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"Here's some of the stories trending This
Week at NASA!"

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NASA's Cassini spacecraft and the agency's
Deep Space Network have yielded evidence that

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a large underground ocean of water does indeed
exist on Saturn's moon Enceladus -- a theory

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formulated in 2005.

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Radio frequency and gravity measurements taken
as Cassini flies by the moon suggest a large,

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possibly regional ocean about 6 miles deep,
situated beneath an ice shell about 19 to

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25 miles thick.

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Evidence of the below-ground ocean validates
the inclusion of Enceladus to the list of

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possible places in our solar system to contain
microbial life.

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Having completed all its main mission objectives...

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NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment
Explorer or LADEE spacecraft is in the extended

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phase of its mission -- orbiting a mile or
two above the surface of our moon.

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LADEE is in this super-low orbit to gather
valuable clues about the moon's dust environment

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and its tenuous atmosphere, known as an exosphere.

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Per planning, the mission will end when LADEE
impacts the moon's surface sometime between

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now and late April.

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During a Women's History Month event in Northern
Virginia, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden

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spoke to members of Women in Aerospace about
the contributions women have made to the American

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aerospace industry and how NASA continues
to benefit from the work of women across the

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agency.

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He also thanked the organization for promoting
science, technology, engineering and math,

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or STEM programs and encouraged continued
support of NASA's proposed Fiscal Year 2015

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budget -- to help the agency maintain its
leadership in science and aerospace technology.

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Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot also
discussed the budget --- at a meeting with

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employees at Langley Research Center.

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During the visit, Lightfoot and new Chief
Technologist David Miller also viewed the

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hardware for the Stratospheric Aerosol and
Gas Experiment III on ISS -- or "Sage-3" experiment.

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Scheduled to launch to the International Space
Station on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in early

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2015, Sage-3 will measure ozone, water vapor
and aerosols in Earth's atmosphere.

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At the Spring 2014 Aeronautics and Space Engineering
Board meetings in Washington, Administrator

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Bolden gave an update on NASA's big picture
activities and plans under the FY15 budget

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request.

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Meanwhile, several other agency officials
spoke about NASA activities in specific areas

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-- including Aeronautics Research, Space Technology
and Science.

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The ASEB was established in 1967 to focus
talents and energies of the engineering community

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on significant aerospace policies, programs
and issues of national importance.

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During an event at NASA headquarters, a group
of international students in a global fellowship

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program presented studies they put together,
using satellite data and mapping technologies,

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to address climate change impacts in their
regions.

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Sponsored by NASA, the U.S. Agency for International
Development and the Association of American

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Geographers, the My Community, Our Earth / SERVIR
program supports long-term training of young

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scholars in the use of space-based observations,
to address climate change issues in developing

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regions.

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Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana officially
welcomed PaR Systems, Incorporated of Shoreview,

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Minnesota as a new partner during an April
2 ceremony at Cape Canaveral's Hangar N facility.

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NASA wants to retain the unique inventory
of nondestructive test and evaluation equipment

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at the facility and the capability for current
and future mission support.

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PaR Systems will operate Hangar N at its own
expense and perform nondestructive testing

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and other related aerospace, marine and industrial
products services.

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Partnerships between NASA and other organizations
are a key element in Kennedy's transition

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from a historically government-only launch
facility to a multi-user spaceport for both

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government and commercial customers.

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And that's what's up this week @NASA ...