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NASA Interns Are "All About That Space"

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Crafting pop hits isn't rocket science, but even rocket scientists like to have fun parodying them for their own ends.

Crafting pop hits isn't rocket science, but apparently even rocket scientists like to have fun parodying them from time to time.

In 2013, interns in NASA's Pathways Interns program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston offered their take on Psy's "Gangnam Style" with an homage they called "NASA Johnson Style." This year's group has taken the Meghan Trainor hit "All About That Bass" and spun it into "All About That Space."

The latest spoof veers broadly away Trainor's raunchy celebration of larger body types towards the aspirational promise of NASA's mission to visit celestial bodies. "All About That Space" focuses on the space agency's work on its next-generation, long-haul crew capsule, Orion, which underwent its first successful test flight earlier this month.

You can check out the video below and be sure to visit ReelNASA's YouTube page for a look at the full lyrics. Here's a sample:

Hey, they're working so hard, don't you love these NASA guys? They will take us so far the first time that Orion flies. You know we travellin' to deep destinations 'fore to long, So if that's what you're into then join in and ride along.

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It took a team of divers, handlers and spacecraft specialists from NASA, the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin to pull Orion from the sea following the spacecrafts successful flight test and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Read about the work performed Dec. 5 to secure Orion inside the USS Anchorage before bringing the spacecraft back to shore to begin its cross-country road trip back to Florida. http://go.nasa.gov/1Gpq7CJ

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President Obama, speaking to the Senior Executive Service, recognized Julie Kramer White, Orions chief engineer, for the successful Orion flight test. He also noted the spacecrafts mission, saying that when a human is the first to set foot (on Mars), they will have Julie and her team to thank and at that point, Ill be out of the presidency and I might hitch a ride.

Heres Julies bio:http://women.nasa.gov/julie-kramer-white

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The Orion spacecraft was off-loaded from the well deck of the USS Anchorage Monday night after the amphibious ship docked in San Diego. The ships crew along with NASA and Lockheed Martin teams retrieved the spacecraft from the Pacific Ocean at the end of the highly successful Orion flight test that saw the Orion fly about 3,600 miles above Earth in a 4.5-hour evaluation of critical systems and mechanisms including jettison events and the ability of the heat shield to stand up to temperatures of 4,000 degrees F. Next up for Orion, a trip cross-country back to NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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An MH-60 helicopter flies over the Orion as recovery teams move in to retrieve the spacecraft.

Orion is expected to be off-loaded from the USS Anchorage today at Naval Base San Diego today following its recovery Friday aftersplashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The spacecraft is nestled inside the well deck of the amphibious ship during the trek from its splashdown point about 600 miles southwest of San Diego.

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APOD: 2014 December 11 – Moondog Night

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Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2014 December 11

Explanation: In this night scene from the early hours of November 14, light from a last quarter Moon illuminates clouds above the mountaintop domes of Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. Bright Jupiter is just left of the overexposed lunar disk with a streak of camera lens flare immediately to the right, but that's no fireball meteor exploding near the center of the picture. Instead, from the roadside perspective a stunningly bright moondog or paraselene stands directly over Kitt Peaks's WIYN telescope. Analogous to a sundog or parhelion, a paraselene is produced by moonlight refracted through thin, hexagonal, plate-shaped ice crystals in high cirrus clouds. As determined by the crystal geometry, paraselenae (plural) are seen at an angle of 22 degrees or more from the Moon. Compared to the bright lunar disk they are more often faint and easier to spot when the Moon is low. About 10 minutes after the photograph even this bright moondog had faded from the night.

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NASA parodies 'All about that Bass' to promote space exploration

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HOUSTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- As has become a recent tradition, the students at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas parodied a hit song to highlight NASA's work in space exploration.

This year they turned Megan Trainor's song "All About that Bass" into "All About that Space" to spur excitement for Orion's first flight.

Orion had a two-hour test flight and successfully recovered from the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 5. The spacecraft is expected to eventuallycarry a human crew further than ever. It will launch on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) for missions to asteroids, and, one day, Mars.

While the focus has been on the development from commercial crew vehicles from SpaceX and Boeing, NASA has continued its development of rockets since it decommissioned the shuttle in 2011. NASA is currently transporting crews to the International Space Station on Russian Soyuz rockets as Russia is the largest partner on the ISS in addition to Europe, Canada and Japan.

This is not the first time NASA has spread its love for space through music video parodies. In 2012, students at NASA's JSC went viral with a parody of "Gangnam Style," celebrating the work on the International Space Station and other space exploration projects.

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'CRomnibus' budget a good deal for NASA planetary science, supporters say

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The so-called CRomnibus package is up for a vote in Congress this week and supporters of NASA are cheering it on. If approved in the House and Senate, the federal spending appropriations for the 2015 fiscal year would give the space agency enough funding to send the Mars 2020 rover to the Red Planet on time and to invest in a flagship mission to Jupiters moon Europa.

The omnibus bill would provide NASA with $18.01 billion, which amounts to $549 million above President Obamas budget request for this year. Within that amount, planetary science would get $1.437 billion, a $157-million boost.

Each year now for several years weve had to fight with the administration for adequate levels of funding for planetary science, which has been the crown jewel of NASA, said Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), whose district includes NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge. But Congress responded with a resounding Yes for planetary science and rejected the cuts and then went well beyond expectations.

The finding would also allow NASA to keep operating the long-lived Opportunity rover, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The bill also specifically sets aside $118 million for a mission to Jupiters moon Europa. This moon, whose icy exterior likely hides a subsurface ocean, is one of the few worlds in our solar system that could host a life-friendly environment.

We have the science, great minds and technology in place to explore other worlds, Bill Nye, chief executive of the Planetary Society, said in a statement, adding that the proposed planetary science budget was just shy of the organizations recommended $1.5 billion. We have the support of the Congress. We have the potential to search for life at destinations like Mars and Europa. Lets get out there and see what's up.

The planetary science funding was essential to safeguarding the experience and expertise of NASAs current scientists and engineers, Schiff added.

There are only a handful of people on Earth who know how to successfully land on Mars, or know how to get to Europa and contemplate a landing there, and theyre at JPL, Schiff said. We dont want to break up the dream team of scientists we have at JPL.

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NASA Is 'All About That Space' in Hilarious Parody Music Video

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NASA interns dance to "All About That Space," a parody of "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor, in the latest music video from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA

NASA is "all about that space, 'bout that space, space travel" in a new music video recently released by the space agency.

The new music video shows a group of plucky young NASA interns dancing, lip synching and having fun at Johnson Space Center in Houston with their parody of the hit Meghan Trainor song "All About that Bass." NASA's version of the song is (of course) called "All About That Space," and it's just as catchy as the original. The young NASA hopefuls, Pathways Interns at JSC, manage to infuse the parody with a positive message centered on exploration. NASA intern Sarah Schlieder wrote the lyrics:

"If you got boosters boosters, just raise 'em up 'Cause every spacecraft needs propulsion From the bottom to the top Hey, they're working so hard, don't you love these NASA guys? They will take us so far the first time that Orion flies."

The new video was created to raise awareness about the first flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft, according to a video description. Orion launched to space on Dec. 5 for its first uncrewed test flight that brought it higher into space than any spacecraft made for humans has been in more than 40 years. After launching from Florida, Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 4 hours and 24 minutes after it was lofted into orbit. U.S. Navy ships retrieved Orion from the ocean and brought it back to dry land. The spacecraft should return to Florida for analysis before Christmas.

"All About That Space" is the latest in a tradition of NASA parody videos. In 2013, Johnson Space Center interns produced "NASA Johnson Style," a parody of "Gangnam Style" by Korean pop star and YouTube sensation Psy. Officials at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia did the "Harlem Shake" in Mission Control as well. NASA officials at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California also parodied LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know it" with "We're NASA and We Know It" after the Curiosity rover landed on Mars in 2012.

To see the full lyrics to NASA's "All About That Space," visit the YouTube page.

Follow Miriam Kramer @mirikramer. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.

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NASA, SpaceX reschedule next week's ISS resupply launch

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- NASA announced Thursday that the launch of SpaceX's robotic Dragon capsule will be delayed three days. The International Space Station resupply mission was originally scheduled to blast off on Tuesday, December 16. But proceedings have been rescheduled for Friday, December 19.

"The change of launch date allows SpaceX to take extra time to ensure they do everything possible on the ground to prepare for a successful launch," NASA officials announced in a released statement. "Both the Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon spacecraft are in good health."

Friday's launch will be powered by the company's Falcon 9 rocket, and as originally planned, the private spaceflight company will still attempt to land the rocket's first stage on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean.

Reusable rocket technology is key to the company's growth, CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly said. Being able to reuse vital components of its rocket could shave costs by a factor of 1,000.

"There are a lot of launches that will occur over the next year," Musk said at an aerospace conference earlier this fall. "I think it's quite likely that one of those flights, we'll be able to land and refly, so I think we're quite close."

The newly reschedule resupply launch will take place at 12:30 p.m. EST on Friday. The mission will be broadcast on NASA TV. A briefing with mission officials will be held on Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

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