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Sun Jan 10 15:19:04 CST 2021

hi all,

 Happy New Year! we will have to see what this year brings…I think if we look at where we were last year at this time…we certainly never could have envisioned the pandemic or the implications it would have, how long it would last, and for many of us that is worse now than any other time…own a personal note…my girlfriend’s mom, who lives in German, is very active, no medical issues, nothing that would contribute…tested positive for the virus 10 days before Christmas…she died on Christmas Day…we are all in shock…it happened so fast…I have many friends who do not take the virus seriously, they don’t wear masks, don’t social distance, don’t listen to medical experts…please be careful and stay safe.

It has been a a very successful 2020 for the space program with 2021 looking even brighter…for this of us who watched with anticipation the launch of Perseverance to Mars we can look forward to the landing next month…see the last article about getting the kids involved with the Rover Perseverance...be sure to sign up for the Virtual Invitation…it is wonderful insight into all aspects of missions, so many opportunities to have a special part into the preparation, loading, launch, and progress as well as sending your name on missions…

We have to remember to do our best, enjoy everything we do, believe in ourselves, and let those we care about most know (I always say this, we all need to take it to heart) …hugs & smiles... :-) :-) STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love ya, Gabe

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>  What Happened This Year at NASA?
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> We Persevered This Year at NASA
> 2020 was historic for NASA! We launched humans to the International Space Station from America for the first time since 2011, made progress on our plans to return humans to the Moon and explore Mars, had an unprecedented encounter with an asteroid, and displayed perseverance and resilience in space and on Earth... all, while helping the country deal with a global crisis.
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> Here’s a look back at those things and plenty more that happened this year at NASA.
> This Year in Space
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> We’re All In This Together – Our aid to the pandemic response included development of a ventilator by engineers in just 37 days, a surface decontamination system, and an oxygen helmet to treat COVID-19 patients.
> Inside NASA’s Response to COVID
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> Launch America – In 2020, astronauts launched from American soil to the International Space Station for the first time since 2011 and, for the first time ever, on an American commercial spacecraft. The return of crewed launches to the U.S. arrived during the 20th year of a continuous human presence aboard the space station.
> Explore Humans in Space
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> We Are Going – We advanced our plans to return to the Moon under the Artemis program! We’re on track for the first two robotic deliveries next year, named astronauts to the Artemis Team <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011JPjN6pmRLpIWZt0MZKcRRdaqq647SQhK5snOpTLUcKuCuHrYM8cO3s_pNjT-Uij0i8M-2aaSHqRQdVKV_66So3is9KABDCYRK8tnzGktGrhE2hOyc2DVzHF3jciGzBEpozOhNj8BRIloqSca__ByiQhNU8iWgd1pmkt-HHYWX_HF2BoARi-Jw==&c=ZSn91gzqb9FhW6oOuayfjdBoEQVS4Cf6fTPwG8seyO-MvOblFAO6XQ==&ch=DY821SLINj2fWqUpAujSZo8q3sRl1u-wH6-gbh-_Ol0KIVz2oVR-Jg==>, and identified science priorities and activities for the Artemis III mission to land the first woman and next man on the lunar surface in 2024.
> Dive Into Artemis
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> Next Stop, Mars – Our Mars Perseverance rover launched to the Red Planet in July, and it’s now more than halfway to its destination. On Feb. 18, 2021, the robotic astrobiologist will makes its final dramatic descent to the Martian surface, known as entry, descent and landing <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011JPjN6pmRLpIWZt0MZKcRRdaqq647SQhK5snOpTLUcKuCuHrYM8cO3s_pNjT-Uij3s9WhhxBUYwXR45s7JL4gevid73UMdvL3gfwopgGmsVRbB2uAVmPTvk36CjaM1808PWV3Q1eU6SWgJLZ372o7UhWXMwKMvBUL6AMWeRd2WvCt2LRhK0DNlT-CiTNH3oEPpJobktd2pD_4djGQlS_8A==&c=ZSn91gzqb9FhW6oOuayfjdBoEQVS4Cf6fTPwG8seyO-MvOblFAO6XQ==&ch=DY821SLINj2fWqUpAujSZo8q3sRl1u-wH6-gbh-_Ol0KIVz2oVR-Jg==>.
> How to Take Part in the Landing
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> To Bennu and Back – In a first for NASA, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011JPjN6pmRLpIWZt0MZKcRRdaqq647SQhK5snOpTLUcKuCuHrYM8cO1hBr8jTESOYgnC8hhMwN66OYnjTF3Y6lV1NUsf55m6fqZbYtd88yA4iWRTNmXNlXUHVEobtKHW-nZJzvsYuUv669Cji0jBybwO6_gMJT4PV&c=ZSn91gzqb9FhW6oOuayfjdBoEQVS4Cf6fTPwG8seyO-MvOblFAO6XQ==&ch=DY821SLINj2fWqUpAujSZo8q3sRl1u-wH6-gbh-_Ol0KIVz2oVR-Jg==>) spacecraft briefly touched and collected samples from the asteroid Bennu Oct. 20. The samples will return to Earth in 2023.
> Relive the Historical Moment
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> Look Back at 2020
>  <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011JPjN6pmRLpIWZt0MZKcRRdaqq647SQhK5snOpTLUcKuCuHrYM8cO3s_pNjT-Uij9luveRjrVkUgRK8EsJDiAkWzKDhm_SMNwdLjSCESUbDV5492gX-A0FIDSz4WG_tpLX3EJRS4k2IZRtSRUs51Hz4emRlAzmudg3pZjPulRcBt6kbwGhxynFGYhRdQy3F26TqbpBazLZpPFwQPjeeOi8yVzK42zczCkvX0pWUSwBa4Dy1FrWpXBwtL2MpH6BXa&c=ZSn91gzqb9FhW6oOuayfjdBoEQVS4Cf6fTPwG8seyO-MvOblFAO6XQ==&ch=DY821SLINj2fWqUpAujSZo8q3sRl1u-wH6-gbh-_Ol0KIVz2oVR-Jg==>
> Explore NASA
> A Weekly Bit of Space in Your Inbox
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What's in Store for NASA in 2021?

