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Targeting the next U.S. launch of astronauts
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Another successful space station resupply
mission …

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And honoring pilots for National Aviation
Day … a few of the stories to tell you about

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– This Week at NASA!

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International
Space Station is targeted for launch no earlier

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than Oct. 23.

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NASA certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation
system will allow for regular crewed flights

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to the station, ending our sole reliance on
Russia for access.

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On Aug. 18, the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency’s HTV-9 cargo spacecraft left the

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International Space Station after a three-month
stay.

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HTV-9 delivered about four tons of supplies
and experiments, including new lithium-ion

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batteries used to upgrade power systems.

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We celebrated National Aviation Day on Aug.
19 with special recognition of the skills,

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abilities and crucial role of pilots and aviators.

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The annual observance falls on the birthday
of the world’s very first pilot of an airplane

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– Orville Wright.

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Find out more about our groundbreaking aeronautics
research at nasa.gov/flight.

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The one-of-a-kind engine for NASA’s X-59
Quiet Supersonic Technology airplane was delivered

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to our Armstrong Flight Research Center in
California, where it will be checked out then

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sent to nearby Palmdale, California where
the plane is being built.

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The engine will power the X-59 on missions
to gather public reaction to the quieter sonic

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booms the aircraft is designed to produce.

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Technicians at our Kennedy Space Center in
Florida have been busy installing the spacecraft

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adapter cone that will connect the Orion spacecraft
to the Space Launch System rocket for the

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Artemis I mission around the Moon.

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This is one of the final major hardware operations
for Orion prior to integration with the rocket.

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We’re celebrating 15 years of our Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter, which has helped reshape our understanding

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of the Red Planet and provided a slew of stunning
images along the way.

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As of early August, just one of the spacecraft’s
three cameras alone had taken more than 6.8

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million images and generated 194 terabytes
of data sent from Mars since 2006.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …