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

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On May 16, the International Space Station
completed its 100,000th orbit of Earth since

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the launch of the first component on Nov.
20, 1998.

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In that time, the station has traveled more
than 2.6 billion miles – which is roughly

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the equivalent of about 10 round trips between
Earth and Mars, at the average distance between

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the two planets.

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The space station zips around our planet at
17,500 miles per hour – completing each

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orbit in just 90 minutes – giving the crew
onboard the unique opportunity to experience

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16 sunrises and sunsets per day and to capture
some great images of Earth.

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To help mark the occasion the Expedition 47
crew, including station Commander Tim Kopra

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and Jeff Williams of NASA, posed for this
snapshot – the 3 millionth image taken from

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onboard the ISS!

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May 16 also saw the much anticipated launch
of several small satellites from the ISS.

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Students at St. Thomas More Cathedral School
in Arlington, Virginia watched as their STMSat-1

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was deployed from the station’s NanoRacks
CubeSat Deployer.

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STMSat-1, the first-ever CubeSat built by
elementary school students, is an educational

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mission designed to transmit images of Earth
to ground stations around the country.

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Meanwhile, NASA’s two Nodes satellites were
also deployed into low-Earth orbit.

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These tiny devices are part of a technology
demonstration mission to exhibit new network

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data and command handling capabilities needed
for collaborative operation of swarms of multiple

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spacecraft.

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Both missions launched to the ISS on Dec.
6 aboard Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo resupply

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spacecraft.

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Deputy Administrator Dava Newman was among
the NASA officials to attend the Humans to

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Mars Summit 2016 at The George Washington
University, in Washington.

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The three-day event, which kicked off May
17, addressed the technical, scientific and

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policy challenges of making human exploration
of Mars a reality.

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In addition to remarks by Newman, the event
also featured NASA’s Chief Scientist Ellen

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Stofan, Steve Jurczyk, the agency’s Associate
Administrator for Space Technology, as well

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as other well-known figures in the space community.

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NASA is on an ambitious journey to Mars that
includes sending humans to the Red Planet

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in the 2030s.

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When NASA’s Orion spacecraft makes water
landings at the end of future deep space missions,

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astronauts inside will experience the mission’s
greatest deceleration and some of the greatest

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forces on the human body.

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So, engineers at NASA’s Langley Research
Center in Hampton, Virginia, are conducting

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water-impact tests of an Orion test capsule
with suited crash test dummies inside.

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Data gathered with the help of these special
passengers will be used to design safeguards

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and features to reduce the risk of astronauts
being injured during splashdown landings in

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the ocean.

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On May 18, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden
participated in “Transfomers” – a live

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journalism event hosted by the Washington
Post, to explore the breakthroughs pushing

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the boundaries of knowledge and setting the
stage for inevitable change.

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The Administrator was part of a panel discussion
titled, “There’s No Place Like Space”,

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about recent milestones and developments in
commercial spaceflight and their potential

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to open up new frontiers for business and
exploration.

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Other panelists included Julie Van Kleeck
of Aerojet Rocketdyne, George Whitesides of

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Virgin Galactic, and Andy Weir, author of
the book “The Martian”.

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A farewell event was held on May 19 at NASA
Headquarters in recognition of the nearly

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four decades of science and exploration achievements
of John Grunsfeld, who is retiring at the

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end of May as the agency’s Associate Administrator
for science.

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Administrator Charlie Bolden and other well-wishers
were on hand to thank the hall of fame astronaut

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for his contributions to the agency and its
missions.

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