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

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NASA conducted the latest successful test
of the Orion spacecraft’s parachute system

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on March 8 in the skies above the U.S. Army’s
Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.

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The test was designed to evaluate the parachutes’
performance in an emergency abort situation

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that would require Orion to be jettisoned
from the agency’s Space Launch System rocket

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during a launch.

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Even at this relatively low altitude, the
parachutes are designed to fully deploy and

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safely return Orion and its crew to Earth.

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NASA’s Associate Administrator for Aeronautics
Research, Jaiwon Shin, was recently honored

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by Aviation Week, with its prestigious Innovation
Laureate for 2017.

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Shin has directed the agency’s team of aeronautical
innovators since 2008.

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The publication recognized him for his efforts
focusing the agency’s research around long-range

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strategies, such as NASA’s Environmentally
Responsible Aviation, and other programs aimed

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at meeting the global challenges facing aviation
during the years ahead.

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Members of the media were invited to see Orbital
ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft March 9, at NASA’s

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Kennedy Space Center, in Florida.

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The Cygnus, which has been dedicated to late
NASA astronaut and U.S. Senator, John Glenn,

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is targeted to launch from nearby Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station on a resupply mission to

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the International Space Station.

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The cargo Cygnus will carry includes 38 CubeSats,
studies on plant physiology, growing fresh

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food in space and an investigation to increase
the effectiveness and decrease the side effects

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of chemotherapy treatment.

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On March 8, NASA announced the selection of
133 proposals from U.S. companies under Phase

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II of the agency’s Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) program, to develop technologies

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for space exploration, aeronautics, science,
and human exploration and operations.

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Phase II projects expand on results of recently
completed Phase I projects.

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NASA’s SBIR program is a competitive, awards-based
program that encourages American small businesses

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to engage in federal research, development
and commercialization.

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Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
are preparing the agency’s Deep Space Atomic

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Clock (DSAC) for a year-long technology demonstration
mission to validate a miniaturized, ultra-precise,

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mercury-ion atomic clock.

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It uses precise radio frequency technology
to determine position, and is orders of magnitude

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more stable than today’s best navigation
clocks.

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This technology is vital to the success of
a range of deep-space exploration missions.

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The payload is scheduled for launch into Earth
orbit in September 2017.

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In celebration of International Women’s
Day and Women’s History Month, NASA unveiled

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an educational virtual tour on March 8.

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The Modern Figures Tour, available via the
free Google Expeditions mobile app, takes

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students inside the careers of seven women
at NASA who work in science, technology, engineering

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and math (STEM) fields.

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The tour, which builds on NASA’s participation
with the 20th Century Fox film, “Hidden

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Figures,” is the first NASA-themed career
tour available as part of Google Expeditions.

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In recognition of National Engineering Month,
NASA Aeronautics sponsored a “Night of Flight”

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event at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in
Washington.

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Students were honored as NASA Aero Junior
Ambassadors for planning and creating STEM

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related activities.

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The event, which was inspired by the “Museum
in a Box” series, was designed to help students

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understand the physical science of flight,
and encourage them to pursue STEM related