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

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Cameras outside the International Space Station
captured views of Hurricane Matthew during

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several passes over the major storm, as it
made its way north through the Caribbean Sea

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during the week of Oct. 3.

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The storm, which reached Category 4 status
with winds up to about 145 miles per hour,

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impacted Haiti, eastern Cuba and the Bahamas.

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Forecasters predicted Matthew would threaten
the southeast coast of the United States,

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including Florida’s Space Coast.

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As a precaution, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
closed Oct. 5 after preparing facilities for

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what could be a direct hit from the storm.

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On Oct. 3, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile
EvolutioN or (MAVEN) mission completed one

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Martian year of science observations at Mars.

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One Martian year (687 Days) is equivalent
to just under two Earth years.

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Since settling into orbit around Mars on Sept.
21, 2014, MAVEN has helped researchers formulate

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the most complete understanding of the role
solar wind plays in the loss of the planet’s

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atmosphere.

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The mission has also helped scientists determine
that the loss of atmospheric gas to space

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is the major force behind the change in the
planet’s climate from the warm, wet environment

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it was in the past, to the cold, dry one that
we see today.

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MAVEN has been approved for an additional
two-year mission extension that will run through

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the end of September 2018.

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Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight
Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are getting

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ready to put the pressure on hardware for
the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

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On Sept. 21, a simulator of the SLS core stage,
designed and built at Marshall, was lifted

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and lowered into the newly-constructed 65-foot-tall
test stand there, in preparation for a series

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of rigorous stress tests with hardware for
the SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

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The testing, which is scheduled to begin in
January, is designed to ensure the world’s

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most powerful rocket can withstand the incredible
forces that occur during a launch.

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NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) airborne
field campaign is back in the Arctic – dropping

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probes from a science aircraft into ocean
waters off the coast of Greenland.

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The probes relay data to airborne computers
that show where warm, extremely salty, subsurface

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water is reaching the bottoms of glaciers
– a process believed to be contributing

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to accelerated melting of the world’s second
largest ice sheet.

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Oceans Melting Greenland is part of NASA’s
Earth Expeditions field studies designed to

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delve into tough questions about how our home
planet is changing.

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In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month
NASA hosted an October 4 event at the agency’s

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headquarters in Washington, called Aspira
con NASA – which, in English, translates

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to “Aspire with NASA”.

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The event featured a video message from NASA
Administrator Charlie Bolden, and remarks

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from Associate Administrator for Education,
Donald James and Krista Paquin – associate

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administrator for Mission Support.

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Guest speakers Diana Trujillo, mission lead
for NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover, and former

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NASA astronaut José Hernández also each
shared their personal stories with students,

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to help inspire and encourage them to pursue
an education and career in a Science, Technology,

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Engineering and Math, or STEM-related field.

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NASA was represented at two White House events
the week of October 3.

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NASA astronaut Anne McClain participated in
a Facebook Live and other activities at Monday’s

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South by South Lawn – a White House festival
that brought together creative thinkers, innovators,

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and organizers from around the country.

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And on Thursday, astronaut Kjell Lindgren
participated in the harvest of the White House

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Kitchen Garden.

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Last spring, NASA officials helped the First
Lady plant seeds in the garden, including

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seedlings of the same variety of lettuce that
has been grown on the International Space

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Station.

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Lindgren harvested the original crop of lettuce
onboard the Space Station during his time

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on orbit.

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