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“Here’s some of the stories trending This
Week at NASA!”

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On Sept. 28, NASA’s Orion spacecraft was
moved from Kennedy Space Center’s Payload

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Hazardous Servicing Facility to its Launch
Abort System Facility, for installation of

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its launch abort system, one of the many critical
safety systems that will be evaluated during

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Orion’s un-crewed Exploration Flight Test
-1, in December.

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NASA’s new deep space capsule is being developed
to safely transport astronauts to and from

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Mars and other destinations on future missions.

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At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United
Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy, the rocket

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that will launch Orion into space on its targeted
December 4th flight test, was moved from the

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Horizontal Integration Facility to the launch
pad at Space Launch Complex 37.

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Following the move, members of the media were
invited to watch as the Delta IV was raised

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to the vertical position.

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Orion also is scheduled to be moved to the
pad in mid-November where it will be hoisted

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atop the Delta IV rocket.

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A press briefing on October 3 at Johnson Space
Center previewed two scheduled U.S. spacewalks

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outside the International Space Station.

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The goals of the October 7 spacewalk by NASA’s
Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst of the European

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Space Agency, include installation of backup
power for the station’s mobile transporter,

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while the October 15 spacewalk by Wiseman
and fellow NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore is

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designed to replace a voltage regulator for
the station’s power system.

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While attending the International Astronautical
Congress in Toronto, Canada on September 30,

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NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and Indian
Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan

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signed agreements to discuss future joint
exploration of Mars and a joint satellite

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to observe Earth’s changing ice cover, ecosystem
and solid surface.

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A helicopter crash test at Langley Research
Center on October 1, was the second in a year

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for a project being conducted by NASA and
other U.S. and international government agencies.

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The Transport Rotorcraft Airframe Crash Test
Bed full-scale crash test involved dropping

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a helicopter fuselage from a height of 30-feet.

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Data and imagery recorded during the test
will be used to help develop safer, more efficient

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helicopters.

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Administrator Bolden recently helped kick-off
the 2014 Combined Federal Campaign of the

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National Capital Area during an event at the
agency's headquarters in Washington.

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Each year, donations from NASA employees make
a positive impact on the lives of others who

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are less fortunate.

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This year, there are more than 25,000 approved
local, national and international charities

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to which employees around the agency can donate.

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The campaign ends December 15.

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In recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness
Month, which began October 1, NASA’s Associate

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Administrator Robert Lightfoot participated
in a kick-off event at NASA Headquarters – to

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stress for employees, the importance of online
security in protecting NASA and personal assets.

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Agency workers are encouraged to STOP and
THINK before they CONNECT and go online.

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And that’s what’s up this week @NASA …