In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Week of March 13 – March 17, 2023
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Spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III Moon Surface Mission Debuts
When NASA sends the first astronauts to explore near the lunar South Pole, moonwalkers will wear spacesuits provided by Axiom Space. NASA selected the company to develop the modern suits for the Artemis III mission and participated in activities when the first prototype was revealed March 15 during an event at Space Center Houston.
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Rocket Science in 60 Seconds: What Did NASA Learn from the First Flight of SLS?
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket launched the Artemis I mission Nov. 16, 2022, sending an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a 25 1/2-day mission beyond the Moon and back. NASA engineers are analyzing data from the flight test to benefit the production, assembly, and testing of future SLS rockets that will safely send astronauts to the Moon. Watch SLS Associate Program Manager Sharon Cobb give a brief overview of the powerful SLS rocket and discusses what teams have learned from its first flight.
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to Supernova
The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars known – was one of the first observations made by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022. Webb shows the star, WR 124, in unprecedented detail with its powerful infrared instruments.
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Study Finds Ocean Currents May Affect Rotation of Europa’s Icy Crust
NASA scientists have strong evidence that Jupiter’s moon Europa has an internal ocean under its icy outer shell – an enormous body of salty water swirling around the moon’s rocky interior. New computer modeling suggests the water may actually be pushing the ice shell along, possibly speeding up and slowing down the rotation of the moon’s icy shell over time.
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NASA, SpaceX Dragon Deliver Heart Studies, More to Space Station
NASA’s latest cargo shipment to the International Space Station launched March 14 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX’s 27th resupply mission for the agency carried more than 6,200 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo.
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