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The first element of the spacecraft for Artemis
III …

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A NASA astronaut assigned to a future Commercial
Crew flight …

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And a strong storm seen from space … a few
of the stories to tell you about – This

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Week at NASA!

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The first piece of the Orion spacecraft’s
pressure vessel for our Artemis III mission

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is at our Michoud Assembly Facility in New
Orleans.

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It’s a window panel that will provide a
view for astronauts on the mission that will

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land the first woman and next man on the Moon
in 2024.

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Astronaut Jeanette Epps has been assigned
to the first operational crewed flight of

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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, targeted for
launch to the International Space Station

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in 2021.

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She’ll join fellow NASA astronauts Suni
Williams and Josh Cassada (CASS-uh-duh) for

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a planned six-month expedition aboard the
orbiting laboratory.

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From inside the space station, astronaut Chris
Cassidy captured views of Hurricane Laura

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in the Gulf of Mexico, while external cameras
also spotted the storm.

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Laura made landfall in the U.S. in southern
Louisiana on Aug. 27 as a category 4 hurricane.

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With NASA's Eyes on the Solar System, you
can follow – in real time – our Mars 2020

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Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter
as they trek millions of miles over the next

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six months to the Red Planet.

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Find out how at eyes.nasa.gov.

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According to new simulations, an observational
effect known as microlensing might help our

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope find numerous
rogue planets not tied to a host star, that

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are freely drifting through our galaxy.

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Studying these island worlds will help us
understand more about how planetary systems

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form, evolve, and break apart.

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Former astronaut Gerald “Jerry” Carr passed
away Aug. 26.

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He commanded the last Skylab mission that
investigated the effects of long duration

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spaceflight on the human body.

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Later, his experience also influenced the
cockpit design of the space shuttle as well

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as the importance of considering human factors
in spaceflight.

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Jerry Carr was 88 years old.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …