1 00:00:00,770 --> 00:00:08,830 This Week at NASAÖ 2 00:00:08,830 --> 00:00:16,450 ìIt is my privilege today to be here to share NASA's Fiscal Year 2013 budget.î 3 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:21,090 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Chief Financial Officer Beth Robinson 4 00:00:21,090 --> 00:00:26,540 outlined the presidentís Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal for NASA during a news 5 00:00:26,540 --> 00:00:28,780 conference at NASA Headquarters. 6 00:00:28,780 --> 00:00:33,540 The proposed budget would enable NASA to continue the space exploration program 7 00:00:33,540 --> 00:00:38,660 envisioned by President Obama, one that creates jobs and spurs the American 8 00:00:38,660 --> 00:00:43,940 economy well into the future while sending us farther into space than ever before. 9 00:00:43,940 --> 00:00:49,059 ìWeíve made steady and tangible progress on the next-generation deep space crew 10 00:00:49,059 --> 00:00:53,570 capsule and our new heavy lift rocket that will launch astronauts on journeys to 11 00:00:53,570 --> 00:00:57,110 destinations farther in our solar system. 12 00:00:57,110 --> 00:00:59,730 Those priorities are funded in this budget. 13 00:00:59,730 --> 00:01:04,699 Already we've been doing test firings of the J-2X engine that will power the heavy lift's 14 00:01:04,699 --> 00:01:06,289 upper stage. 15 00:01:06,289 --> 00:01:11,340 Orion has undergone water drop tests for its eventual ocean landings. 16 00:01:11,340 --> 00:01:14,929 Funding is included in this budget to keep this important work going.î 17 00:01:14,929 --> 00:01:27,579 20-12ís first test of the J-2X, NASAís first human-rated engine to be developed in 40 18 00:01:27,579 --> 00:01:30,170 years is in the books. 19 00:01:30,170 --> 00:01:33,560 Engineers at the Stennis Space Center conducted a short, 1- 20 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,119 point-8 second test firing of the J-2X powerpack. 21 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:40,939 The powerpack comprises components on the top portion of the engine 22 00:01:40,939 --> 00:01:46,530 designed to generate the thrust needed to power the upper stage of NASA's Space Launch 23 00:01:46,530 --> 00:01:50,679 System, the next-generation heavy- lift launch vehicle that will be capable of 24 00:01:50,679 --> 00:01:52,520 missions beyond low-Earth orbit. 25 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:57,520 ìItís a pretty important test., we have had the facility down for almost two years. 26 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:01,459 So the first test allows us to get the facility up 27 00:02:01,459 --> 00:02:05,929 and operational and to make sure that it can do 28 00:02:05,929 --> 00:02:10,280 the things that itís supposed to do to support the J-2X Powerpack test.î 29 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,700 Stennis is planning to conduct about a dozen tests on the powerpack from now 30 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:19,470 through this summer. 31 00:02:19,470 --> 00:02:24,090 The Expedition 30 crew conducted the International Space Stationís 30th Russian- 32 00:02:24,090 --> 00:02:25,950 based spacewalk. 33 00:02:25,950 --> 00:02:30,560 Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov spent a total 34 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:35,950 of 6-hours, 15-minutes completing a variety of work on the orbiting outpost. 35 00:02:35,950 --> 00:02:39,200 The duo moved one of two ìStrelaî cargo cranes from 36 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:44,340 the Pirs Docking Compartment to the Poisk Mini-Research module, and installed 37 00:02:44,340 --> 00:02:49,400 a Materials Sample Experiment, which will investigate the effects of space on the mechanical 38 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,650 properties of those materials. 39 00:02:51,650 --> 00:02:56,090 The pair was unable to complete all of the originally planned work ñ including the 40 00:02:56,090 --> 00:03:00,670 installation of five protective shields on the Zvezda Service Module. 41 00:03:00,670 --> 00:03:07,150 This was the third spacewalk for Kononenko and the first for Shkaplerov. 42 00:03:07,150 --> 00:03:11,640 ìSo man meets machine aboard the International Space Station.î 43 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:14,400 Another first inside the Space Station. 44 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:19,490 Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Robonaut completed the first handshake between 45 00:03:19,490 --> 00:03:22,980 a humanoid robot and an astronaut in space. 46 00:03:22,980 --> 00:03:26,980 The historic milestone took place during a two-day checkout of Robonautís 47 00:03:26,980 --> 00:03:29,260 joints, hands and fingers. 48 00:03:29,260 --> 00:03:32,040 Robonaut is designed with the dexterity to complete work in 49 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,540 space typically performed by humans. 50 00:03:35,540 --> 00:03:40,830 Designed at The Johnson Space Center, Robonaut was launched to the station on STS-133, 51 00:03:40,830 --> 00:03:46,970 the final flight of space shuttle Discovery. 