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Sending the first Artemis <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZh4Un0KhdMtX2L0ZQyhDP4m5Jc1Lqj0mO4e8Bwnel6pr1EYyq_k1Qldelt4V3KgcFPtIChvZ6UXHNIhkYarpiW4ik_7WUgFYPpSO2z7vpjcP8DwUdDh5d9I=&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==> mission to the Moon, landing a new rover on Mars <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZk0Ap1c3qWiOc5wPvt0T35jdDgcnZWKGTlluFIvRZzz1zeb7H1R6S9OkL_w4W9D41GZq7alJ7TeDOISlr6LpZl6G6Vuv18ZrNG7tuHG-8nqK&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==>, and launching the James Webb Space Telescope <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZhIwuSA78e9BpLli6Ui612I-H4rb7w4RiI70gbaEXPEfEziXtIQV7d3mZrZVKsY6tksrMZeBXaStFloUvGFtH1j1WkklWjXWA5hX1W4URy-yg2GWlnhq8xX5gDMlBmDb_dGteoBClsUk&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==> into space are just a few of the things we have planned for 2021.
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Here’s a Look at What We’re Doing in 2021
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This Year in Space
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Pioneering Flight – We’re continuing to develop our first all-electric experimental aircraft, the X-57 Maxwell <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZhFda3M8FNd3LMKl5KFeFrrEIhe0WUnrscGoFgd-wsxvDtb5w4B5tmvHxBUMdMiPxbSUbWqXNyz3rKSfInPFASO8kStHF9wEJf9ICvi5qoUq&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==>, designed to make flying cleaner, quiet, and more sustainable. Engineers, researchers, pilots, visual artists, and many others are working together to make the X-57 Maxwell idea a reality.
Find Out About the X-57
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Mission to Mars – The Mars Perseverance rover <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZk0Ap1c3qWiOc5wPvt0T35jdDgcnZWKGTlluFIvRZzz1zeb7H1R6S9OkL_w4W9D41GZq7alJ7TeDOISlr6LpZl6G6Vuv18ZrNG7tuHG-8nqK&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==> launched to the Red Planet in July 2020, and landing is set for Feb. 18. Teachers and parents, our “Mission to Mars” <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZhFda3M8FNd3KFHLCyOE41zItB2ycTB_1CEnHv4HUBSVsqxm3qtrVNNuO3BQB-_ipPs1mqmrI0fmAscK4_eg51i4uY6oKQVSLFTCkB3zs2X6dhdJuv26P0WUAAATA8Sb9WN4v1_riaPGk8W2KtiEHi11z4JrGO1_-vud9sdbmrkwcUFv5Tt2gMco_DZxCQGzl_TJy14tndvthA8kWuGuFh4=&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==> student challenge offers education plans, activities, live events, and fun ways to learn from the rover’s landing next month.
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Fire the Engines – We’re targeting the Green Run hot fire test <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZhFda3M8FNd3EcxrTutcmhXmYMq367OFmA1rLyPG8AJXzetcdP6dhE_SUA62xBJN5gBmLUhBuSC5cQ0xXaQSZjYHwyA3Tc-2YPThPOO2QqxXyb2ObgWgL6Wnz88rYeB-8nDOGRqn7bPTrC9e9WJM0kYUfGza__vSWlFO-bLwFsZtMzk-A0XWsak=&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==> for Jan. 17. This is the culmination of an eight-part test campaign that brings the core stage of the Space Launch System <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZnzaDqvEkbQULxX3i_0IQ_HSfiysSDaZjqo3aJ14SuCKuaVdtNtpH2fax4HX7dffhtbke7ZcLOvA9mbNDupSQKxEl4K7dfDg38oAnAH3ZRYMTRgJfbtXsLGGIxBlLmqdC1yyBKIX1-Bb&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==> – the rocket that will power our next-generation human Moon missions – roaring to life for the first time. The success of Green Run will "set the stage" for Artemis I uncrewed mission to the Moon in 2021.
Dive Into Artemis
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Dragon Departure – The upgraded SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is about to leave the International Space Station on Jan. 11. This will be the first undocking and return off the coast of Florida for a U.S. commercial cargo spacecraft, enabling science to be returned to researchers <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgQK3kFnyEE04ub17qOjpw6g8-nPMem-VYWX31Al78X305-4hb8hZhFda3M8FNd3dvmBXfeVzO5wVSh2mias8LEsCxix6kRIRn7HbIvmaAZC606JAOG2SksF4UDeSuzqGFM5FIBweFTXDnrTORf5_LsUmhQ_lIWG5Nvr5p5UiJR8akn7t9MOuhjx6jZbJx3gGbC0pwGMBShdT1OIhoo-0kywspjJM3ifQTDeaLQLK52xoZ4C3c-ASbJwkY1vNUtO&c=-pBgUq_kGxeEBMOvVk2tAoJ0uZud7rgIup0eV8oXre2BlhMYeKXVhQ==&ch=kyOmydKPPKeM2G7gvHhSV-15h8nVCcXKNv4_4XXPpQLkn39Nno3T2w==> more quickly than ever before. NASA astronaut Victor Glover will monitor its departure.
Watch Live Coverage on NASA TV
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Future astronauts could use methane to make rocket fuel on Mars

