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

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During his State of the Union address Jan.
20, President Obama emphasized the importance

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of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
or STEM, to maintaining a strong and competitive

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American economy.

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“I want Americans to win the race for the
kinds of discoveries that unleash new jobs

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– pushing out into the Solar System not
just to visit, but to stay.”

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On hand as an invited guest, was NASA astronaut
Scott Kelly.

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“In two months, to prepare us for those
missions, Scott Kelly will begin a year-long

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stay in space.

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Good luck, Captain – and make sure to Instagram
it.”

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The President acknowledged how this and other
NASA research and technology efforts are preparing

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the United States for deep space travel and
returning benefits to humanity.

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The next day, NASA helped highlight and expand
on the STEM messages from the President’s

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address during the White House’s third annual
State of STEM event.

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During the event, NASA Administrator Charlie
Bolden, White House officials, and middle

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and high school students discussed research
happening on the space station as part of

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an in-flight event with NASA astronauts.

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NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan also participated
in a panel discussion of women and girls in

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STEM fields.

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Also on Jan. 21, NASA’s Technology Transfer
program released the 2015 edition of its annual

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Spinoff publication.

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Published every year since 1976, Spinoff highlights
NASA initiatives that have resulted in technologies

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with commercial and societal benefits across
the economy.

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To request free print copies or download digital
versions, go to spinoff.nasa.gov.

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New software by NASA and Microsoft announced
on Jan. 21, called OnSight, will use the company’s

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HoloLens device to allow scientists to see
objects on Mars in 3-D and perform virtual

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work on the Martian surface.

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Developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL), OnSight, which uses real data from

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the Mars Curiosity rover, will let researchers
examine the rover’s worksite almost as if

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they were standing on the Red Planet, right
beside it.

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Investigators around the world will be able
to meet in a 3-D simulation of the Martian

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environment and preview the results of their
work firsthand.

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New images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft
as it closes in on the dwarf planet Ceres

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are almost three times more detailed than
calibration images taken in early December.

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Over the next several weeks, Dawn will deliver
increasingly better images, leading up to

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the spacecraft's capture into orbit around
Ceres on March 6.

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Dawn's arrival at Ceres for a 16-month study
will mark the first time a spacecraft has

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ever visited a dwarf planet.

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NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation,
or SCaN program hosted a workshop recently

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at NASA headquarters to review and assess
emerging space navigation and communications

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technologies for possible use on future missions,
and identify any potential knowledge and/or

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capability gaps that exist.

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The SCaN program is part of NASA’s Human
Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.

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The 2014 Zero Robotics Championship recently
took place aboard the International Space

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Station.

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The competition allows students to program
robots aboard the ISS known as SPHERES to

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solve a challenge in microgravity – with
station astronauts helping to conduct the

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championship.

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It’s also a unique and valuable opportunity
to promote student interest in Science, Technology,

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Engineering and Math careers.

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