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Preparing to ‘Launch America’ …

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A cargo spacecraft arrives at the space station
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And the detective capabilities of our next
Mars rover … a few of the stories to tell

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you about – This Week at NASA!

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“And we’re back live in the room now with
Bob Behnken on the left of your screen, Doug

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Hurley to the right.”

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On May 27, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and
Doug Hurley got suited up for the much-anticipated

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SpaceX Demo-2 test flight to the International
Space Station, at our Kennedy Space Center,

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in Florida.

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“They’ve each made this journey twice
before for the space shuttle missions, but

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they’ve never done this in a SpaceX spacesuit.

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They’ve never done this together, and they’ve
never done this on their way to head to a

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commercially-built rocket and spacecraft to
head to space.”

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In addition to launching America into a new
era of space exploration, the mission is the

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first to launch American astronauts on an
American spacecraft from the U.S. since the

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end of the Space Shuttle Program.

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Demo-2 is also the final test flight to validate
SpaceX’s crew transportation system and

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operational capabilities as part of our Commercial
Crew Program.

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All systems, on this day, were “go” except
the one none of us can do anything about … the

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weather.

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“And Dragon, SpaceX.

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Unfortunately, we are not going to launch
today.

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You are go for five-dot-one-zero-zero launch
scrub.”

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“Five-dot-one-zero-zero, it was a good effort
by the teams and we understand and we’ll

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meet you there.”

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So, with the crew’s safety of paramount
importance, the decision was made to reset

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and look to the next launch opportunity that
weather permits.

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“Today was a good day for NASA.

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It was a good day for SpaceX, and we’ve
got a lot to look forward to.”

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s
unpiloted HTV-9 supply spacecraft arrived

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at the International Space Station on May
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The spacecraft delivered more than four tons
of science experiments, technology and other

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cargo for the crew aboard the orbital outpost.

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With no shortage of mysteries on Mars, our
Perseverance rover will be able to get its

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sleuth on by using an onboard instrument called
SHERLOC, in tandem with a camera called – what

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else?

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WATSON … to study rock surfaces for the
presence of certain minerals and organic molecules,

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which are the carbon-based building blocks
of life on Earth.

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The launch window for the mission is from
July 17-Aug. 11.

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Perseverance is scheduled to land on Mars
Feb. 18, 2021.

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Data from our Mars-orbiting MAVEN mission
have led to the creation of the first map

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of the electric current systems in the Martian
atmosphere.

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Researchers hope to better understand these
electric currents and their role in the atmospheric

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loss that transformed Mars from a world that
could have supported life in the past, into

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one that is now more like an inhospitable
desert.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …