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The first space station spacewalk of the new
year …

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Launching GOLD to study Earth’s near-space
environment …

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And – read all about it … there’s NASA
tech you probably use every day … a few

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of the stories to tell you about – This
Week at NASA!

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On Jan. 23, our astronauts Mark Vande Hei
and Scott Tingle conducted the International

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Space Station’s first spacewalk of the year
…

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“I’m seeing the head of the bolt going
down past the groove.”

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… replacing hardware that enables the station’s
robotic arm to grab onto visiting spacecraft

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and other objects.

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Mission controllers are diagnosing a communications
issue with the hardware, and could address

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it in the next spacewalk on Jan. 29.

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Our Global-scale Observations of the Limb
and Disk, or GOLD mission launched aboard

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a commercial communications satellite, Jan.
25 from French Guiana.

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Despite a launch issue that will delay it
reaching its proper orbit, GOLD is in good

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shape and on track to study the physics or
our planet’s near-space environment.

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GOLD data will help us better understand how
astronauts, and guidance and communications

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signals are affected by this region of space.

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Our annual Spinoff publication is now available
online, highlighting NASA initiatives that

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have led to technology with commercial and
societal benefits – used by many of us every

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day.

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Download now at spinoff.nasa.gov.

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On Jan. 25, our Acting Administrator Robert
Lightfoot, and other senior officials led

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an observance at Arlington National Cemetery
in Virginia, as part of the agency’s Day

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of Remembrance.

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The annual event pays tribute to the fallen
astronauts of Apollo 1, space shuttles Challenger

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and Columbia, and other members of the NASA
family who lost their lives supporting the

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agency’s mission of exploration and discovery.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …