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The Vice President checks\h
out new Earth Science work …

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Two decades and counting of\h
continuous human presence in space …

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And 29 days on the edge for the Webb\h
Space Telescope team … a few of the\h\h

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stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!

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Vice President Kamala Harris visited our\h
Goddard Space Flight Center on Nov. 5 for\h\h

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a first-hand look at how NASA’s wide array of\h
Earth science missions provide crucial information\h\h

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to help address the climate\h
challenges facing our planet.

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The Vice President was also on hand with NASA\h
Administrator Bill Nelson and other officials\h\h

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as we unveiled the first images from Landsat 9,\h\h

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a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological\h
Survey (USGS) that launched in late September.\h\h

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The images, all captured on Oct. 31, provide\h
a preview of how the mission will help people\h\h

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manage vital natural resources and\h
track the impacts of climate change,\h\h

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adding to Landsat’s data record of space-based\h
Earth observation that spans nearly 50 years.
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Learn more about NASA’s Earth\h
science work at nasa.gov/Earth. 
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Oct. 31 marked the start of the 21st straight\h
year of humans living and working in space.\h\h

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Expedition 1, the first resident crew to live\h
and work onboard the International Space Station,\h\h

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launched on Halloween in 2000. The science\h
and technology research conducted onboard\h\h

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the space station is critical to helping us\h
understand and overcome the challenges of\h\h

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long-duration spaceflight, and necessary\h
for a long-term presence on the Moon\h\h

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and missions deeper into the\h
solar system, including to Mars.

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NASA is working with the U.S. Navy off\h
the coast of San Diego, California,\h\h

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on the final certification run to verify and\h
validate procedures and hardware to recover\h\h

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the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in\h
the Pacific Ocean at the end of our uncrewed\h\h

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Artemis I mission. Orion is targeted to launch\h
atop our Space Launch System rocket on Artemis\h\h

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I – its first deep space mission to pave\h
the way for future flights with astronauts.

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This year’s launch of our James Webb Space\h
Telescope will be followed by a rather tense “29\h\h

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Days on Edge” for the Webb team. During that time,\h
thousands of parts must work correctly, and in\h\h

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sequence, to unfold the telescope and put it into\h
its final configuration. With more than 300 single\h\h

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point failure items, this will be the most complex\h
sequence of deployments ever attempted in a single\h\h

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space mission. Webb is targeted for launch Dec.\h
18 on its mission to reveal new and unexpected\h\h

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discoveries and help humanity understand the\h
origins of the universe and our place in it.

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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test or\h
DART mission is currently targeted for launch\h\h

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no earlier than Nov. 24 from Vandenberg Space\h
Force Base in California. The mission could help\h\h

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determine if intentionally crashing a spacecraft\h
into an asteroid is an effective way to change\h\h

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its course, should we discover an asteroid on\h
a collision course with Earth in the future.\h\h

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In fall 2022, DART will impact\h
the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos,\h\h

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which orbits a larger asteroid named Didymos.\h
Neither of these is a threat to Earth.