52 00:03:46,970 --> 00:03:52,380 A special Valentineís Day treat for space fans in the Washington D.C. area. 53 00:03:52,380 --> 00:03:55,900 Three NASA astronauts from recent ISS expeditions 54 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:59,910 shared experiences from those missions ñ complete with pictures. 55 00:03:59,910 --> 00:04:03,610 A captive Headquarters audience heard from flight engineers 56 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:10,400 Cady Coleman, of Expedition 26/27, Ron Garan of Expedition 27/28, and Mike 57 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:15,050 Fossum, an Expedition 28 Flight Engineer and Commander of Expedition 29. 58 00:04:15,050 --> 00:04:20,590 ìSo weíre really excited to come to Washington today and to NASA Headquarters to say 59 00:04:20,590 --> 00:04:24,340 thanks to all of the people here that helped make this possible ñ that have worked for 60 00:04:24,340 --> 00:04:27,310 so many decades on the International Space Station 61 00:04:27,310 --> 00:04:31,719 program and to now really see it come into life.î 62 00:04:31,719 --> 00:04:35,770 ìFor me, if I couldíve packed up my whole family and brought them, and Iím actually 63 00:04:35,770 --> 00:04:40,090 taking this quote from Don Pettit who is up there, I wouldíve brought them. 64 00:04:40,090 --> 00:04:43,159 Thereís actually no reason for people not to live 65 00:04:43,159 --> 00:04:46,599 there just all the time.î 66 00:04:46,599 --> 00:04:51,210 The astronauts participated in several other events later that day, including a Tweet-up 67 00:04:51,210 --> 00:04:55,669 at NASA Headquarters with Garan, a presentation by Coleman and Fossum at the 68 00:04:55,669 --> 00:05:00,231 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and an appearance by all three at The 69 00:05:00,231 --> 00:05:05,059 University of Maryland in College Park. 70 00:05:05,059 --> 00:05:09,180 If you enjoyed the ìSaturday Morning Scienceî demonstrations performed by astronaut 71 00:05:09,180 --> 00:05:14,430 Don Pettit during his previous space missions ñ Pettit, now a member of the 72 00:05:14,430 --> 00:05:16,499 Expedition 30 crew is back at it again. 73 00:05:16,499 --> 00:05:19,539 ìIím going to take a syringe with a little Teflon cannula. 74 00:05:19,539 --> 00:05:24,680 Iím going to squirt drops of water out and look what happens when those drops 75 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,770 of water get close to that charged knitting needle.î 76 00:05:27,770 --> 00:05:32,319 NASA and the American Physical Society have partnered to share unique videos of 77 00:05:32,319 --> 00:05:38,240 Pettit using everyday objects to demonstrate physics in his new series, ìScience Off 78 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,370 the Sphere." 79 00:05:39,370 --> 00:05:44,150 The videos will be posted on the APS Website, Physics Central. 80 00:05:44,150 --> 00:05:47,270 Winners providing answers to challenge questions posed 81 00:05:47,270 --> 00:05:54,689 during the series will be recognized by Pettit during a future episode from space. 82 00:05:54,689 --> 00:05:59,099 The Glenn Research Center recently hosted media representatives at its Space Power 83 00:05:59,099 --> 00:06:00,099 Facility. 84 00:06:00,099 --> 00:06:05,219 There, inside the clean room High Bay facility, a new communications test bed 85 00:06:05,219 --> 00:06:10,969 thatíll fly on the International Space Station was going through its checkout. 86 00:06:10,969 --> 00:06:14,289 The Space Communications and Navigation, or SCaN 87 00:06:14,289 --> 00:06:20,809 test bed will be the first space hardware for exploring the promise of software-defined 88 00:06:20,809 --> 00:06:22,050 radio technology. 89 00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:26,840 ìThe interesting part of this SCAN test bed are its three software defined radios. 90 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:29,349 These are radios that can be completely reconfigured 91 00:06:29,349 --> 00:06:32,029 on orbit by software. 92 00:06:32,029 --> 00:06:35,479 That means new operating environments, new applications that 93 00:06:35,479 --> 00:06:38,439 will change the characteristics of how it communicates.î 94 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:43,741 After crating in a special container provided by the Kennedy Space Center, the SCaN 95 00:06:43,741 --> 00:06:49,620 test bed will be sent to Japanís Tanegashima Space Center for its scheduled launch to 96 00:06:49,620 --> 00:06:54,250 the ISS later this year. 97 00:06:54,250 --> 00:06:58,150 In recognition of the contributions by African-Americans to the cause of space 98 00:06:58,150 --> 00:07:04,539 exploration, This Week @NASA profiles Karen Harper, IT Workforce Manager for the 99 00:07:04,539 --> 00:07:09,449 Office of the Chief Information Officer at NASA Headquarters. 100 00:07:09,449 --> 00:07:13,689 ìGood morning this is Karen Harper, how may I help you?