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Firing up a rocket booster for Artemis …

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Looking for new flight directors …

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And a launch date for an Earth-observing mission
… a few of the stories to tell you about

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– This Week at NASA!

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On Sept. 2, we conducted a full-scale test
of a solid rocket booster like the pair that

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will help power our Space Launch System or
SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on Artemis

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missions to the Moon.

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The two boosters will provide more than 75%
of the thrust produced during the first two

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minutes of an Artemis launch.

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NASA is accepting applications for new flight
directors to lead highly trained teams during

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human missions to the International Space
Station and the Moon.

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Qualified U.S. citizens can apply through
Sept. 10.

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More details at nasa.gov/careers.

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The launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich
Earth-observing satellite is targeted for

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Nov. 10 from California’s Vandenberg Air
Force Base.

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This partnership between NASA and the European
Space Agency will continue a decades-long

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global record of observing sea level rise
from space.

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The largest-ever study of glacial lakes used
30 years of NASA satellite data to find that

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the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased
by about 50% since 1990, as glaciers melt

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and retreat due to climate change.

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The findings could help us determine hazards
to communities downstream of these lakes,

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more accurately estimate sea level rise, and
better understand how glacial meltwater is

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transported to oceans.

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After being suspended in mid-March due to
COVID-19, the SOFIA flying observatory is

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back to science operations.

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With new procedures in place to ensure the
safety and health of those onboard, the project

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plans to resume its regular schedule of about
four observational flights each week to study

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the chemistry of galaxies.

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Results from a pair of NASA research projects
being flown as part of Boeing’s 2020 ecoDemonstrator

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program could help the ongoing effort to develop
technology for quieter, more fuel efficient

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future aircraft, as well as fewer operational
flight delays.

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That’s what’s up this week @NASA …