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2015 was a great
year for Marshall,

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and for space exploration.

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Over the past year we've
supported the one year crew

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mission with
Commander Scott Kelly.

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The space launch system team has
made great progress this year.

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The time is now to drive
up the technologies that

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will take us to Mars.

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Our team is advancing
propulsion technologies

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and life support systems
that will make deep space

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exploration possible.

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Getting the world's largest
rocket off the ground

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requires serious lift.

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We've just completed our
critical design review,

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we are testing
engines and boosters,

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and we're making great advances
in avionics, and software,

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and manufacturing components
all over the country.

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New technologies that help with
lighter, higher performance

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and more affordable,
large structures

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have been tested and
developed here at Marshall.

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The Chandra
Observatory continues

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to write and rewrite textbooks.

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Recently, the
surface of Pluto has

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been revealed by the
New Horizon spacecraft,

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and we've recently
launched a new severe node,

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which uses satellite imagery
to help with natural disasters.

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We support the
crew in the science

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experiments 24 hours a
day, seven days a week,

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365 days a year.

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We've actually printed 21 parts
in space-- first parts ever

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printed-- and we've analyzed and
tested those, and compared them

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to the parts printed
on the ground.

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And we've incorporated
those lessons

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learned for the next periods
of print on space stations.

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What we're learning through
our one year crew mission

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will enable us to go further
on our mission to Mars.

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Scores of tests, nodes,
dynamics, wind tunnels,

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structure, avionics, software.

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These are helping us build the
safest rocket for the crew.

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Through our major
STEM activities,

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the Rover challenge,
and student launch,

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plus the Centennial
Challenge competition,

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we've reached thousands
of competitors.

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NASA is working closely
with companies, acadamia,

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and other government
entities in order

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to leverage these technology
advancements within the budget

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and the schedule that we have.

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With all the innovation, and
progress, and discoveries,

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it was a great year.