Week of Feb. 20 – Feb. 24, 2017
(Video 7:01) A Rainbow View of NASA’s RS-25 Engine Test
An aerial drone captured amazing new views of the Feb. 22 rocket engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. In addition to the test’s powerful smoke and fire, the drone caught spectacular views of a rainbow created by the test. The test of an RS-25 engine that will help power NASA’s Space Launch System, completed the scheduled 380 seconds allowing engineers to monitor various engine operating conditions.
(Video 22:00) NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams Discusses Time in Space and Marshall Training Complex
Astronaut Jeff Williams visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center this week and participated in a Facebook Live at the Payload Operation Integration Center‘s laboratory training complex where he discussed his time aboard the International Space Station. While in orbit, Williams conducted various scientific experiments, working with Marshall flight controllers.
Marshall Highlights Partnerships with Small Business, Minority Colleges
A pair of Marshall-hosted events this week highlighting the importance of partnerships with historically black colleges and the critical role small businesses play in the success of NASA’s missions. Check out Marshall’s Facebook for photos of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Serving Institutions Partnerships Meeting and the Small Business Alliance Meeting.
NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water.
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