In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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Vibration Tests for Moon Rocket Help Ensure Safe Travels on Road to Space
NASA will soon conduct SLS and Orion integrated modal testing at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the Artemis I mission launch. Teams there will examine the considerable forces and vibrations the recently stacked rocket will incur on its way to space.
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NASA Awards $750,000 in Competition to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Sugar
NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge invited the public to come up with ways to convert carbon dioxide on Mars into sugar, which astronauts could use to make useful products – anything from plastics, adhesives, and fuels to food and medicine. Learn about the prototype systems that have shown the capability of converting CO2 from the air into glucose and other useful sugars.
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Orion Spacecraft Goes ‘Shields Up’ for Artemis I
Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are putting the final touches on the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission by connecting the ogive fairings – which consist of four protective panels– for the launch abort system assembly. The fairings will shield the crew module from the severe vibrations and sounds it will experience during launch.
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One Year Out: NASA’s Psyche Mission Moves Closer to Launch
With NASA’s Psyche mission now less than a year from launch, anticipation is building. Explore more about the mission, which will travel to the asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche is the 14th mission selected as part of NASA’s Discovery Program, which is managed by the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Space Station: Botany, Biology During Break in Spacewalk Preps
The Expedition 65 crew set up a plant habitat and demonstrated a new ultrasound device amid a variety of other space research aboard the International Space Station on Aug. 25. Meanwhile, the cosmonauts took a break from spacewalk preparations and focused on maintenance.
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