In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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NASA Solar Sail Asteroid Mission Readies for Launch on Artemis I
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout is tucked away safely inside the agency's powerful Space Launch System rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Learn more about the solar-sailing CubeSat, one of several secondary payloads hitching a ride on Artemis I, the first integrated flight of the agency's SLS and the Orion spacecraft.
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Rocket Science in 60 Seconds: How Structured Light Scanning Is Used on the SLS Rocket
Mary Kalayjian, an Aerojet Rocketdyne project and component engineer for the RS-25 engines on NASA’s SLS rocket, explains how a process called structured light scanning allows teams to build and assemble smaller components of the engine precisely and quickly. The four RS-25 engines at the bottom of the SLS rocket will help produce more than 2 million pounds of thrust to help launch NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon.
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NASA Conducts 5th Test in RS-25 Series Supporting Artemis Moon Missions
NASA conducted a fifth RS-25 single-engine hot fire July 14 as a continuation of its ongoing seven-part test series, supporting development and production of engines for the SLS rocket on future missions to the Moon. Operators fired the engine for more than eight minutes at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, providing data to Aerojet Rocketdyne, lead contractor for the SLS engines, as it produces engines for use after the first four SLS flights.
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Great Exploration Revisited: New Horizons at Pluto, Charon
Six years ago this week, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made history with the first up-close exploration of the Pluto system. New Horizons provided breathtaking views and detailed data on Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, revealing the surfaces of these distant, mysterious worlds at the outer reaches of the solar system.
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Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa Churned by Small Impacts
It’s easy to see the impact of space debris on the Moon, where the ancient, battered surface is covered with craters and scars. In this story, explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, which withstands a similar trouncing – along with a punch of super-intense radiation.
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