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A new NASA Administrator is confirmed …

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Our next planet-hunting mission launches …

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And the first 3-D microscopic image on the
space station – a few of the stories to

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tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed Rep. Jim Bridenstine
of Oklahoma as the 13th Administrator of NASA.

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"NASA is an extraordinary agency with an extremely
talented and diverse workforce.

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It has brought about civilization changing
events and scientific discoveries.

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It has inspired billions of people and it
represents what is exceptional about the United

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States of America.”

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Bridenstine, a pilot in the U.S. Navy Reserve
and former executive director of the Tulsa

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Air and Space Museum and Planetarium, was
elected to the U.S. Congress in 2012 to represent

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Oklahoma’s First Congressional District.

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“Liftoff – the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying
TESS.”

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Our Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite,
or TESS, launched April 18 on a SpaceX Falcon

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9 rocket, from Florida.

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TESS will search for planets outside of our
solar system, known as exoplanets, including

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those that could support life.

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It’s expected to catalog thousands of planet
candidates for follow up studies.

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Using a newly upgraded microscope aboard the
International Space Station, researchers have

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taken the first 3-D image of microscopic particles.

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The particles – called colloids – are
tiny suspensions found in liquids – ranging

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from milk to fabric softener.

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They were first seen during a collaborative
experiment with Procter & Gamble Co. that

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could help improve the shelf lives of some
consumer products.

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Data from our Juno mission to Jupiter has
been used to create a 3-D infrared movie showing

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densely packed cyclones and anticyclones permeating
the planet’s polar regions, and the first

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detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, powering
the magnetic field for any planet beyond Earth.

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The imagery will help the Juno mission team
understand the forces at work in the animation.

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We celebrated “Earth Day in the Nation’s
Capital” – a live event featuring hands-on

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activities and presentations about our home
planet.

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You can join the celebration with some online
tools that let you create your own shareable

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views of our home planet, help combat mosquito-transmitted
diseases, and watch our fleet of Earth-observing

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spacecraft as they circle the globe.

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For all things Earth Day – #NASA4Earth and
https://www.nasa.gov/earthday.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …