MYTH BUSTERS - MSFC
The Marshall Space Flight Center hosted the cast of the Myth Busters television show. The Myth Busters chose Marshall as one of several NASA locations for an episode to debunk the notion that NASA never landed on the moon.
The cast conducted tests involving a feather, a weight, a lunar soil boot print and a flag in a vacuum. A team of Marshall Scientists helped with the tests.
FROM TELEVISION TO THE MOVIES - LaRC
The Langley Research Center served as the location for several scenes of the upcoming science fiction horror film, "The Box." It's an adaptation of a 1970 short story in which a couple faces a life and death dilemma after finding a wooden box on their doorstep. About 150 extras, many of them Langley employees, were used during the filming at the center. "The Box" stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella. A release date has not been set.
MARSHALL MURAL - MSFC
Travelers passing through Huntsville International Airport saw this reminder of how the "Rocket City" got its name. Marshall Space Flight Center unveiled this new pictorial mural in the airport terminal. The 80-foot mural chronicles 50 years of NASA accomplishments in Huntsville and illustrates the importance of the Marshall Center to the Space Age. It also by depicts how Marshall is shaping the future of space exploration by helping to return humans to the moon. More than a million travelers pass through Huntsville International each year.
The Deep Space Network Control Room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was the scene of an historic musical event. The Beatles' song, 'Across the Universe,' was beamed by the DSN towards the North Star, Polaris, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of its writing. The transmission by the DSN's satellites at Goldstone, Calif., Madrid, Spain, and Canberra, Australia, also celebrated NASA's 50th anniversary, the launch of Explorer 150 years ago, and the 45th anniversary of the Deep Space Network. 'Across the Universe,' moving at 186,000 miles per second, will take 431 years to reach Polaris.
Too much more to recap here, but...that's this week at NASA!
Author: Dreamsender
Keywords: NASA aviation space video podcast
Added: February 8, 2008
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