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this week at nasa

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the orion crew capsule as it completed

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the last in a series of water drop tests

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at the langley research center's hydro

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testing of the 18 thousand pound capsule

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which began last summer simulates

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various water landing scenarios this one

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represented a worst case landing in

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rough seas after a launch aboard the

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test impact condition simulated all

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parachutes being deployed as the capsule

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traveling about 47 miles per hour hits

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the water at an extreme angle before

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rolling over into what's called the

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stable two position

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as with the apollo capsule orion will

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have an onboard uprighting system this

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type of scenario is highly unlikely

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during actual vehicle operation but is

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essential for the orion's validation as

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nasa's next steep space exploration

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vehicle to carry astronauts beyond low

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at this time the

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reconfiguration of the spacecraft for

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the post loi configuration has begun

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and that will continue with rearing of

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fall protection the project team at the

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jet propulsion lab reacts to telemetry

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reporting that the first of nasa's twin

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grail spacecraft has achieved lunar

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the gravity recovery and interior

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laboratory missions a spacecraft reached

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eastern new year's eve followed by grail

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grail data will enable scientists to

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better understand the moon's

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gravitational field as well as what goes

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on below its surface

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those crest to core data are also

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expected to increase our knowledge about

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how earth and its rocky neighbors in the

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inner solar system developed into the

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this year's season of first for

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inspiration and recognition of science

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and technology kicks off this week with

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some 60 000 high school students will

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buy for college scholarships using

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robots built in six weeks from a common

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kit of parts

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the finalists of the 2400 competing

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teams will meet at the first

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championships in april at the edward

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jones dome in st louis

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leaders from more than 70 aerospace

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companies attended the space launch

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system's advanced booster industry day

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held at the marshall space flight center

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nasa is seeking proposals from the

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aerospace industry for engineering

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demonstrations and or strategies to

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reduce risk on an advanced booster for

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the sls

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marshall is leading the design and

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development of the sls the new heavy

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lift launch vehicle that'll propel the

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orion crew vehicle on new missions of

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in case you missed it here's your chance

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to marvel at the unprecedented imagery

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of comet lovejoy captured in late

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december by expedition 30 commander dan

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burbank from the international space

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station's cupola

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burbank described what he saw in an

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interview with detroit's wdiv tv but

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it's probably the most spectacular thing

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you can imagine and from the vantage

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it's different than seeing it from

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planet earth because there's no

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nasa's dryden flight research center

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recently completed a study at edwards

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air force base in southern california

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designed to gauge public attitudes

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towards sonic booms

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rolling in three two one now

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the waveforms and sonic boom perception

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and response project gather data from

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more than a hundred volunteer edwards

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residents about their reactions to low

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aircraft with whisper we're trying to

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get a read back from the people on the

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ground to some kind of annoyance level

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how annoying was this low boom how

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annoying was this more moderate

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nasa and industry are working on

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technology that will reduce the noise

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and annoyance associated with sonic

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booms so they won't disturb the piece

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aviation and governmental authorities

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may then consider lifting current

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prohibitions on aircraft flying over

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stipulating what kind of sonic booms can

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rule is no sonic boom's overlaying

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data from the recent study will be a

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valuable guide for future public

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perception studies in communities that

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with sonic booms eventually we want to

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take this to a broader level where

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people that's never heard of sonic boom

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the research was sponsored by the

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supersonics project and nasa's

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directorate's fundamental aeronautics

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and liftoff of the atlas 5 with

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curiosity see nasa's car-sized curiosity

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rover may be on cruise control to mars

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but that doesn't mean it's not working

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hard along the eight-month-long trip

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the mars science laboratory rover is

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busy monitoring space radiation with its

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radiation assessment detector or rad

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the instrument detects high energy

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atomic and subatomic particles from the

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distant supernovas and other sources

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that might impact humans on future long

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so measuring the radiation environment

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that rad will measure for the first time

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spacecraft which will be very similar to

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the environment that a future astronaut

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officials from nasa's johnson space

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center and texas a m university signed

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an agreement certifying the transfer of

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the space shuttle launch and landing

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trainer the shuttle motion simulator to

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facilities for future generations of

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engineers we're counting on all those

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bright minds those young people with the

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big ideas and the dreams and the

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willingness to work hard to turn them

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into realities we're counting on it and

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looking forward to it the shuttle motion

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simulator began operations at jsc in

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1977 and was used in training for all

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nasa astronaut barry butch wilmore

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celebrated the holidays by participating

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in pregame ceremonies of the clash of

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his hometown tennessee titans with the

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visiting jacksonville jaguars in

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wilmore who was selected as a pilot by

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nasa in 2000 was honored with this

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jumbotron video at lp field

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wilmore made other appearances in the

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nashville area to spread holiday cheer

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and share his experiences aboard space

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shuttle atlantis and the international

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spatial atlantis on a 10-day mission to

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15 years ago on january 12 1997

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the crew of space shuttle atlantis

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about 66 hours later atlantis made the

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sts-81's 10-day mission brought home

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among the seven-person atlantis crew was

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mission specialist john grunsfeld who's

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nasa's science mission directorate

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and that's this week at nasa