In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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NASA Prepares for Space Launch System Rocket Services Contract
As NASA prepares for the first integrated flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft to the Moon this summer as part of Artemis, the agency is moving toward a services contract model for long-term SLS hardware production and operations to reduce costs.
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Embracing a Rejected Star
Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from its birthplace by a powerful stellar explosion. Located about 440 light-years from Earth, Zeta Ophiuchi is a hot star that is 20 times more massive than the Sun. A new look by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helps tell more of the story of this runaway star.
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NASA's Juno Mission Spies Vortices Near Jupiter's North Pole
As NASA's Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices – hurricane-like spiral wind patterns – near the planet's north pole. These powerful storms can be over 30 miles in height and hundreds of miles across.
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Some Asteroids ‘Aged Early’ by Sun, NASA Finds
Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission recently learned that surface regeneration happens a lot quicker on asteroids than on Earth. By analyzing rock fractures on asteroid Bennu from high-resolution images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, the team discovered that the Sun’s heat fractures rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 to 100,000 years.
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International Space Agency Teamwork puts the Whole World in our Hands
NASA data scientist Dr. Manil Maskey has a calm demeanor and a ready smile. He’s also a trailblazer. With peers from around the world, he has created an unprecedented tool to bring our planet down to Earth. The Earth Observing Dashboard is a user-friendly interactive computer interface for exploring the planet and tracking its changes over time.
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