1 00:00:00,309 --> 00:00:02,651 A new Earth-observing mission launches to space … 2 00:00:02,651 --> 00:00:05,230 A move to make room aboard the space station … 3 00:00:05,230 --> 00:00:09,920 And some valuable space station science returns to Earth … a few of the stories to tell 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:12,520 you about – This Week at NASA! 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:20,169 “And liftoff. Liftoff of an Altas V rocket and Landsat 9!” 6 00:00:20,169 --> 00:00:26,619 On Sept. 27, our Landsat 9 satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. 7 00:00:26,619 --> 00:00:30,739 This joint mission with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will capture images of Earth 8 00:00:30,739 --> 00:00:36,520 from space that will be added to the nearly 50 years of freely available Landsat data 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:42,270 researchers and officials use to monitor the health of Earth and manage essential resources. 10 00:00:42,270 --> 00:00:47,620 Learn more at nasa.gov/landsat9. 11 00:00:47,620 --> 00:00:52,121 On Sept. 28, aboard the International Space Station, three crew members, including our 12 00:00:52,121 --> 00:00:57,980 Mark Vande Hei, relocated their Soyuz spacecraft from the station’s Rassvet module to the 13 00:00:57,980 --> 00:01:02,870 brand new “Nauka” Multipurpose Laboratory Module. It is the first time a spacecraft 14 00:01:02,870 --> 00:01:08,400 has docked to Nauka. The move also frees up Rassvet for the Oct. 5 arrival of another 15 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,439 Soyuz spacecraft. 16 00:01:10,439 --> 00:01:17,549 A SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft left the space station on Sept. 30 to return 17 00:01:17,549 --> 00:01:23,490 more than 4,600 pounds of supplies and valuable science to Earth. The experiments include 18 00:01:23,490 --> 00:01:28,759 research on neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, a study that could help 19 00:01:28,759 --> 00:01:34,720 treat muscle atrophy in elderly people on Earth, and more. This was SpaceX’s 23rd 20 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:39,710 Commercial Resupply Services mission for NASA. 21 00:01:39,710 --> 00:01:45,820 On Sept. 30, engineers at our Stennis Space Center conducted a hot fire test of an RS-25 22 00:01:45,820 --> 00:01:50,969 engine on the center’s A-1 test stand. This was the seventh and final planned test of 23 00:01:50,969 --> 00:01:55,720 the current test series to support development and production of the engine for our Space 24 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:01,990 Launch System (SLS) rocket. Four RS-25s will help power the SLS on future Moon missions, 25 00:02:01,990 --> 00:02:09,989 including Artemis I targeted for later this year. For more details, visit: nasa.gov/SLS. 26 00:02:09,989 --> 00:02:14,659 For the next few weeks, we will be mostly incommunicado with our fleet of spacecraft 27 00:02:14,659 --> 00:02:19,590 on and around Mars. This communications “time out” happens about every two years during 28 00:02:19,590 --> 00:02:24,440 Mars solar conjunction – when Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the Sun, and 29 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:28,629 can’t “see” each other. Sending radio signal commands to spacecraft during this 30 00:02:28,629 --> 00:02:34,340 time is risky, because solar activity can corrupt those commands and cause unexpected 31 00:02:34,340 --> 00:02:37,480 behavior. 32 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,959 Researchers using data from our Hubble Space Telescope have determined that the wind speeds 33 00:02:41,959 --> 00:02:47,939 just inside the boundary of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot are accelerating. Their research 34 00:02:47,939 --> 00:02:53,019 shows that the average wind speed in this region of the storm increased by up to 8 percent 35 00:02:53,019 --> 00:02:59,650 from 2009 to 2020. The massive storm spins counterclockwise at more than 400 miles per 36 00:02:59,650 --> 00:03:04,800 hour – and the vortex is bigger than Earth itself. 37 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:10,650 NASA has transferred findings from the agency’s Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 or (ATD-2) 38 00:03:10,650 --> 00:03:16,069 project to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for nationwide implementation. Over 39 00:03:16,069 --> 00:03:21,329 the past six years, the project demonstrated this suite of airport operations tools at 40 00:03:21,329 --> 00:03:27,140 several U.S. airports to save fuel, reduce carbon emissions, and increase information 41 00:03:27,140 --> 00:03:34,650 sharing between the FAA and industry. Find out more at nasa.gov/aeronautics. 42 00:03:34,650 --> 00:03:40,310 On Sept. 30, our Armstrong Flight Research Center marked its 75th year of innovation, 43 00:03:40,310 --> 00:03:45,359 milestones, and discoveries. In its early history, the center helped achieve the first 44 00:03:45,359 --> 00:03:51,049 supersonic flight. Today, Armstrong continues its groundbreaking aeronautics research, as 45 00:03:51,049 --> 00:03:56,709 well as work in space transportation and in many Earth and space science missions. Check 46 00:03:56,709 --> 00:04:03,310 out go.nasa.gov/armstrong75 for more about Armstrong’s 75th anniversary.