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Celebrating diversity in space and technology
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Some recognition for a unique mission …

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And a small find that is a pretty big deal
… a few of the stories to tell you about

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– This Week at NASA!

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On Feb. 10, NASA collaborated with the Smithsonian
National Museum of African American History

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and Culture for a Black History Month event
highlighting contributions by African Americans

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to space and technology.

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The event was aimed at inspiring students
to pursue science, technology, engineering,

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and math, or STEM fields of study.

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NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test,
or DART team has been selected to receive

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the Space Foundation’s 2023 Space Achievement
Award.

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Last year, the DART spacecraft successfully
collided with, and changed the course of an

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asteroid during the first-ever planetary defense
test mission.

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An international team of European astronomers
has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

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to detect a very small asteroid.

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The asteroid – about 300 to 650 feet long
– is likely the smallest object observed

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to date by Webb and may be an example of an
object less than 0.6 miles long within the

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main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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On Feb. 8, engineers at our Stennis Space
Center conducted the first hot fire test of

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the year with the newly redesigned RS-25 engine.

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Four of the engines will help power our Space
Launch System rocket on future Artemis missions

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to the Moon.