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Answering the call to help combat coronavirus
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A launch date for our Demo-2 mission …

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And … celebrating 30 years of Hubble … a
few of the stories to tell you about – This

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Week at NASA!

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On April 24, our Administrator Jim Bridenstine
went to the White House to show examples of

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NASA technology developed to aid in the federal
response to coronavirus.

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The day before, he discussed how NASA resources
are being used to help combat the pandemic

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during a virtual briefing with reporters.

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“NASA is an amazing little agency that does
astonishing things every day.

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And now we’re using that capability to respond
to this pandemic, using a whole of government

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approach.”

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Innovative solutions being developed by the
NASA workforce include a couple of items from

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our Armstrong Flight Research Center in southern
California – an oxygen hood that can minimize

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the need for some coronavirus patients to
use ventilators, and a protective canopy that

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enables health care workers to safely treat
a patient inside the canopy.

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Meanwhile, our Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
also in Southern California, is developing

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much-needed ventilators.

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And technology developed through a partnership
between our Glenn Research Center and an Ohio

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company, is being used in emergency vehicles
and other areas to kill airborne and surface

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virus particles.

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Learn more about NASA’s efforts to aid in
the national response to the coronavirus pandemic

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at nasa.gov/coronavirus.

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NASA and SpaceX have targeted May 27 for the
launch of Demo-2 – returning human spaceflight

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launches to American soil.

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We will highlight the historic mission during
a series of remote, virtual preflight news

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conferences on May 1.

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On Demo-2, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and
Doug Hurley will launch aboard SpaceX’s

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Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International
Space Station from our Kennedy Space Center

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in Florida.

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We are celebrating 30 years of our Hubble
Space Telescope.

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Hubble was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery
on April 24, 1990 and released into orbit

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the following day.

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Observations by the spacecraft have fundamentally
changed our understanding of the cosmos and,

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quite literally, our view of it.

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You can join the celebration with a host of
online resources at nasa.gov/hubble.

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We also provided online activities and resources
to help virtually celebrate Earth Day – from

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home.

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April 22 was the 50th anniversary of Earth
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planet.

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For more about Earth Day, use the hashtag
#EarthDayAtHome and check out nasa.gov/earthday.

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Our Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is undergoing
final preparations for its upcoming launch

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at our Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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This includes testing to help ensure Perseverance
travels accurately throughout its trip to

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the Red Planet – from launch through entry,
descent and landing.

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The mission’s current launch window will
be open from July 17 through Aug. 5.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …