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

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Our Langley Research Center officially celebrated
its 100th anniversary on July 17.

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Groundbreaking took place on that date in
1917, for what is now known as Building 587

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– the first aeronautical research laboratory
erected in 1918 for NASA’s predecessor,

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the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
(NACA).

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The establishment of Langley – NASA’s
first field center – marked the start of

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our quest to achieve aerospace excellence
through the scientific study of flight.

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The sixth annual International Space Station
Research & Development Conference took place

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July 17-20 in Washington, D.C.

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Scientists, researchers and leaders in the
aerospace industry were in attendance for

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an in-depth conversation about the Space Station
as a catalyst for discovery.

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Keynote speakers included our Acting Administrator
Robert Lightfoot, and astronaut Kate Rubins,

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who discussed her groundbreaking work sequencing
DNA in space aboard the space station in 2016.

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Pre-flight training continues for Expedition
52-53 – the next crew headed to the station.

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Our astronaut Randy Bresnik, Sergey Ryazanskiy
of Roscosmos and Paolo Nespoli of the European

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Space Agency participated in traditional ceremonies
July 16 in Star City, Russia, before heading

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to Kazakhstan with the backup crew to continue
training.

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Bresnik, Ryazanskiy, and Nespoli are scheduled
to launch to the station on July 28.

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That whistling sound ….

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And this one …

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… are examples of noises electrons and other
charged particles make when tossed around

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in space by electromagnetic plasma waves.

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Changes in frequency of electric and magnetic
fields, recorded by our two Van Allen Probe

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spacecraft orbiting Earth, were used to produce
the sounds.

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The Van Allen Probes are being used to better
understand the dynamics of space weather and

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its effects on satellites and telecommunications.

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We participated in Mars Day – July 21 at
the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space

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Museum in Washington.

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The annual celebration of the Red Planet included
exhibits, speakers and educational activities.

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There was also a Mars concept rover – developed
using advice from NASA.

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The rover – which is on tour from the Kennedy
Space Center Visitor’s Complex in Florida,

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is designed to demonstrate features and equipment
a future human exploration vehicle might need

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to explore the surface of another planet.

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