1 00:00:00,290 --> 00:00:04,290 A critical test of the "powerhouse" for our Orion spacecraft ... 2 00:00:04,290 --> 00:00:09,000 Curiosity is still going strong after seven Earth years on Mars ... 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,580 And Hubble's new portrait of Jupiter ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This 4 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:15,880 Week at NASA! 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:20,950 On Aug. 5, at our White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico, we conducted a ground-based 6 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:26,040 firing test of the propulsion and pressurization systems for our Orion spacecraft's service module. 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,730 The test simulated an abort-to-orbit scenario that requires the system to place Orion into 8 00:00:32,730 --> 00:00:37,820 a safe orbit if a problem occurs after the abort system has been jettisoned. 9 00:00:37,820 --> 00:00:43,320 The service module will propel, power, and cool Orion, and provide consumables for astronauts 10 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:49,440 inside the spacecraft on future Artemis exploration missions to deep space, including to the vicinity 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,120 of the Moon. 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:57,350 Our Curiosity Mars Rover recently captured this 360-degree panorama of a location on 13 00:00:57,350 --> 00:01:02,329 Mars called "Teal Ridge". This location is part of a larger region the rover has been 14 00:01:02,329 --> 00:01:08,390 exploring called the "clay-bearing unit" on the side of Mount Sharp, inside Gale Crater. 15 00:01:08,390 --> 00:01:13,850 On Aug. 5 Curiosity wrapped up its seventh Earth year on Mars with news it successfully 16 00:01:13,850 --> 00:01:17,810 completed its 22nd full-depth drill hole on Mars. 17 00:01:17,810 --> 00:01:23,010 The rover will now use its suite of instruments to analyze and make observations of the dime-size 18 00:01:23,010 --> 00:01:27,460 hole and the material extracted from it. 19 00:01:27,460 --> 00:01:32,450 This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, shows the planet's Great 20 00:01:32,450 --> 00:01:37,870 Red Spot, and a more intense color palette in the clouds swirling in Jupiter's atmosphere 21 00:01:37,870 --> 00:01:40,090 than seen in previous years. 22 00:01:40,090 --> 00:01:46,400 The colors, and their changes, provide important clues to ongoing processes in Jupiter's atmosphere. 23 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:51,470 Hubble provides views of the outer planets as part of a yearly study to look for changes 24 00:01:51,470 --> 00:01:55,670 in storms, winds, and clouds on those planets. 25 00:01:55,670 --> 00:02:00,790 During a recent test, the team of technicians and engineers for our James Webb Space Telescope 26 00:02:00,790 --> 00:02:05,619 successfully deployed the support structure that holds the telescope's secondary mirror in place. 27 00:02:06,979 --> 00:02:11,950 At its full size, Webb will not fit into any available rocket, so it has been designed 28 00:02:11,950 --> 00:02:17,090 to intricately fold in on itself to create a smaller footprint for launch. 29 00:02:17,090 --> 00:02:21,180 Deployment of the support structure is a key part of the highly-choreographed series of 30 00:02:21,180 --> 00:02:26,639 deployments, extensions, and movements required to bring the observatory to life once it reaches 31 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:32,700 orbit - so that it can begin its mission of conducting groundbreaking science. 32 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:37,599 On August 6, an unpiloted Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft left the International 33 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:43,489 Space Station three months after delivering 7,600 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments 34 00:02:43,489 --> 00:02:44,640 to the station. 35 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:49,650 The spacecraft is scheduled to remain in orbit until mid-December and, along with another 36 00:02:49,650 --> 00:02:54,959 Cygnus targeted for launch in October, demonstrate the capability to fly two Cygnus vehicles 37 00:02:54,959 --> 00:03:00,309 simultaneously and support hosted payloads for longer periods of time.