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Samples of an asteroid are headed back to Earth…

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A key prelaunch milestone for

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the Webb space telescope ...

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And adding a third

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dimension to some cool imagery …

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A few of the stories to tell you

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about – This Week at NASA!

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On May 10, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx

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spacecraft bid farewell to near-Earth asteroid Bennu.

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O-REx then began its journey back to Earth,

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with an abundance of sample material

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it scooped up from Bennu last October.

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This image, captured in early April, is the last one taken

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of the asteroid by OSIRIS-REx.

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After orbiting the Sun twice, the spacecraft

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is due to reach Earth Sept. 24, 2023.

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That is when the capsule

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containing the sample material will

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separate from the spacecraft,

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enter Earth’s atmosphere, and make

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a parachute assisted landing in Utah’s West Desert.

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For the last time, while

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the James Webb Space Telescope is still

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on Earth, the telescope’s 6.5

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meter primary mirror was commanded to

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fully expand and lock itself into place,

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just like it will when it gets to space.

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Webb will be the world's premier space science observatory

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when it launches later this year.

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It will help solve mysteries in our solar system,

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look to distant worlds around other stars

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beyond our solar system,

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and probe the mysterious structures

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and origins of our universe and our place in it.

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Steve Jurczyk, who has served as NASA’s

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associate administrator since May 2018,

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and most recently filled in as acting NASA administrator,

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retired on Friday, May 14

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after more than three decades at the agency.

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Former astronaut Bob Cabana will take

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over as associate administrator effective Monday, May 17.

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Cabana, who has served as director

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of our Kennedy Space Center since 2008,

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is a veteran of four spaceflights,

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with more than 910 hours in space.

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NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for

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the first private astronaut mission to the

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International Space Station.

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Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) will launch from

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our Kennedy Space Center

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in Florida, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon

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spacecraft, no earlier than January

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2022 for an eight-day mission.

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Former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría

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is expected to serve as mission commander.

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Engineers at our Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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have created a 3D rendering of the

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Ingenuity helicopter’s third

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flight on Mars, giving viewers an

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opportunity to experience that April 25 flight as

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if they were standing on the Red Planet watching it.

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The images for the video

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were provided by the Mastcam-Z imager

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on the Perseverance rover.

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Check out go.nasa.gov/3DMarsFlight

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for more about how to view the video,

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and how to create your own 3D glasses.

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Scientists at our Langley Research Center

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in Hampton, Virginia have developed a

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way to view typical satellite imagery in 3D -

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which can provide a more detailed look at storm clouds,

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and ultimately, a better understanding of severe weather.

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This is a potential game-changer for

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researchers who study thunderstorms, but

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anyone with a pair of red-blue 3D glasses can

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experience this immersive view.

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Head on over to go.nasa.gov/3DClouds to

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learn more and to see weather satellite

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imagery like you’ve never seen it before.

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That's what’s up this week @NASA …