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Marking 20 years of humans\h
aboard the space station …
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Getting out the vote from space …
And preparations continue for NASA\h\h

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and SpaceX’s next crew launch … a few of the\h
stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
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Nov. 2 marked 20 years of humans continuously\h
living and working aboard the International\h\h

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Space Station. As the only laboratory available\h
for long-duration microgravity research, the\h\h

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space station has supported numerous discoveries,\h
scientific publications, unique opportunities,\h\h

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and historic breakthroughs that help us explore\h
farther into space, and also benefit us here on\h\h

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Earth. Find out more at nasa.gov/station20. 
NASA’s Kate Rubins became the latest U.S.\h\h

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astronaut to cast a ballot from space.\h
NASA has used the Space Communications and\h\h

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Navigation (SCaN) network to ensure Americans in\h
space can vote securely since astronaut Dave Wolf\h\h

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became the first American to vote from space\h
while onboard the Mir Space Station in 1997.
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Preparations continue toward the launch\h
of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the\h\h

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International Space Station, currently targeted\h
for Nov. 14 at 7:49 p.m. EST, from our Kennedy\h\h

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Space Center in Florida. The mission will\h
increase the size of the station’s crew and\h\h

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also the productivity aboard the orbital outpost.
“The amount of research that we can get done, and\h\h

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the science that we can get done with just one or\h
two more people is more than just one or two more\h\h

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people’s worth of science. And so, the ability for\h
us to accomplish whatever needs to be accomplished\h\h

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goes way high with more people on the station.”
Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission to the\h\h

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space station of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft\h
as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
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Our Lucy mission, which will be the first\h
to visit the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter,\h\h

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was recently outfitted with its first scientific\h
instrument. The Lucy LOng Range Reconnaissance\h\h

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Imager (L’LORRI) will provide highly detailed\h
views of the surfaces of these never before\h\h

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seen bodies that scientists believe once\h
were situated in the outer solar system.\h\h

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Lucy is targeted for launch in October 2021.
Two of the advance design propeller assemblies\h\h

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for NASA’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57\h
Maxwell, underwent wind tunnel testing recently\h\h

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at our Langley Research Center. X-57 will\h
use the motors and propellers during takeoff,\h\h

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deactivate them during cruise mode to prevent\h
additional drag, and then use them again to\h\h

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help the aircraft land. NASA’s primary goal for\h
X-57 is to share the electric-propulsion design,\h\h

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lessons learned, and other data with regulators,\h
as new electric aircraft markets begin to emerge.
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