NASA Completes Another RS-25 Engine Test, Proceeds with Flight Certification
Engineers tested an RS-25 flight engine for NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center Oct. 19. The engine was successfully tested to full duration — 500 seconds. With data from this and prior tests, NASA is proceeding with flight certification for the RS-25 for use on SLS flights. More than 1,500 people observed the test as part of the Stennis Founders Day Open House.
NASA’s Marshall Center Celebrates International Observe the Moon Night
Saturday, Oct. 28, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. the public and media are invited to attend the 7th annual International Observe the Moon Night celebration with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The free event, held at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will include Moon-related and solar system exhibits and hands-on activities.
Space Community Descends on Huntsville for Annual von Braun Symposium
The aerospace industry gathered in Huntsville, Alabama, this week for the 2017 Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium. Many NASA leaders, including Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier, Marshall Center Director Todd May and industry and academic experts shared perspectives on space exploration and space policy insights.
Astronauts Complete Third and Final October Spacewalk on Space Station
NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik and Joe Acaba successfully completed the third and final International Space Station spacewalk of the month Oct. 20. The two installed a new camera system on the Canadarm2 robotic arm’s latching end effector, an HD camera on the starboard truss of the station and replaced a fuse on the Dextre robotic arm extension.
(Video 4:18) A Display of Lights Above the Storm
Researchers are using the unique perspective of the International Space Station to study Transient Luminous Events, or flashes and glows that appear above storms, to gain a better understanding of lightning and thunderstorms, how they form and develop over time and much more.
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