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The move to the launchpad
ahead of our Artemis I flight test …

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Discussing priorities
for national space activities …

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And cargo and science
head home 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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On the night of Aug. 16,

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teams at our Kennedy Space Center
began the approximately 4-mile move

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of the Space Launch System
or SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft

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from the Vehicle
Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B,

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in preparation for the launch
of our uncrewed Artemis I flight test.

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The rocket and spacecraft
arrived at the pad the next morning.

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Artemis I is the first in a series
of increasingly complex missions

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to help us establish
a long-term presence on the Moon.

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The mission also will serve
as a steppingstone to sending astronauts to Mars.

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Artemis I is currently targeted 
for launch

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no earlier than Aug. 29.

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Vice President Kamala Harris recently
met with the National Space Council

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at the Chabot Space
and Science Center in Oakland, California,

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the official visitor center
for our Ames Research Center.

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Aerospace companies at the event
had the opportunity

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to display and share their work
with the vice president.

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The vice president –
who serves as the chair

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of the National Space Council –
also made a speech,

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in which she discussed upcoming priorities
for national activities in space,

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including strengthening
public-private partnerships

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and the benefits
of space exploration for all.

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On Aug. 19, a SpaceX Dragon cargo 
resupply spacecraft

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left the International Space Station
and headed back to Earth

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with more than 4,000 pounds of supplies

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and scientific experiments
for NASA and others.

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This was SpaceX’s 25th Commercial Resupply

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Services mission for NASA.

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Another asteroid has been added

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to the “to visit” list
for our Lucy spacecraft.

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Lucy’s science team recently discovered
that the smallest of the mission’s

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Trojan asteroid targets,
Polymele, has a moon.

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With this discovery, Lucy is now on track
to visit a total of nine asteroids -

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one main belt asteroid and eight
so-called Trojan asteroids,

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a previously unexplored
population of asteroids that lead

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and follow Jupiter in its orbit
around the Sun.

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Our Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
recently helped teams of U.S.

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college students launch their technology
experiments into space.

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The experiments were launched on a
Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket

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to an altitude of about 91 miles before
descending back to Earth by parachute.

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The investigations were flown
through the RockSat-X program,

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which gives students the experience
of building experiments for spaceflight.

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A quick note about an upcoming 
change for NASA Television.

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NASA TV programming on the 
Galaxy 13 domestic satellite

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is moving from transponder
11 to transponder 15.

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Currently, both transponders are active,
but distribution of

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NASA TV programming on transponder
11 will end on Monday, Aug. 29.

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For complete details,
please visit go.nasa.gov/transponder.