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A critical test for our
Commercial Crew Program ...

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Spacewalkers focus on
upgrades aboard the space

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station ...

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And paying tribute to one
of our Great Observatories ...

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a few of the stories
to tell you about -

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This Week at NASA!

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We teamed with
SpaceX on Jan. 19

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to test the launch escape
system of the company's

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Crew Dragon spacecraft
and Falcon 9 rocket.

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The system protects
astronauts in the unlikely

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event of an emergency
during launch.

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This was the final major
flight test before crew

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flights to the
International Space

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Station.

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The International
Space Station's

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Expedition 61 crew
conducted a pair of

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spacewalks to complete
some important upgrades.

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On Jan. 20,

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our Jessica Meir and
Christina Koch installed

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the final new lithium-ion
battery as part of an

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overall upgrade
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power system that
began in January 2017.

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Five days later our
Andrew Morgan and ESA's

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Luca Parmitano finished
repairs of a cosmic ray

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detector. After 16 years
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the mission of our Spitzer
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end.

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Its infrared scans of the
cosmos have discovered

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several Earth-size
exoplanets and produced

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some breathtaking images.

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Engineers will
decommission the

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spacecraft on Jan. 30.

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Our OSIRIS-REx spacecraft
completed the closest

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science observations to
date of a sample site

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during a flyover only
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above Nightingale
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primary sample site
on asteroid Bennu.

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High-resolution images
collected during the

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flyover will help the
spacecraft avoid hazards

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during sample collection
later this year.

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Our annual commemoration
of Martin Luther King,

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Jr. included a program at
our headquarters featuring

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words from former
astronaut Scott Altman and

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Janice Mathis, Esq.,
executive director of the

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National Council
of Negro Women.

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And from space, astronauts
Jessica Meir and Christina

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Koch had these words of
tribute to Dr. King at the

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conclusion of their Jan.

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"When one has the
spectacular view that we

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have today -

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looking down on our one
common home, planet Earth,

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his words resonate
loudly."

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It's so meaningful for us
today to be out here on

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the day we honor Martin
Luther King, Jr. who paved

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the way not only for us,
but for so many that have

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a dream."

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That's what's up

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this week @NASA ...

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