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

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Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot was

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in Kazakhstan on July 28 to observe the launch
to the International Space Station of our

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astronaut Randy Bresnik with his crewmates
– Sergey Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, and Paolo

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Nespoli of the European Space Agency. The
trio is scheduled to spend more than four

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months on the station working on hundreds
of science and technology experiments.

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We released new video of astronaut Jack Fischer

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that was captured during a spacewalk outside
the space station in May 2017. The footage,

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which is available in Ultra High Definition,
includes the view from a small camera attached

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to Fischer’s spacesuit – to give you an
idea of what astronauts see when you’re

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looking at them – through the lens of a
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We participated in the Experimental Aircraft
Association’s 2017\hAirVenture\hevent during

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the week of July 24 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Those in attendance had an opportunity to

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learn about technologies from across the agency
– including our progress developing experimental,

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or “X”-planes and other aircraft, work
aboard the International Space Station, Earth

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science, the solar system, and our plan for
sending astronauts to deep space destinations,

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including Mars.
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During the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21,
2017, a team of NASA-funded scientists aboard

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two retrofitted WB-57F jets, will use telescopes
mounted on the planes to capture the clearest

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images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or
corona, to date. They will also capture the

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first-ever thermal images of Mercury – to
study how temperatures vary across that planet’s

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surface. The eclipse is a rare opportunity
to learn more about the Sun and its effects

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on Earth’s upper atmosphere.
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On July 25, engineers at our Stennis Space
Center, in Mississippi conducted a successful

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test of the third RS-25 engine flight controller.
The flight controller helps the engine communicate

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with our Space Launch System – the world’s
most powerful rocket. Four RS-25s will help

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power the SLS on its inaugural flight with
the Orion spacecraft, known as Exploration

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Mission-1.
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And that’s what’s up this week @NASA …
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