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NASA addresses the coronavirus pandemic …

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Some online material to stay connected with
NASA …

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And more testing with our Orion spacecraft

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… a few of the stories to tell you about
– This Week at NASA!

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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed
the coronavirus pandemic in a statement saying

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the protection and care of the NASA family
is the top priority.

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As a cautionary measure and with several confirmed
cases of the illness reported around the agency,

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NASA instituted a mandatory telework policy
for all employees on March 17 – with the

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exception of those needed to maintain continuity
of mission-essential activities.

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The administrator added in the statement that
NASA is working closely with the White House

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Coronavirus Task Force and other U.S.

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Government agencies in a unified response
to coronavirus.

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With many of us staying close to home right
now – a reminder that there is a wealth

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of online NASA material available if you’d
like to stay connected with the agency and

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its mission.

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In case you missed it, the 4th season of the
NASA Explorers video series is now available

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in its entirety on the NASA Explorers’ Facebook
and NASA’s YouTube accounts.

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Season 4 follows a team of scientists through
the process of conducting an experiment aboard

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the International Space Station.

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Many e-book titles are also available online,
including a series of International Space

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Station guides to help potential researchers
learn how their ground‐based experiments

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can be translated to the space environment.

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“Hubble Focus” is another notable series
of e-books.

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The series takes a deep dive into the specific
fields of astronomy that have been forever

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changed by our Hubble Space Telescope.

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April 24 will mark the 30th anniversary of
Hubble’s launch.

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Our Orion spacecraft has completed its three-month
test campaign at NASA’s Plum Brook Station

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in Sandusky, Ohio.

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The testing subjected Orion to the extreme
temperatures and electromagnetic environment

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it will experience during Artemis I, the spacecraft’s
upcoming uncrewed test mission to the Moon.

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With this round of testing complete, Orion
will be returned to our Kennedy Space Center

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in Florida, where it will begin preparations
for launch.

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NASA’s Landing and Recovery team practiced
securing a test version of Orion into the

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well deck of a Navy ship this past week.

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The team worked to validate recovery procedure
timelines as NASA plans to send Orion around

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the Moon on Artemis I, and safely recover
the spacecraft after splashdown in the Pacific

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Ocean.

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Former NASA astronaut Al Worden passed away
March 18 in Texas.

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As the command module pilot on Apollo 15,
he stayed in lunar orbit while Dave Scott

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and Jim Irwin conducted surface exploration
on the Moon.

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The mission was the first to use the Lunar
Roving Vehicle.

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During the flight back from the Moon, Worden
became the first human to carry out a deep

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space EVA or spacewalk.

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Altogether, Worden logged more than 295 hours
in space.

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Al Worden was 88 years old.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …