Week of January 22 – January 26, 2018
(VIDEO 2:19) NASA Hardware Flips for the First SLS Flight
Watch in 360 degrees as engineers flip the Orion stage adapter for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System. Built at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the adapter will join NASA’s Orion spacecraft to the in-space stage that will give Orion the big in-space boost to fly thousands of miles beyond the Moon.
Spinoff 2018 Highlights Space Technology Improving Life on Earth
The 2018 edition of NASA’s annual Spinoff publication, features 49 technologies the agency helped create that are used in almost every facet of modern life. These include innovations that help find disaster survivors trapped under rubble, purify air and surfaces to stop the spread of germs, and test new materials for everything from airplanes to athletic shoes.
NASA Astronauts Wrap Up First Spacewalk of 2018
International Space Station Expedition 54 Flight Engineers Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle completed the year’s first spacewalk this week, replacing a Latching End Effector on the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2. Vande Hei will venture outside the station again next week with Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai.
NASA Pauses to Remember Those Lost in Quest of Space Exploration
On Jan. 25, NASA paused to pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, during the agency’s annual Day of Remembrance.
What Scientists Can Learn About the Moon During the Jan. 31 Eclipse
The lunar eclipse on Jan. 31 will give a team of scientists a special opportunity to study the Moon using the astronomer’s equivalent of a heat-sensing, or thermal, camera. Three lunar events will come together in an unusual overlap that’s being playfully called a super blue blood moon.
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