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The first mission to the Trojan asteroids …

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A prelaunch milestone for our Artemis I mission …

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And highlighting a few of our NASA centers …

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

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We have engine ignition

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Release.

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Engine at full thrust.

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On October 16th, we launched our Lucy spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force

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Station, in Florida.

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Lucy is the first space mission
 to the Trojan asteroids,

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a diverse population of small bodies
 believed to be remnants of our early

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solar system, that are trapped
 in a stable orbit with Jupiter.

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The mission could help revolutionize
 what we know about the origins

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and formation of our solar system
 and its planets.

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Learn more about the mission
 at: nasa.gov/lucy.

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Teams working inside the Vehicle Assembly
 Building at our Kennedy Space Center

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added the Orion spacecraft’s stage
 adapter to the top of the Space

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Launch System or SLS rocket
 for our upcoming Artemis I mission.

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They will add Orion
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on top of the stage
 adapter to complete the Artemis I stack.

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Artemis I will be the first flight test
 around the Moon of the SLS

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rocket And Orion spacecraft
 as an integrated system.

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Our Administrator Bill Nelson
 and Deputy Administrator

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Pam Melroy recently
 visited NASA centers in California.

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They toured our Ames
 Research Center on Oct. 12

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to hear about climate-related research
 – including wildfire prevention

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and reduction of emissions with the use of
 air traffic management tools.

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The next day at our Armstrong Flight
 Research Center they participated

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in activities to celebrate the center’s
 75th anniversary –

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including the opening
 of a 25-year-old time capsule.

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Finally, on Oct. 14,

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they stopped by our Jet Propulsion
 Laboratory for a climate summit

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with elected officials.

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While there, they also were updated
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rover and Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
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in French Guiana on October 12th
 after a 16 day journey at sea.

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After Webb is driven
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it will be prepped for its targeted
 December 18th launch.

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From its vantage point in space,
 about one million miles from Earth,

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the world’s largest and most complex
 space science observatory

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is expected to capture
 images of the early universe

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that will transform our understanding
 of our place in the cosmos.

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Learn more about the mission
 at nasa.gov/webb.

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Officials from NASA and other industry leaders gathered in Huntsville, Alabama Oct. 12-14

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for the 14th annual
 Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium.

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This year’s theme was, “United:
 A Foundation Delivered,

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The Future Enabled.”
 The event featured discussion

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about the space science and exploration
 progress made to date,

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as well as the plans and goals
 for future space endeavors.

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That's what's up this week at NASA.