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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

Jul 24, 2020
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Week of July 20-24

Artemis II text video for #ICYMI July 24, 2020

NASA Building SLS Rocket Core Stage for Artemis II

Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans are building the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in NASA’s Artemis program. The SLS rocket’s 212-foot-tall core stage provides more than 2 million pounds of thrust to help send astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft around the Moon.

Caleb Fasset for #ICYMI July 24, 2020

Meet Marshall’s Caleb Fassett, Who Discovered Next Mars Rover Landing Site

Next week, NASA’s Perseverance Rover will begin its six-month journey to Mars’ Jezero Crater – thanks in part to a discovery made more than 15 years ago by planetary scientist Caleb Fassett of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Centennial Challenges video for #ICYMI July 24, 2020

Centennial Challenges Celebrates Marshall’s 60th

Marshall has been home to NASA’s Centennial Challenges program for 10 years. Centennial created a video to celebrate Marshall’s 60th anniversary and to thank the center for its help in challenging Americans to ask, “What if?”

Jovian Moon for #ICYMI July 24, 2020
The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period (Feb. 24, 2015). While some of the strands fell back into the Sun, a substantial part raced into space in a bright cloud of particles (as observed by the SOHO spacecraft). The activity was captured in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. Because this occurred way over near the edge of the Sun, it was unlikely to have any effect on Earth. Credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
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Juno Takes First Images of Jovian Moon Ganymede’s North Pole

On its way inbound for a 2019 flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew in the proximity of the north pole of the moon Ganymede. The infrared imagery collected by the spacecraft provides the first infrared mapping of the massive moon’s northern frontier. Juno is part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed at Marshall.

Mentor Protege Program for #ICYMI July 24, 2020

NASA Mentor-Protégé Program Cultivates Space Industry Firms’ Skills, Know-how – and Talent Pool

NASA’s Mentor-Protégé Program facilitates agreements between the agency’s large contractors and eligible small businesses and academic institutions. In 2019, NASA appointed Marshall’s small business office to lead the program. Marshall is a five-time recipient of the NASA Small Business Administrator’s Cup, which is presented to the field center with the best overall small business program.

For more information or to learn about other happenings at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, visit NASA Marshall. For past issues of the ICYMI newsletter, click here.