In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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Final Piece of Rocket Hardware Added to Artemis I Stack
The last piece of Space Launch System rocket hardware has been added to the stack at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crews with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs added the Orion stage adapter to the top of the rocket inside the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building. To complete the Artemis I stack, crews will soon add the Orion spacecraft and its launch abort system on top of the Orion stage adapter – which was built at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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We Love Lucy: Four Questions with Mission Manager Sherry Jennings
NASA is preparing to launch a new spacecraft on a quest to unlock the mysteries of the solar system’s formation. Lucy will be the first mission to study the Trojan asteroids associated with, but not close to, Jupiter. Lucy is scheduled to launch no earlier than Saturday, Oct. 16. Meet Sherry Jennings, mission manager for Lucy at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
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With First Martian Samples Packed, Perseverance Initiates Remarkable Sample Return Mission
On Sept. 1, NASA’s Perseverance rover unfurled its arm, placed a drill bit at the Martian surface, and drilled about 2 inches down to extract a rock core. The rover later sealed the rock core in its tube. This historic event marked the first time a spacecraft packed up a rock sample from another planet that could be returned to Earth by future spacecraft. Learn more about Mars Sample Return, a multimission campaign designed to retrieve the cores Perseverance will collect over the next several years.
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How to Ship the World’s Largest Space Telescope 5,800 Miles Across the Ocean
When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launches, it will undergo one of the most harrowing deployment processes any spacecraft has ever endured. But before it even gets on top of its ride to space, Webb had to complete a final journey here on Earth: a roughly 5,800-mile voyage at sea.
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International Observe the Moon Night 2021
Everyone, everywhere, every year is invited to celebrate with fellow Moon enthusiasts around the planet for International Observe the Moon Night. The worldwide event encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of the Moon and its connection to NASA exploration and discovery.
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