four Sample Site Candidates in 3D An animated flyover shows each of the four candidate sample collection sites on asteroid Bennu, selected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed by Marshall.   Parker Solar Probe Completes Third Close Approach of the Sun NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its third close approach of the Sun, called perihelion, on Sept. 1. At the time of perihelion, the spacecraft was about 15 million miles from the Sun’s surface, traveling at more than 213,200 mph. Marshall engineers helped develop a prototype and flight-test Parker’s Solar Probe Cup, which scoops up and examines solar wind.   Viewing an Eyewall Replacement Cycle and the Structural Evolution of Hurricane Dorian The Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center at Marshall shows structural changes in Hurricane Dorian from Sept. 1-3, as the storm approached and made landfall in the Bahamas, and then remained nearly stationary over Grand Bahama Island for nearly two days. 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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