By Chelsea Gohd <https://www.space.com/author/chelsea-gohd> 2 days ago

This concept design shows future astronauts on Mars. A new study shows how future astronauts might use local materials to make methane-based rocket fuel to get home.
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How will future astronauts get back home to Earth from Mars <https://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html>? According to a new study, they could make rocket fuel from the methane that's already on the Red Planet. Researchers have devised a new way to create methane-based rocket fuel that they hope could make return trips from Mars far more feasible. This method was previously theorized by Elon Musk and engineers at SpaceX who considered ways to use carbon dioxide and water from ice on Mars <https://www.space.com/mars-water-ice-map.html> to have the necessary carbon and hydrogen necessary to create methane. So, in theory, future astronauts could use this technique to turn local Martian materials like ice and carbon dioxide to make rocket fuel <https://www.space.com/mars-colonists-fuel-oxygen-production> for a return trip home. This new method is only a "proof of concept" right now, meaning it has only been tested in labs but not in real-world conditions. Still, while "lots of engineering and research is needed before this can be fully implemented," Huolin Xin, a physicist at the University of California, Irvine who led this research, said in a statement <https://news.uci.edu/2021/01/04/making-methane-on-mars/>. "But the results are very promising."

Meet Au-Spot, the AI robot dog that's training to explore caves on Mars

By Mindy Weisberger <https://www.space.com/author/mindy-weisberger> 3 days ago

Sit! Stay! Fetch! Map a Martian cave!

Who's a good boy? (Image credit: Image: © NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Mars exploration is going to the dogs <https://www.livescience.com/agu-mars-robot-dogs.html>. The robot dogs, that is.

Scientists are equipping four-legged, animal-mimicking robots with artificial intelligence (AI) and an array of sensing equipment to help the bots autonomously navigate treacherous terrain and subsurface caves on the Red Planet. 

