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

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On April 7, a group of NASA experts held a
panel discussion at the agency’s headquarters

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about recent discoveries of water and organics
in our solar system, the role our sun plays

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in water-loss in neighboring planets, and
our search for habitable worlds among the

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stars.

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Understanding the distribution of water in
our solar system tells us a great deal about

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how the planets, moons, comets and other bodies
formed.

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Recent findings related to water by several
NASA spacecraft are helping to inspire the

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continued investigation of our origins and
the fascinating possibilities of life on other

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worlds in the universe.

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An April 6 event at Marshall Space Flight
Center provided an opportunity to showcase

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the first collection of recently returned
3-D printed parts made onboard the International

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Space Station.

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NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden was there
inspecting some of the parts fabricated using

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the 3-D or additive manufacturing process,
one of the new technologies being tested on

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the space station that could be used by future
astronauts to make spare parts and other essential

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items while traveling to Mars and other deep
space destinations.

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While at Marshall Space Flight Center, Administrator
Bolden joined associate administrator of NASA's

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Office of Small Business Programs Glenn Delgado
to award Marshall and Center Director Patrick

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Scheuermann the agency's Small Business Administrator's
Cup, presented annually to the NASA center

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that operates the best overall small business
program.

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The center was recognized for promoting the
participation of small businesses in helping

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NASA achieve its goals.

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It is the fourth time Marshall has earned
the cup in the award's seven-year history.

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Prior to the start of the 15th annual NASA
Student Launch event at Marshall Space Flight

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Center, student teams participated in a Rocket
Fair, where they gave technical presentations

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to, and received valuable feedback from, engineers
and team members from NASA and Student Launch

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corporate sponsor Orbital ATK.

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The Student Launch program challenges students
to design rockets that address the research

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needs of different NASA missions.

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Some of the students’ research results may
be used to design and develop future NASA

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projects.

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On Earth Day – which is April 22, NASA is
asking you to share photos and video of your

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favorite places on Earth using social media
– and tag the images with, #NoPlaceLikeHome.

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NASA’s exploration missions have seen a
lot of beauty on other planets, but recognizing

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the beauty right here is NASA’s way of giving
a great big Earth Day hug to our home planet.

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On April 6 at NASA headquarters, the family
of the late Dr. Maya Angelou presented the

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agency with the text of a poem she wrote that
was flown onboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft

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during its December 2014 flight test.

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Administrator Charlie Bolden accepted the
poem, titled, A Brave and Startling Truth,

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on behalf of the agency.

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