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Launching a new mission around the Moon
… Preparing the Space Launch System

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for its first flight ...

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And undocking a resupply spacecraft
from the space station …

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

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3, 2, 1

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... and liftoff!

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On June 28, CAPSTONE launched aboard
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket

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from New Zealand.

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After a 4-month journey,
the small spacecraft will arrive

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at its lunar orbit, where it will act
as a pathfinder for Gateway,

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a future space station

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that will orbit around the Moon
as part of our Artemis program.

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CAPSTONE’s data on this unique,
halo-shaped orbit will help reduce risk

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for future spacecraft.

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This mission, which is owned and operated
by Advanced Space

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for NASA, will also validate
innovative navigation technologies.

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NASA has completed the wet dress
rehearsal campaign for the agency's

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Space Launch System rocket
(SLS) and Orion spacecraft.

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During the final rehearsal on June
20 at our Kennedy Space Center in Florida,

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teams were able to confirm the timelines
and procedures for launch.

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Next, we’ll roll the SLS rocket
back to the Vehicle Assembly Building

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to prepare for the Artemis I flight test

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currently targeted for launch in late
August 2022.

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On June 28, Northrop Grumman’s
uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft

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successfully departed
from the International Space Station

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after more than four months
at the orbiting outpost.

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After launching from our Wallops

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Flight Facility in Virginia,
Cygnus arrived at the station in February,

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delivering 8,300 pounds of supplies,
scientific

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investigations, and other cargo
to the orbiting laboratory.

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It was the company’s
17th commercial resupply services mission

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to the space station for NASA.

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This spring, researchers with NASA’s
Scalable

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Traffic Management for Emergency Response
Operations (STEReO) project

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tested prototype tools with the goal
of making wildland firefighting safer.

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Both crewed aircraft
and unmanned aircraft systems, or drones,

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are regularly used to coordinate
firefighting efforts.

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STEReO’s
prototype device focuses on notifying

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these drone pilots
of the positions of crewed aircraft,

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allowing them to stay safely
out of the way.

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Commercial partner Media

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Lario has completed critical components
for NASA’s ASTHROS Mission.

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The high-altitude balloon
will carry a telescope unit

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with an 8.2-foot primary mirror
130,000 feet above Antarctica.

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The mirror will enhance ASTHROS’ ability
to study stellar feedback,

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a phenomenon that halts star formation
in some galaxies.

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ASTHROS is set to launch
no earlier than December 2023.

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