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In Case You Missed It: A Weekly Summary of Top Content from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

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Beth Ridgeway

Mar 07, 2019
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Week of Mar. 4 – 8, 2019

RS-25 Engine Fired At Highest Power Level, Four Times Longer Than Prior Tests

NASA marked yet another milestone in preparations for the first mission of its new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Feb. 28.
NASA marked yet another milestone in preparations for the first mission of its new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Feb. 28, conducting an RS-25 engine test at its highest power level for an extended period of time. Credits: NASA

NASA marked yet another milestone in preparations for the first mission of its new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Feb. 28, conducting an RS-25 engine test at its highest power level for an extended period of time. The 500-second test was conducted on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. 

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Demo-1 Mission March 2

NASA marked yet another milestone in preparations for the first mission of its new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Feb. 28.
NASA marked yet another milestone in preparations for the first mission of its new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Feb. 28. Credits: NASA

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on its way to the International Space Station on March 2. The Demo-1 mission, launched at 1:49 a.m. CST, was the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Vice President Mike Pence Calls International Space Station

Vice President Mike Pence and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called up to the Expedition 58 crew today from NASA HQ.
Vice President Mike Pence and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called up to the Expedition 58 crew today from NASA Headquarters Space Operations Center in Washington, D.C.. Credits: NASA

Vice President Mike Pence and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called up to the Expedition 58 crew Wednesday, March 6. Astronauts Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques were on hand to talk about their mission success and the arrival of the first Commercial Crew vehicle, the SpaceX Crew Dragon.

Wheelin’ Around Wheeler Dam: Transporting the Saturn I

On Aug. 5, 1961, the first flight stage of the Saturn I rocket was transported around Wheeler Dam due to a failure in the dam.
On Aug. 5, 1961, the first flight stage of the Saturn I rocket was transported around Wheeler Dam due to a failure in the dam two months earlier. Credits: NASA

In 1961, a broken dam in Alabama threatened to hold up the first launch of the Saturn I rocket. Up against the clock to get critical flight hardware to Cape Canaveral, Florida, to keep alive the goal of landing man on the Moon by the end of the decade, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville had to get a bit creative.

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