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NASA Invites Children, Families to Learn About NASA's Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center inGreenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment onMay 18from1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT. It's a free afternoon for elementary-aged school children and their families with a look at how NASA explores space and studies Earth from space using satellites and other technology.

This month's Sunday Experiment will explore NASA's Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO). Building upon 20 years' experience servicing the Hubble Space Telescope, SSCO was formed in 2009 to advance the state of robotic servicing technology to enable the routine servicing of satellites that were not designed with servicing in mind.

Servicing a satellite in space incorporates countless engineering disciplines. SSCO is developing abilities in fuel transfer, advanced tools and skilled robotics, to name a few. SSCO's Robotic Refueling Mission has been on the ISS since 2011, demonstrating the tools, technologies and techniques to refuel and repair satellites in orbit.

In addition to celebrating all things science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the Sunday Experiment celebrates major science missions that are managed by NASA Goddard and set to launch in the near future. The Sunday Experiment is a place where children and adults alike can discover the excitement of Goddard through fun and engaging activities.

From the ISS to work here at Goddard, SSCO is constantly working with robotics. For this interactive Sunday Experiment, we will give visitors the chance to try their hand at:

-- Driving a remote control, 14-inch robot with five motors and a gripper to grab and move different objects around an activity board, and;

-- Using a gripper to repair damaged multi-layer insulation on a mock satellite.

The Sunday Experiment usually held the third Sunday of each month from September through May, with some exceptions, spotlights Goddard's world-renowned science and engineering research and technological developments. Families leave inspired by the activities, wowed by the scientists and engineers, and excited about Goddard's revolutionary research and technology.

For more information on Sunday Experiment, visit Goddard's Visitor Center Web page: http://visitorcenterevents.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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NASA Administrator to Discuss Third National Climate Assessment in California

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., Thursday, May 8, to discuss findings in the Third National Climate Assessment, released Tuesday by the White House.

The report includes contributions by NASA scientists, as well as data collected from agency missions.

Bolden will be available for a question-and-answer session during a media opportunity at Ames' hyperwall, a 23-by-10 foot liquid crystal display, composed of 128 screens and 245 million pixels and used to display and analyze results from NASAs high-fidelity modeling and simulation projects.

Media interested in attending should contact Sharon Lozano at 650-604-4789 orsharon.k.lozano@nasa.govby 5 p.m. PDT Wednesday, May 7 to register. Media participants must be U.S. citizens or green card holders. Green card holders need advanced approval and should contact Lozano, as soon as possible. Government-issued photo ID is required to obtain a visitor badge.

Registered media may arrive as early as 8:30 a.m. May 8 at the Visitor Badging Office located at the center's main gate. All media must be at the main gate by 9:30 a.m. The media event will conclude at 11 a.m.

For more information about the Third National Climate Assessment, visit:

http://www.globalchange.gov

For a California-specific fact sheet from the climate assessment, visit:

http://go.nasa.gov/1j0fUjI

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NASA captures huge explosion on surface of the sun

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Ever wanted to know what it's like to dance on the sun?

Instruments aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured stunning views of our nearest star late last month, as seen in this video of "prominence eruptions" blasting off the surface of the sun.

It's not a solar flare, according to NASA, but "material on the sun, doing what it always does, dancing and twisting and in this case erupting off the side of the sun," according to NASA spokeswoman Susan Hendrix.

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NASA, NSBRI Select 26 Proposals to Support Crew Health on Deep Space Missions

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NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) will fund 26 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future deep space exploration missions. This research may help protect astronauts as they venture farther into the solar system than ever before to explore an asteroid and, eventually, Mars.The selected proposals are from 16 institutions in eight states and will receive a total of about $17 million during a one- to three-year period. The 26 projects were selected from 123 proposals received in response to the research announcement "Research and Technology Development to Support Crew Health and Performance in Space Exploration Missions." Science and technology experts from academia and government reviewed the proposals. NASA will manage 21 of the projects and NSBRI will manage five.The selected proposals will investigate the impact of the space environment on various aspects of astronaut health, including visual impairment, behavioral health, bone loss, cardiovascular alterations, human factors and performance, neurobehavioral and psychosocial factors, sensorimotor adaptation and the development and application of smart medical systems and technology.HRP and NSBRI research provides knowledge and technologies that may improve human health and performance during space exploration. They also develop potential countermeasures for problems experienced during space travel. The organizations' goals are to help astronauts complete their challenging missions successfully and preserve their long-term health.HRP quantifies crew health and performance risks during spaceflight and develops strategies that mission planners and system developers can use to monitor and mitigate the risks. These studies often lead to advancements in understanding and treating illnesses in patients on Earth.NSBRI is a NASA-funded consortium of institutions studying health risks related to long-duration spaceflight. The Institute's science, technology and education projects take place at approximately 60 institutions across the United States.For a complete list of the selected principal investigators, organizations and proposals, visit:http://go.nasa.gov/1mvlsLdFor information about NASA's Human Research Program, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/humanresearch/For information about NSBRI's science, technology and education programs, visit:http://www.nsbri.orgFor information about NASA and agency programs, visit:http://www.nasa.gov

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NASA captures huge explosion on surface of sun

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Ever wanted to know what it's like to dance on the sun?

Instruments aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured stunning views of our nearest star late last month, as seen in this video of "prominence eruptions" blasting off the surface of the sun.

It's not a solar flare, according to NASA, but "material on the sun, doing what it always does, dancing and twisting and in this case erupting off the side of the sun," according to NASA spokeswoman Susan Hendrix.

The material is a small, hovering mass of twisted plasma that shifts back and forth before erupting into space over the course of just one day.

The suspended plasma is being pulled and stretched by competing magnetic forces until something triggers the breakaway, NASA reports. This kind of activity is fairly common on the sun, but we have only been able to view them at this level of detail since the SDO began operations just four years ago.

The SDO is a satellite that's in orbit around the Earth, with sensors pointed at the sun to take a variety of measurements of the sun and solar activity.

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NASA Image Mars Anomalies Road Sign With Text A Dog A Hinged Briefcase And Stone Walkways – Video

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NASA Image Mars Anomalies Road Sign With Text A Dog A Hinged Briefcase And Stone Walkways
NASA Image Mars Anomalies Road Sign With Text A Dog a Hinged Briefcase And Stone Walkways This amazing Mars Curiosity image shows two road signs one with written text on it....

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