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A record-breaking spaceflight for the Crew-1 mission ...

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Swearing-in NASA’s new administrator …

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And the anniversary of the first American in space …

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a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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After departing the International Space Station on May 1,

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the SpaceX “Resilience” Crew Dragon spacecraft safely

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reentered the atmosphere in the pre-dawn

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hours of May 2, and slowly

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descended back to Earth with the

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astronauts of our SpaceX Crew-1 mission.

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Even though it's night time, we have some great visuals.

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of Dragon there with its four main chutes deployed

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The spacecraft and its crew safely splashed

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down at 2:56 a.m. EDT off the coast of Panama City, Florida

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wrapping up a 168-day mission –

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a new record for an American

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long-duration crewed spacecraft mission.

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[applause]

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I think everything went like clockwork,

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in fact I’m not aware

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of any objectives that weren’t

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accomplished for our mission.

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And so, on behalf of Crew-1,

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we want to thank all of

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the organizations and companies and

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personnel that contributed

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to this mission.

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Crew-1 also was the first night

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splashdown of a U.S.

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crewed spacecraft since

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Apollo 8’s predawn return

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in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 27, 1968.

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I Bill Nelson. I Bill Nelson.

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Do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear …

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Sen. Bill Nelson took office as the 14th

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administrator of NASA on May 3,

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after being sworn in by Vice President

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Kamala Harris during a ceremony at

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the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.

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The U.S. Senate confirmed Nelson to serve as

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the NASA administrator April 29.

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He has an extensive history

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of working with NASA and has been

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integral to the agency’s current successes.

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He is looking forward to

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seeing continued success for

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the NASA family in the future.

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Not only are we going back to

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the moon and then on to Mars.

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But look at the scientific achievement that

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we’re going to do.

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And along the line inspire a

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whole new generation of students

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in science, and technology,

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and engineering, and mathematics.

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May 5 marked the 60th anniversary of NASA

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astronaut Alan Shepard’s historic flight aboard

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the Freedom 7 spacecraft –

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making him the first American to

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travel into space.

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The flight, which launched aboard a

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Redstone rocket from Cape

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Canaveral, lasted

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and demonstrated that a

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human being could work

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and survive in space

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using American-built technology.

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NASA and Boeing are targeting 2:53 p.m. EDT Friday, July 30,

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for the launch of the company’s Starliner

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uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the

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International Space Station.

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A July 30 launch would lead to

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rendezvous and docking with

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the space station on the evening of July 31.

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Our Commercial Crew Program is working with

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industry through a public-private

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partnership to provide safe, reliable,

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and cost-effective transportation to

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and from the station – which serves as

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humanity’s springboard to space exploration,

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including future missions to the Moon and eventually to Mars.

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High-voltage functional ground testing with NASA’s

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first all-electric X-plane,

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the X-57 Maxwell, is underway

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at our Armstrong Flight Research Center

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electric aircraft, called Mod 2.

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The developmental plane will eventually perform flights to

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help develop certification standards for

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emerging electric aircraft.

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NASA is also supporting

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these new electric aircraft by

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developing quiet, efficient, reliable technology

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these vehicles will need in routine use.

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During a brief swing by the planet Venus,

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our Parker Solar Probe detected a natural radio signal.

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Data from the pass, which

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were translated to

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sound using data sonification,

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revealed that the spacecraft

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had actually flown through the planet’s

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upper atmosphere -

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making it the first direct

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measurement of the Venusian atmosphere

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in nearly 30 years.

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The Parker Solar Probe mission makes

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a series of close flybys of

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Venus that are designed to leverage the

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planet’s gravity to help the spacecraft

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get closer and closer to the Sun.

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