Week of Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 2018
SLS Engineer ‘Just Keeps Swimming’
An engineer for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and avid long-distance swimmer, Jessica Wood faces challenges both big and small by telling herself to “just keep swimming,” an inspiring message from Disney’s Finding Nemo.
Parker Solar Probe Breaks Record, Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Sun
Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the Sun by a human-made object. The spacecraft passed the current record of 26.55 million miles from the Sun’s surface Oct. 29, at about 1:04 p.m. EDT.
Scientists Take a New Look at Protecting Vision in Space
Joint research on the International Space Station by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is the first to establish that there are significant changes in the protein composition of the eye in microgravity, which could play role in impairing vision in space.
OSIRIS-REx Captures ‘Super-Resolution’ View of Bennu
OSIRIS-Rex reached another milestone this week as it completed its third Asteroid Approach Maneuver and captured a super resolution view of its target asteroid, Bennu.
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