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The Webb Space Telescope reaches
its new home …

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Remembering our fallen heroes …

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And testing a VIPER in the sand …

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

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On Jan. 24, our James Webb Space Telescope team
commanded the spacecraft to make a planned

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mid-course correction burn that placed it
into its final orbit around the

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second Sun-Earth Lagrange point,
or L2 – Webb’s final science destination.

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From this vantage point,
the telescope will have a wide

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view of the cosmos
and be able to perform optimal science.

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It will be several more months
before the observatory’s

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optics and systems are ready
to begin science operations.

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Webb, the world’s largest, most powerful,
and most complex space science telescope

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ever built, will reveal new and unexpected
discoveries and help humanity

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understand the origins of the universe
and our place in it.

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On Jan. 27, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
and other agency officials attended

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the Day of Remembrance observance at
Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

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The annual event is one of several
around the agency in tribute to the fallen

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astronauts of Apollo 1, space shuttles Challenger and Columbia,

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and other members of the NASA family
who lost their lives

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in support of the agency’s
mission of exploration and discovery.

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The date also marked 55 years
since the Apollo 1 tragedy

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that claimed the lives of astronauts
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee.

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The three of us

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want to share with you

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some of the experiences
that we’ve had over the course

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of remembering back
about these three crews.

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The observance at Arlington was followed
by a panel discussion at our Mary W.

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Jackson NASA Headquarters
Building in Washington, during

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which Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam
Melroy, Associate Administrator Bob Cabana

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and others reflected on
how these three accidents have impacted

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the history of American space flight
and how NASA

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approaches safety.

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We recently conducted

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mobility
testing with a prototype of our Volatiles

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Investigating Polar Exploration
Rover, or VIPER lunar robot

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at our Glenn Research Center’s
Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory.

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The testing will help ensure
the rover is ready for its 2023 mission

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to the Moon’s South Pole to search for ice
and other resources there.

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VIPER is one of several missions
that will be delivered to the Moon

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as part of our Commercial Lunar Payload
Services, or CLPS, initiative to help NASA

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explore the Moon and prepare for future
human missions to the lunar surface.

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The newest edition of NASA’s Spinoff
publication is available.

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The publication,
which is part of our Technology

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Transfer program, highlights
NASA technologies

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that benefit life on Earth
in the form of commercial products.

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Spinoff 2022 features more than 45
companies using NASA technology

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to advance manufacturing techniques,
detoxify polluted soil,

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improve weather forecasting,
and even clean the air

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to slow the spread of viruses,
including coronavirus.

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Print and digital versions
of the latest issue of Spinoff

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are available at spinoff.nasa.gov.

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