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here's some of the stories trending this

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week at nasa

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nasa's newest astronaut class was in

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washington d.c recently discussing the

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future of human exploration and stem

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education at the annual white house

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state of science technology engineering

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and math address hosted by presidential

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science advisor john holdren

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the astronaut candidates shared advice

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and insight with some students at the

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event

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later with nasa's head of education and

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former astronaut leland melvin they

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interacted with more students at a

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smithsonian national air and space

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museum event that included a live

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conversation with the international

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space station crew

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the astronaut trainees who also visited

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goddard in maryland and langley in

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virginia could play key roles in nasa's

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vision to send astronauts beyond the

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moon to an asteroid redirect mission and

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on to mars

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outside the international space station

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russian cosmonauts oleg kotov and sergey

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ryazanskiy successfully completed a

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spacewalk to reinstall and activate a

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pair of cameras designed to downlink

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earth views for a commercial venture

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between a canadian firm and the russian

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federal space agency

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the spacewalk followed up the

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unsuccessful initial attempt to fully

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install the cameras on december 27th

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the first round of tests are underway at

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marshall space flight center on a scale

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model of the space launch system to

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study how low and high frequency sound

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waves affect the rocket while it's on

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the launch pad

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sound from rocket engines and boosters

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can impact a rocket and its crew

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especially at liftoff the testing will

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help verify the rocket's design and be

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used to develop an effective system to

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suppress the sound

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nasa's lunar atmosphere and dust

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environment explorer orladi mission has

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been extended to april 21st the

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extension gives the satellite which has

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been orbiting the moon since october 6th

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time to gather additional low altitude

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data on the chemical composition of the

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moon's atmosphere to help researchers

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better understand other planetary bodies

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in the solar system

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officials and researchers previewed the

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upcoming global precipitation

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measurement core observatory mission and

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its science during briefings at goddard

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space flight center

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a joint effort between nasa and the

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japan aerospace exploration agency gpm

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is scheduled to launch from japan

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february 27th

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the mission's next generation

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measurements of rain and snowfall from

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space will usher in a new era of global

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weather observing and climate science

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january 31st was nasa's day of

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remembrance honoring the fallen heroes

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of apollo 1

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challenger and colombia and all members

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of the nasa family who lost their lives

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furthering the cause of exploration and

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discovery

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administrator charlie bolden took part

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in a wreath lane at arlington national

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cemetery joining others at nasa centers

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around the country in commemorating the

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annual observance

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and that's what's up this week at nasa

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