Week of Oct. 17 – Oct. 21, 2016
White House Instagram Highlights Space Launch System Photo
Last week, the White House posted a photo with the caption “Have you heard? We’re on a journey to Mars, and we’re building the world’s most powerful rocket to take us there!” The photo featured a liquid hydrogen tank being built for NASA’s Space Launch System at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
Special Deliveries: Crew, Science and Supplies Launched to Space Station
This week, a pair of launches sent new crew members and cargo to the International Space Station. An Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft launched Oct. 17 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility carrying new investigations and supplies, and a Russian Soyuz rocket launched Oct. 19 carrying NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and a pair of cosmonauts.
Reducing Risk is Lifelong Pursuit for New NASA Marshall Center Safety Chief
Rick Burt’s first engineering and safety lessons came as a child, one of two sons working on the family’s small farm near Columbia, Tennessee. His dad’s strict curriculum still resonates with him every single day as the director of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
(Video 3:29) Marshall’s Gustavo Martinez Profiled for Hispanic Heritage Month
A first-generation American of Mexican descent, propulsion engineer Gustavo Martinez aspired to work for NASA at a young age and now works in the Liquid Engine System Branch of Marshall’s Propulsion Systems Department supporting RS-25 engine systems analysis and test preparations for SLS.
Teams Selected for 2017 Student Launch Rocket Challenge
NASA has selected 60 student teams from 23 states to participate in the 2016-2017 NASA Student Launch challenge, to be held April 5-9, 2017. Student Launch is an eight-month-long activity, offering middle school to college-aged students a chance to design, build and launch high-powered, reusable rockets to one-mile-above ground level.
Discovering the Treasures in Chandra’s Archives
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory’s Data Archive is a sophisticated digital system containing all of the data obtained by the telescope since its launch into space in 1999. The Chandra team celebrated American Archive Month by releasing a collection of images using X-ray data to remind the science community and the public of this rich resource.
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