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Preparing for first flight on Mars …

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Making a splash with Orion …

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And the space station’s next crew\h
prepares for launch … a few of the\h\h

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stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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Our Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was the focus\h
of a March 23 briefing at our Jet Propulsion\h\h

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Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The Ingenuity\h
team is targeting no earlier than April 8\h\h

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for this technology demonstration to\h
make the first attempt at powered,\h\h

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controlled flight of an\h
aircraft on another planet.

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“We use drones and helicopters here on Earth for\h
all sorts of things that they’re more suitable for\h\h

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than land-based vehicles, right? So you can\h
imagine being able to have that same capability\h\h

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on Mars, flying around on Mars. And that could\h
be for reconnaissance purposes, taking pictures\h\h

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to scout out areas, potential science targets\h
for future rovers, or even future astronauts.”

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Once deployed from the Perseverance rover,\h
Ingenuity will have 30 Martian days – equal\h\h

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to about one month here on Earth –\h
to conduct its test flight campaign.

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Engineers at our Langley Research Center are\h
using a test version of our Orion spacecraft for\h\h

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water impact testing. During the tests the crew\h
module is dropped into a large pool of water\h\h

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to learn more about what the spacecraft\h
and astronauts inside might experience\h\h

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while landing in the Pacific\h
Ocean after missions to the Moon.\h\h

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Data from the drop tests will be used for final\h
computer modeling for loads and structures\h\h

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prior to Artemis II, our first Artemis\h
mission to the Moon with astronauts.

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The International Space Station’s next\h
crew, including our Mark Vande Hei completed\h\h

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prelaunch qualification exams and participated\h
in various other activities in and around Moscow,\h\h

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Russia. Vande Hei, and Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr\h
Dubrov, of the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos\h\h

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will complete their preflight training\h
at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,\h\h

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ahead of their targeted April\h
9 launch to the space station.

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The Lockheed Martin team building our X-59 Quiet\h
SuperSonic Technology aircraft, recently merged\h\h

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its empennage to the wing. The empennage is the\h
section that supports the experimental plane’s\h\h

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engine and tail. NASA is targeting 2022 for\h
the first demonstrations of the X-59’s ability\h\h

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to create a soft thump during supersonic flight,\h
instead of the typically loud sonic boom. NASA\h\h

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has contracted California company, Crystal\h
Instruments, to deliver a state-of-the-art\h\h

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ground recording system capable of capturing\h
the acoustic data needed before test flights\h\h

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over communities around the U.S. can begin.\h
Those flights could start as early as 2024.

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Data from the NASA and U.S. Geological\h
Survey’s Landsat 8, and other satellites,\h\h

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are helping scientists identify\h
algal blooms in lakes or rivers.\h\h

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These naturally occurring blooms can\h
make these bodies of water harmful\h\h

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for recreational use. The Landsat 8 data is\h
used to create a product that can help local\h\h

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water or recreation managers identify\h
areas where a potential problem exists.\h\h

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According to a 2020 study published in the journal\h
GeoHealth, Landsat-based detection of a 2017 bloom\h\h

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in Lake Utah helped save an estimated $370,000\h
in healthcare and related costs for that area.