î 101 00:07:13,689 --> 00:07:19,930 ìThe responsibility that I have within the office of the CIO is to look at their IT workforce 102 00:07:19,930 --> 00:07:26,979 and make sure that we have the appropriate competencies to do the job within the IT 103 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:28,300 community for the agency.î 104 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:35,139 ìIn that is looking at workforce analysis, workforce gaps in terms of the IT community 105 00:07:35,139 --> 00:07:37,340 and then being able to make recommendations to 106 00:07:37,340 --> 00:07:42,790 the CIO where we perceive to be gaps and how we can plan for the future and the next 107 00:07:42,790 --> 00:07:46,970 generation of workers -- the IT workers within NASA.î 108 00:07:46,970 --> 00:07:55,279 ìI started out with the Air Force in human resource management, so that prepared me for 109 00:07:55,279 --> 00:07:58,909 13, 14 years -- looking at the workforceî 110 00:07:58,909 --> 00:08:06,869 ìStarting in 1995 I started working for Glenn Research Center as the legislative liaison 111 00:08:06,869 --> 00:08:13,389 officer for the center director, and in that position I had the opportunity to help advocate 112 00:08:13,389 --> 00:08:18,240 the technology, the importance of the NASA Center within and throughout the state of 113 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:19,240 Ohio.î 114 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:20,240 ìSee if you can take a look at the data here and see if it compares to what we were 115 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,240 talking about.î 116 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:26,509 ìMentoring touches my heart and it's because when I was growing up, other than having 117 00:08:26,509 --> 00:08:31,979 a very loving family - I did not have any mentoring relationships. 118 00:08:31,979 --> 00:08:35,930 I was discouraged by a guidance counselor that told me I was not 119 00:08:35,930 --> 00:08:36,930 college material. 120 00:08:36,930 --> 00:08:41,580 It went to a deep place for me to prove that I could go to college (that) 121 00:08:41,580 --> 00:08:43,190 I was college material. 122 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:47,000 I did graduate -- went on to pursue my masters.î 123 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:56,880 ìI think for a young person to be prepared, they need to get engaged in STEM disciplines 124 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:02,450 and understand the value, of math and science in preparing yourself in whatever career 125 00:09:02,450 --> 00:09:05,270 that you choose.î 126 00:09:05,270 --> 00:09:12,640 Thirty-five years ago, on February 18, 19-77, Enterprise ñ the first space shuttle orbiter, 127 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,990 completed its first flight test at the Dryden Flight Research Center. 128 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:22,440 Constructed without an engine, Enterprise was mounted atop a Boeing 747 Shuttle 129 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:28,100 Carrier Aircraft to measure structural integrity, handling qualities and other capabilities 130 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:30,680 prior to atmospheric flight. 131 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:35,380 Enterprise never flew in space, but it was crucial to the Space Shuttle program. 132 00:09:35,380 --> 00:09:38,020 The approach and landing tests it performed that 133 00:09:38,020 --> 00:09:43,690 year demonstrated that the orbiter could fly in the atmosphere and land like an airplane, 134 00:09:43,690 --> 00:09:46,560 except without power ñ like a glider. 135 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:54,980 Enterprise was named for the starship on the popular television series, ìStar Trek.î 136 00:09:54,980 --> 00:10:01,250 ì3-2-1 Öî And February 20th is the 50th anniversary 137 00:10:01,250 --> 00:10:05,380 of John Glennís historic flight aboard Friendship 7. 138 00:10:05,380 --> 00:10:10,150 On that flight, Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, circling 139 00:10:10,150 --> 00:10:12,150 the globe three times. 140 00:10:12,150 --> 00:10:15,550 As he passed over Perth, Western Australia, residents there 141 00:10:15,550 --> 00:10:20,870 turned on house lights and street lights, earning Perth the nickname, ìThe City of 142 00:10:20,870 --> 00:10:21,870 Lightî. 143 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:25,211 There were some tense moments near the end of the 4 hour- 55 minute 144 00:10:25,211 --> 00:10:30,150 Mercury mission, as flight controllers could not determine if the capsuleís heat shield 145 00:10:30,150 --> 00:10:32,710 was intact during re-entry. 146 00:10:32,710 --> 00:10:35,900 But the capsule returned to Earth without incident. 147 00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:39,300 Glenn was later celebrated as a national hero during 148 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:42,710 a ticker-tape parade in New York City. 149 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:44,690 And thatís This Week @ NASA! 150 00:10:44,690 --> 00:10:49,930 For more on these and other stories, or to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and other