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This Week at NASA...

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"3-2-1 ... we have ignition, we have liftoff."

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Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus cargo
craft launched aboard the company's Antares

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rocket from Wallops Flight Facility on a demonstration
mission to the International Space Station.

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"The International Space Station is our key
piece right now for human exploration.

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With this successful mission, super-excited
about what that opens up for us as an agency."

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The Cygnus demo mission is part of NASA's
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services

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program to develop viable partnerships to
resupply the space station.

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At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,
Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov

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and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the
Russian Federal Space Agency and NASA Flight

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Engineer Michael Hopkins continued preparations
for their September 26 launch to the International

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Space Station.

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They'll join Expedition 37 Commander Fyodor
Yurchikin, NASA's Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano

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of the European Space Agency onboard the ISS.

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After its longest drive yet, the Mars Curiosity
rover reached an area with exposed layers

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of bedrock, that's being called Darwin.

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Analysis of Darwin may provide evidence of
whether and how water played a role in the

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layering of rocks in this region.

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NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center hosted
its annual Innovation & Technology Day expo

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to showcase pioneering technology being developed
at the Center.

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The expo provides an opportunity for the Marshall
workforce to learn about the work of and collaborate

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with other organizations around the Center.

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This week, NASA joined others in celebration
of National Aerospace Week.

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The annual observance recognizes the contributions
of NASA and others in the aerospace industry

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to America's economy, global competitiveness
and national security.

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NASA continues to develop technologies in
anticipation of emerging global trends in

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the aviation industry.

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In conjunction with an event on Capitol Hill
honoring the Boys and Girls Club of America's

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"Youth of the Year", NASA Associate Administrator
for Education Leland Melvin signed a Space

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Act Agreement forming a partnership with the
organization.

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The event was attended by lawmakers and several
celebrities who grew up as members of the

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Boys and Girls Club and credit the organization
for helping them succeed in life.

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Marshall Space Flight Center hosted a "Business
to Business Forum" in Mobile, Alabama to provide

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area small businesses with information about
doing business with NASA and other federal

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organizations.

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Mobile native and Space Launch System program
manager Todd May was on hand with Astronaut

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Tony Antonelli to discuss the enabling role
of the SLS in of deep space exploration.

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Students at Hardy Middle School in Washington,
D.C., were treated to a high-energy, hip-hop

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physics show -- when FMA Live!

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Forces in Motion kicked off its 2013 season.

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A collaboration between NASA and Honeywell,
the live, interactive ensemble teaches Newton's

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Laws of Motion and Universal Laws of Gravity
using actors, dance, music videos, science

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demonstrations and video interviews with scientists
and engineers.

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"Ah, Roger.

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Liftoff and the clock has started ... reading
you loud and clear."

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NASA has a collection of historic sounds available
for download that you can use for ringtones,

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default computer sounds or anything else you
can imagine.

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So, if you make a mistake on your computer
-- instead of this.

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It could be this.

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"Houston, we've had a problem."

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And that's This Week @NASA.