1 00:00:00,170 --> 00:00:02,950 Spacewalking astronauts work outside the space station … 2 00:00:02,950 --> 00:00:05,650 NASA’s new deputy administrator is sworn-in … 3 00:00:05,650 --> 00:00:10,360 And putting another piece of our Artemis I Moon rocket in place … a few of the stories 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,970 to tell you about – This Week at NASA! 5 00:00:13,970 --> 00:00:19,160 On June 25, astronauts Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space 6 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:24,380 Agency conducted the third spacewalk in 10 days outside the International Space Station. 7 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:30,029 The pair worked to install and deploy the second of six new ISS Roll-Out Solar Arrays 8 00:00:30,029 --> 00:00:31,029 (iROSA). 9 00:00:31,029 --> 00:00:35,620 The arrays will help increase the station’s total available power and are the same solar 10 00:00:35,620 --> 00:00:41,020 array design that will power elements of the agency’s Gateway lunar-orbiting outpost. 11 00:00:41,020 --> 00:00:43,789 “I, Pamela Ann Melroy.” 12 00:00:43,789 --> 00:00:49,909 On June 21, former astronaut Pam Melroy took office as NASA’s new Deputy Administrator, 13 00:00:49,909 --> 00:00:55,799 after being given the oath of office by Administrator Bill Nelson in a ceremony at our Mary W. Jackson 14 00:00:55,799 --> 00:00:58,309 NASA Headquarters building in Washington. 15 00:00:58,309 --> 00:01:04,479 “I’m very honored to be teamed with Administrator Nelson and our Associate Administrator Bob 16 00:01:04,479 --> 00:01:07,219 Cabana and the rest of the broader team. 17 00:01:07,219 --> 00:01:13,250 It’s our intention, I believe to not just lead today’s NASA, but also lead us forward 18 00:01:13,250 --> 00:01:20,619 into the future and support the generations of fantastic things that NASA will continue 19 00:01:20,619 --> 00:01:21,619 to do.” 20 00:01:21,619 --> 00:01:30,200 “What a grand occasion for us and what an appropriate nominee, now confirmed. 21 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:40,789 And so we’ve got someone that is extremely skilled, experienced and ready for this job.” 22 00:01:40,789 --> 00:01:45,520 Melroy was nominated in April by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate on June 23 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:46,520 17. 24 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:51,030 She is one of only two women to command a space shuttle and logged more than 38 days 25 00:01:51,030 --> 00:01:53,119 in space as an astronaut. 26 00:01:53,119 --> 00:01:57,899 Workers at our Kennedy Space Center have stacked the launch vehicle stage adapter atop the 27 00:01:57,899 --> 00:02:03,189 Space Launch System or SLS rocket’s core stage, ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I Moon 28 00:02:03,189 --> 00:02:05,689 mission targeted for later this year. 29 00:02:05,689 --> 00:02:10,069 The cone shaped adapter connects the core stage and the interim cryogenic propulsion 30 00:02:10,069 --> 00:02:15,459 stage (ICPS), which provides the Orion spacecraft with the additional thrust needed to travel 31 00:02:15,459 --> 00:02:17,840 tens of thousands of miles beyond the Moon. 32 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,530 Artemis I is the first integrated test of Orion and SLS ahead of missions to the Moon 33 00:02:23,530 --> 00:02:25,310 with astronauts. 34 00:02:25,310 --> 00:02:30,860 After several months of check-outs and calibrations following its launch last November, the ocean-observing 35 00:02:30,860 --> 00:02:35,810 Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite made its first science data available to the public 36 00:02:35,810 --> 00:02:37,540 on June 22. 37 00:02:37,540 --> 00:02:42,260 The satellite is a U.S.-European collaboration to measure sea surface height and other key 38 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:47,840 ocean features, such as ocean surface wind speed and wave height, and is part of a series 39 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:53,680 of satellites that has been gathering precise ocean height measurements for nearly 30 years. 40 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:58,340 Cooperative agreements and funding have been awarded to 10 minority-serving institutions 41 00:02:58,340 --> 00:03:03,140 with projects that support NASA’s effort to better understand the role of oceans in 42 00:03:03,140 --> 00:03:04,700 the Earth system. 43 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:09,510 The awards are through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), part 44 00:03:09,510 --> 00:03:12,239 of the agency’s Office of STEM Engagement. 45 00:03:12,239 --> 00:03:17,500 It supports the training and development of students and faculty at minority-serving institutions 46 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:18,560 in STEM fields.