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Highlighting Artemis with help from Hollywood
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Preparing to launch to the only laboratory
in microgravity …

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And testing new lunar landing technology … a
few of the stories to tell you about – This

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Week at NASA!

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NASA provided some technical expertise and
imagery for 20th Century Fox’s new film,

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“Ad Astra” – a fictional space thriller
starring actor Brad Pitt.

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While the film does not have a NASA storyline,
we continued the collaboration leading up

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to its release by participating in activities
to generate awareness about space and our

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Artemis program – the next step in human
exploration.

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“What are the repercussions on your body
in zero-g?”

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On Sept. 16, Pitt stopped by our headquarters
for a space to ground question and answer

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session with astronaut Nick Hague.

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They talked about a number of topics, including
the work being done on the International Space

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Station.

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“Some of the experiments we’re doing here
are technology demonstrations to prove out

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a concept that we hope to apply as we go back
to the Moon and as part of the Artemis program.”

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In early September we hosted Pitt during a
tour of our Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,

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California.

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He received a boarding pass as part of the
Mars 2020 Rover Mission’s Send Your Name

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to Mars campaign.

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That mission is scheduled to launch next summer.

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We also participated in red carpet events
with Pitt and other cast members of the film

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– which presented opportunities to not only
highlight our efforts to return humans to

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the Moon by 2024, but to also explain why.

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“We’re not just going to stay at the Moon
though – we’re developing the capability

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for an eventual mission to Mars.

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Human physiology is a big piece of that, and
we’ve got to make sure we get that right

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for everybody to be safe.”

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“There’s a real excitement for possibilities
– what we can learn about beyond, what we

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can learn about ourselves.

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I think films like this just contribute to
that.”

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You can learn more about Artemis and our Moon
to Mars exploration approach at nasa.gov/artemis.

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The next crew headed to the International
Space Station, including our Jessica Meir,

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is conducting final training for its upcoming
launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Meir – Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, and
Spaceflight Participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori

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of the United Arab Emirates – are scheduled
to launch to the station on Sept. 25.

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Our Flight Opportunities and Game Changing
Development programs supported a test near

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our Armstrong Flight Research Center, in California
of a developmental vision-aided terrain relative

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navigation system.

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The system could help a future lunar lander
target a desired landing location and know

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exactly where it is by using a camera and
preloaded satellite maps that include unique

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terrain features.

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This was the first test of the system with
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similar to what is expected on a lunar mission.

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A high-speed rocket sled test at California’s
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake was used

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to test a new landing technology designed
to avoid hazards and help perform extremely

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safe and precise landings on planetary surfaces.

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The technology, which is being developed by
our Langley Research Center, uses laser beams

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reflected off the ground to help a sensor
provide ultra-precise measurements that identify

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exactly how high a human or robotic lander
is and how fast it is traveling.

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NASA has been recognized for Emmy Award winning
coverage of two space missions.

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Team multimedia coverage of Demonstration
Mission 1 by our Kennedy Space Center, Johnson

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Space Center, and commercial partner, SpaceX
won an Emmy in the category of Outstanding

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Interactive Program.

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The March 2019 mission was an uncrewed test
flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft

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to the International Space Station.

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Meanwhile, an Emmy also went to our Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in the Outstanding Original Interactive

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Program category, for coverage — including
news, web, education, television and social

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media efforts — of NASA's InSight mission
to Mars, which launched in May 2018.

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Congratulations to all for well-deserved honors.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …