A commercial resupply mission heads to the space station …
A key piece of hardware for a future Moon mission is on the move …
And another spacecraft gets ready to spread its wings in deep space …
A few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at
Commercial Resupply Mission Launches to the Space Station
On August 1, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft launched to the International Space Station from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The Cygnus, named after late NASA astronaut Laurel Clark, was filled with more than 8,200 pounds of supplies and scientific research for the crew aboard the space station.
NASA Rocket Hardware Prepped for Shipment to Space Coast
Teams at United Launch Alliance’s Decatur, Alabama facility recently packed up NASA’s Space Launch System or
Psyche Solar Array Wings Tested and Stowed for Launch
Engineers recently attached the solar array wings for NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. The arrays were also tested to make sure they deploy correctly and were then re-stowed in preparation for the spacecraft’s journey to a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche, that orbits the Sun between nasa.gov/psyche.
Registration Open for Space Apps Challenge
Registration is open for the 2023 NASA Space Apps Challenge. The two-day event – scheduled for October 7 and 8 – is the largest annual global hackathon. It is designed for people around the world to come together and use open data from NASA and other space agencies to solve real-world challenges on Earth and in space. Learn more at spaceappschallenge.org.
That’s what’s up this week @NASA!