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The release of NASA’s budget request …

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A new set of Earth-focused missions …

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And … new research findings about Jupiter’s
moon Europa … a few of the stories to tell

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you about – This Week at NASA!

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On May 28, NASA Administrator Senator Bill
Nelson and other senior officials briefed

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the media on the Biden-Harris Administration’s
fiscal year 2022 funding request for the agency,

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following the White House’s release of the
full funding request.

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Details and supporting information about the
$24.8 billion funding request are available

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online at nasa.gov/budget.

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NASA’s Earth System Observatory will be
a new set of Earth-focused missions using

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individual satellites to provide key, next-generation
data to help mitigate climate change, protect

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communities in the face of natural disasters,
and improve real-time agricultural processes.

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The satellites will complement each other
and work in tandem to create a 3D, holistic

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view of Earth and an unprecedented understanding
of the planet’s climate system.

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For more information visit: nasa.gov/earth.

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New research and 3D computer modeling show
that in the recent past, volcanic activity

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may have occurred on the seafloor of Jupiter’s
moon Europa – and it may still be happening.

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This new work shows how there may be enough
internal heat from within the moon to partially

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melt its rocky layer, a process that could
feed volcanoes on the ocean floor.

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NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission,
targeted for launch in 2024, may shed light

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on these recent findings.

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May 25 marked the 60th anniversary of President
John F. Kennedy’s “Urgent National Needs”

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speech to a joint session of Congress, during
which he sought support of a bold endeavor

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to put the U.S. undisputedly in the lead of
the space race with the Soviet Union.

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"I believe that this nation should commit
itself to achieving the goal, before this

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decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon
and returning him safely to the Earth."

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Just a little more than 8 years later, Kennedy’s
vision was realized when the U.S. became the

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first nation to land humans on the Moon and
safely return them to Earth with Apollo 11.

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On May 26 there was a triple celestial treat
in the skies for some of us on Earth.

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There was a total lunar eclipse - the first
in nearly two and a half years.

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Added to that was the Moon’s reddish tint
caused by the eclipse, and to top it off,

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it all occurred during a full Moon at its
closest approach to Earth this year – commonly

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referred to as a supermoon.

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We haven’t had a total lunar eclipse occur
with a supermoon in almost six years.