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

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On June 17, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden
gave the keynote address at the Aviation 2016

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conference in Washington.

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The speech entitled “Concept to Reality
- Our Journey to Transforming Aviation,”

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focused on NASA Aeronautics New Aviation Horizons,
a 10-year research plan based on the president’s

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Fiscal Year 2017 budget request.

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The plan includes developing, manufacturing
and flight-testing several experimental aircraft

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or X-planes.

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During his address, Bolden also highlighted
the agency’s first X-plane designation in

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a decade.

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The X-57, nicknamed “Maxwell,” is an experimental
airplane with propellers powered by 14 electric

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motors.

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The five-day conference also featured details
on a set of roadmaps created by the agency

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to guide research in finding solutions for
safe, efficient growth in global aviation

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operations; innovation in commercial supersonic
aircraft and ultra-efficient commercial vehicles;

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transitioning to low-carbon propulsion; real-time,
system-wide safety assurance; and assured

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autonomy for aviation transformation.

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NASA held a news briefing on June 16 to provide
the status of the Juno mission to Jupiter.

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After an almost five-year voyage, the Juno
spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at our solar

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system’s most massive planet on July 4.

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It will be the first spacecraft to orbit over
the poles of Jupiter – circling the Jovian

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world about 37 times in 20 months.

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The mission is expected to provide new details
about the planet’s core, composition and

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magnetic fields, as well as provide new clues
about the origins of the solar system.

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Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra used the
International Space Station’s Canadarm2

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to release the Orbital/ATK Cygnus cargo craft
June 14, just hours after it was detached

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from the station’s Unity module.

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Cygnus is loaded with trash and other unneeded
items that will burn up reentering Earth’s

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atmosphere.

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After its release, Cygnus was used to conduct
a fire safety experiment and will release

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a group of nanosatellites.

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The spacecraft arrived at the ISS on March
26 with tons of experiments and supplies for

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the station crew.

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It’s scheduled to deorbit