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

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On June 10, NASA’s Terry Virts passed command
of the International Space Station to Gennady

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Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency
– marking the start of the Expedition 44

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mission.

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The following day, Virts and Expedition 43
crewmates Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA and

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Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos climbed aboard
a Soyuz spacecraft and headed back to Earth

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– landing safely in Kazakhstan and capping
off 199 days in space.

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The remaining members of Expedition 44, including
NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, are targeted for

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launch in late July.

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NASA’s Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan discussed
newly released, high-definition climate assessment

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data during the Climate Services for Resilient
Development event hosted by the White House.

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The publicly available NASA data demonstrates
how temperature and rainfall patterns worldwide

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may change through the year 2100 because of
growing concentrations of greenhouse gases

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in Earth’s atmosphere.

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NASA uses the vantage point of space to increase
our understanding of Earth, improve lives,

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and help safeguard our future.

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On June 8, NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator
(LDSD) completed its second flight test in

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Hawaii.

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After being carried to an altitude of about
120,000 feet by a balloon and then boosted

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to the edge of space by a rocket engine, the
LDSD vehicle tested new developmental entry

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and descent technologies on its supersonic
return to Earth.

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These technologies could help future spacecraft
safely land larger payloads on the surface

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of Mars, and allow access to more of the planet's
surface by enabling landings at higher-altitude

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sites.

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A new animation of the dwarf planet Ceres,
created from images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft

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during its first orbital mapping mission,
includes dramatic flyover views of the heavily

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cratered world.

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About 80 overlapping images were used to provide
the three-dimensional detail in the animation.

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The vertical dimension has been exaggerated
by a factor of two, and a star field has been

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added in the background.

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The 175-ton bridge crane inside the Vehicle
Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center

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was lifted back to its original position after
being upgraded to support the lifting needs

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for future exploration vehicles on the journey
to Mars, including NASA's Space Launch System

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rocket and Orion spacecraft.

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The heavy-lift crane was used in the past
to help stack the rocket for the Apollo 11

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mission to the moon and to position space
shuttles for loading onto the mobile launcher

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platform.

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“Astronauts report it feels good, t-minus
twenty-five seconds.”

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NASA commentator John W. (Jack) King, the
"voice of launch control" for virtually every

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human mission from Gemini 4 to Apollo 15,
died on June 11.

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His July 16, 1969 commentary of the Apollo
11 launch was among his most memorable as

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millions around the world watched the liftoff
of the historic mission.

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“Liftoff, we have a liftoff thirty-two minutes
past the hour.

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Liftoff on Apollo 11.”

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King was 84 years old.

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