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International partnerships for Moon and Mars
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An update on that historic all-woman spacewalk
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And a milestone for the James Webb Space Telescope
… a few of the stories to tell you about

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–- This Week at NASA – International Edition!

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For the first time in almost two decades,
the International Astronautical Congress – or

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IAC -- met in the United States, and kicked
it off with remarks from Vice President Mike

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Pence about the future of human space exploration.

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“With Apollo in the history books, the Artemis
mission has begun, and we are well on our

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way to making NASA’s Moon to Mars mission
a reality.”

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During the conference, NASA showcased plans
for the Artemis program, which will send the

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first woman and next man the Moon by 2024,
using innovative commercial and international

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partnerships, technologies and systems.

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“We need international partners.

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We can all do more when we work together than
any one of us can do if we go alone.”

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In addition to highlighting our growing partnerships
with international space agencies, Administrator

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Bridenstine also showcased our new lunar mobile
robot known as VIPER – the Volatiles Investigating

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Polar Exploration Rover.

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VIPER will sample water ice and collect about
100 days of data that will inform the first

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global water resource maps of the Moon.

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“VIPER is going to rove on the south pole
of the Moon, and VIPER is going to assess

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where the water ice is.

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We’re going to be able to characterize the
water ice, and ultimately drill and find out

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just how is the water ice embedded in the
regolith on the Moon.”

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The IAC also held a ceremony honoring humanity’s
first lunar explorers -- the Apollo 11 crew

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-- with the 2019 World Space Award.

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Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong’s son Mark,
and Michael Collins’s grandson Luke accepted

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the award.

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Mission Control in Houston reports the new
battery charge/discharge unit installed during

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thehistoric Oct. 18 spacewalk by Christina
Koch and Jessica Meir is activated and operating

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properly.

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The faulty unit is due to return to Earth
on the next SpaceX Dragon resupply ship for

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inspection, and station managers will reschedule
the remaining three battery replacement spacewalks

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at a future date.

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In the meantime, the Isnternational Space
Station crew will prepare for five planned

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spacewalks to repair a cosmic particle detector,
the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, in November

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and December.

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The sunshield for NASA’s James Webb Space
Telescope has passed a critical test in preparation

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for its 2021 launch.

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Technicians and engineers fully deployed each
of the sunshield's five layers, successfully

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putting the sunshield into the same position
it will be a million miles from Earth.

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Webb will observe distant parts of the universe
humans have never seen before.

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Because it’s optimized for infrared light,
Webb's optics and sensors must remain extremely

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cold, and its sunshield is key for regulating
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The NASA International Space Apps Challenge
was held Oct. 18-20.

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This global 48-hour hackathon brought together
participants of all ages and backgrounds at

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more than 200 events in more than 80 countries
to solve real-world problems with collaborative

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solutions.

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The teams work with NASA’s open source data
and products and design innovative solutions

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to scientific challenges faced on Earth and
in space.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …