Week of Feb. 6 – Feb. 10, 2017
(Video 1:31) Tornado Recovery Underway at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility
Recovery efforts are underway at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, which was impacted by a tornado Feb. 7. The facility is currently closed and will remain closed through Feb. 12. Hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft is secure, and no damage from the storm has been identified to hardware or the Pegasus barge.
NASA Selects Top 20 Space Robotics Challenge Teams, Prepares for Final Stage of Competition
NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston and NineSigma, has selected the top 20 teams in the Space Robotics Challenge. Eligible teams will be awarded $15,000 and advance to the final Virtual Competition, which will take place in June. The challenge, part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges program, is a competition to better enable humanoid robots to work alongside and independent of astronauts.
Black Hole Meal Sets Record for Duration and Size
A giant black hole ripped apart a star and then gorged on its remains for about a decade, according to astronomers. This is more than 10 times longer than any observed episode of a star’s death by black hole. Researchers made this discovery using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Swift satellite as well as ESA’s XMM-Newton.
Marshall and the University of North Alabama Sign Space Act Agreement
Officials from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the University of North Alabama in Florence, signed a space act agreement with this week allowing UNA students to gain experience in conducting market analysis and commercialization methods of NASA patents. Check out Marshall’s Facebook album for photos from the event.
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