In a presentation on Dec. 14 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), held online this year, researchers with NASA/JPL <https://www.space.com/16952-nasa-jet-propulsion-laboratory.html>-Caltech introduced their "Mars Dogs," which can maneuver in ways the iconic wheeled rovers such as Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity and the recently launched Perseverance never could. The new robots' agility and resilience are coupled with sensors that allow them to avoid obstacles, choose between multiple paths and build virtual maps of buried tunnels and caverns for operators at home base, scientists said at AGU.

Celebrate the Perseverance Rover Landing With NASA’s Student Challenge
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The Mission to Mars Student Challenge provides a fun and engaging way for students everywhere to join NASA as the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lands on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021.
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The rover touches down on the Red Planet next month, and students are invited to join the excitement by designing, building, and landing their own Mars mission. NASA can help.

On Feb. 18, NASA will attempt to land the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on the surface of the Red Planet, and you can join the excitement with NASA’s Mission to Mars Student Challenge <https://go.nasa.gov/mars-challenge>. Classrooms, informal education groups, families, and individuals can design, build, and land their own spacecraft – just like NASA scientists and engineers do. And for extra inspiration, there’s the handy Mars 2020 STEM toolkit <https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/moon_to_mars/mars2020stemtoolkit> filled with activities, videos, and more. “We want to reach every classroom in America and beyond with the Mission to Mars Student Challenge. We want to share the not just the thrills of the Mars 2020 Perseverance landing itself but also of what goes into making achievements like these possible,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. “We hope that students will be inspired by the Perseverance mission and one day become our next generation of NASA scientists and engineers.”

About the size of an SUV, Perseverance is carrying the small Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on its belly. While the helicopter is an experiment designed to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet, it doesn’t play a role in the science that Perseverance will be conducting. A key goal of the rover’s mission is astrobiology <https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/>, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. Perseverance will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect samples of Martian rock as well as regolith, which is broken rock and dust. To do that, the rover first must land, and landing on Mars is hard. Only about half of all attempts by the world’s space agencies have succeeded – all of them by NASA. The last time a rover landed on the Red Planet was in 2012, with NASA’s Curiosity rover.
Like Curiosity, Perseverance must survive the “seven minutes of terror” – a fiery trip through the Martian atmosphere using a heat shield, parachute, and rockets. During the sky crane maneuver, the descent stage will lower the rover onto Mars with nylon cables. But this latest landing involves an even higher level of difficulty: The most sophisticated rover ever built, Perseverance is the biggest and heaviest to attempt a Mars landing. And it will be testing new technologies <https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/> as it touches down.
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Take part in a worldwide “teachable moment” and bring students along for the ride as NASA lands the Perseverance rover on Mars February 18. Science communicator and host of “Emily’s Wonder Lab” on Netflix, Emily Calandrelli, shares how you can join the adventure with your students.
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More About the Challenge

By participating in the Mission to Mars Student Challenge, you can land your own rover, too. Activities include:
A flexible, guided five-week education plan for elementary, middle, and high school students with standards-aligned STEM lessons and activities from NASA.
A weekly newsletter with links to tips and resources related to the mission phase of the week.
Video conversations with mission scientists and engineers highlighting how their work relates to what students are learning – plus, ideas to kick-start the weekly challenge.
Opportunities to participate in Q&As with mission experts and to submit student questions and work that could be featured during NASA broadcasts leading up to and on landing day.
With the STEM toolkit in hand, you can learn more about the mission and have some fun while you’re at it. You’ll find:
Stories on the students who named Perseverance and Ingenuity.
Crisp animations highlighting the rover and helicopter.
Opportunities to code your own Mars-exploration games.
Make space-themed crafts.
And much, much more.
“The Mission to Mars Student Challenge provides a fun and engaging way for students everywhere to get excited and learn about this momentous landing on Mars and join NASA as we land on the Red Planet,” said Ota Lutz, who leads the STEM Elementary and Secondary Education Group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “The challenge will feature fun and engaging activities for younger and older students who will have an opportunity to ask questions of NASA experts and have their work shared with a worldwide audience.”You can watch the landing events broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website <https://www.nasa.gov/live>, starting at 2:15 p.m. EST (11:15 a.m. PST) on Feb. 18, in English and Spanish. Touch down will take place at about 3:55 p.m. EST (12:55 p.m. PST).
Do your students have questions about the mission? Share them on the Challenge website, and they may be read live during a NASA broadcast.
To read more about the Challenge: https://go.nasa.gov/mars-challenge <https://go.nasa.gov/mars-challenge>
To learn more about Perseverance: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ <https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/>
Matthew Segal
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-8307
matthew.j.segal at jpl.nasa.gov <mailto:matthew.j.segal at jpl.nasa.gov>

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