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

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The four spacecraft orbiting Earth in formation
as part of NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale,

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or MMS, mission achieved a new record recently
when the space between them was decreased

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from just over six miles to only four-and-a-half
miles.

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This is the closest separation ever of any
multi-spacecraft formation.

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The team of spacecraft fly in a pyramid shape,
called a tetrahedron, which enables MMS to

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capture three-dimensional observations of
magnetic reconnection – a mysterious phenomenon,

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during which magnetic fields experience explosive
interactions.

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The closer formation will allow the spacecraft
to measure magnetic reconnection at smaller

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scales, helping scientists to better understand
it.

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While it will be years before the first astronauts
go to Mars, a new exhibit at the Kennedy Space

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Center Visitor Complex in Florida can take
you on a virtual field trip there, now.

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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin helped introduce
“Destination Mars”, a mixed-reality experience

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designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
and Microsoft HoloLens – a fully self-contained,

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holographic computer.

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The limited-time exhibit, which uses real
imagery taken by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover

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and enables users to explore the Martian surface,
runs through Jan. 1, 2017.

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Orbital ATK is targeting a five-day window
of Oct. 9-13, for the launch of its Antares

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rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the
International Space Station, from Wallops

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Flight Facility, in Virginia.

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A more specific date will be identified upon
completion of final operational milestones

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and technical reviews.

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This mission, known as OA-5, will be Orbital
ATK’s sixth to the station under its Commercial

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Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA.

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Cygnus will carry more than 5,200 pounds of
supplies and science experiments to the space

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station on the mission.

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“Two, recover.

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Two recover.

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(warning alarm).”

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This video from the heads-up display of an
F-16 aircraft during a recent training exercise

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shows the jet plummeting toward the ground
after its student-pilot loses consciousness.

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But, fortunately, technology known as the
Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System,

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or Auto-GCAS, developed in part by NASA, took
control and maneuvered the F-16 and the pilot

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away from the ground, to safety.

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NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center,
the Air Force Research Lab, and Lockheed Martin

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collaborated on testing and development of
this technology.

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This is the fourth confirmed save of an aircraft
by Auto-GCAS.

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NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden was on hand
at headquarters for the 2016 Combined Federal

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Campaign Kickoff event on Sept. 22.

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Each year, donations from NASA employees make
a positive impact on the lives of others who

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are less fortunate.

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There is a wide choice of approved local,
national and international charities to which

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employees around the agency can donate.

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The campaign runs through Dec. 31.

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