In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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Hubble Returns to Full Science Observations and Releases New Images
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, exploring the universe near and far. The science instruments have returned to full operation, following recovery from a computer anomaly that suspended the telescope’s observations for more than a month. After science observations restarted, the telescope’s targets included a pair of unusual galaxies.
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Starliner, Atlas V Assembled at Launch Site for Next Commercial Crew Flight Test
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is fully assembled on its ride to space, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, in preparation for the July 30 launch in collaboration with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Read more about the joining of Atlas V and Starliner, a major milestone ahead of the second uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to demonstrate the system’s human transportation capabilities to the International Space Station.
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Chandra Catches Slingshot During Collision
A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory examines the repercussions after two galaxy clusters clashed. In this story, explore galaxy clusters – the largest structures in the universe held together by gravity, containing hundreds or even thousands of individual galaxies immersed in giant oceans of superheated gas.
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First CubeSats Aboard for Artemis I Mission
The first two CubeSats are aboard for the Artemis I mission as secondary payloads that will conduct a range of science experiments and technology demonstrations in deep space. Lunar IceCube and Near-Earth Asteroid Scout have been integrated with their dispensers and installed in the Orion stage adapter at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Signs of Life on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins the Hunt
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has begun its search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. Flexing its 7-foot mechanical arm, the rover is testing the sensitive detectors it carries, capturing their first science readings. Along with analyzing rocks using X-rays and ultraviolet light, the six-wheeled scientist will zoom in for close-ups of tiny segments of rock surfaces that might show evidence of past microbial activity.
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