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Science and supplies rocket to the space station
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New clues about an interstellar visitor …

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And updating the status of a flagship mission
… a few of the stories to tell you about

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– This Week at NASA!

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“We have ignition and liftoff”…

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Almost three tons of supplies and science
experiments are headed to the International

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Space Station on a SpaceX Dragon cargo craft.

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Launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida
on June 29, the cargo ship is set to arrive

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at the orbital outpost early on July 2.

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One of the experiments launched on that mission
will help scientists study how plants respond

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to changes in water availability.

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The ECOSTRESS experiment will be installed
on the space station to measure the temperature

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of plants from space as never before.

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Our Webb Telescope is now targeting March
of 2021 as a new launch date, after an Independent

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Review Board completed its assessment of delays
in integration and testing.

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NASA and the board unanimously agree that
Webb can still achieve mission success, peering

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into other galaxies to see light from the
very dawn of time.

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We’re creating something new here.

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We’re dealing with cutting edge technology
to perform an unprecedented mission, and I

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know that our teams are working hard and will
successfully overcome the challenges.

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When it’s not looking deep into the cosmos,
Webb will turn its infrared eye toward the

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mysteries of our own solar system, including
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.

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Building on data from Hubble and other observatories,
Webb could shed new light on the enigmatic

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storm, including clues about what causes its
iconic color.

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Astronomers now think the mysterious interstellar
visitor named 'Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah)

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is behaving more like a tiny weird comet than
a rocky asteroid.

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Data from Hubble and ground-based observatories
confirm the object got a boost in speed and

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shift in trajectory as it passed through our
inner solar system last year.

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This boost was not caused by the gravity from
the Sun or planets as would be expected, but

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possibly from an unseen push from jets of
gaseous material, like those that affect the

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motion of many comets in our solar system.

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Recent flight tests successfully demonstrated
technology that could help quiet the aircraft

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noise heard around airports during landings.

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The flights, at our Armstrong Flight Research
Center in California, saw a more than 70 percent

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reduction in airframe noise – caused by
landing gear, wing flaps and other non-engine

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parts.

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If you’re a podcast fan, check out ‘The
Rocket Ranch,’ from our Kennedy Space Center

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on Florida’s Space Coast.

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Our newest podcast series will take you behind
the scenes with the scientists, technicians

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and engineers working to return humans to
the Moon and put boots on Mars.

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Learn more about all our podcasts at nasa.gov/podcasts.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …