In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Launch to Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on April 27 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew will serve as the fourth commercial crew rotation mission aboard the space station, where they will conduct a science expedition in microgravity.
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Artemis I Moon Rocket Arrives at Vehicle Assembly Building
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 26. SLS and Orion reached their destination at approximately 5 a.m. CDT after a 10-hour journey from Launch Pad 39.
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Greenland Ice, Jupiter Moon Share Similar Feature
Parallel ice ridges in Greenland bear a striking resemblance to ridges on Jupiter’s ice-encased moon Europa, suggesting the moon’s icy shell could be riddled with pockets of water. This similarity could greatly improve the odds of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission detecting potentially habitable environments on the Jovian moon.
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NASA Extends Exploration for 8 Planetary Science Missions
NASA has extended the planetary science missions of eight of its spacecraft due to their scientific productivity and potential to deepen knowledge and understanding of the solar system and beyond. Four of the spacecraft – InSight, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, OSIRIS-REx, and New Horizons – are part of programs overseen by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Human Spaceflight Technologies Benefitting Earth
NASA is advancing its understanding of fundamental sciences on the International Space Station and working on technologies for Artemis that will benefit future space exploration. Many of those technologies developed to send astronauts deeper into space for longer periods of time can also come back to Earth for the benefit of humanity and the environment.
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