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Thu, 23 May 2024 18:30:00 +0000
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Through interactions and learning about the behaviors of horses, Veterans learn about themselves through their development in class.

<p>Joanne Parchetta is one of many Veterans helped by the Center for Equine Recovery, a program at Middle Tennessee State University. The idea behind the program was bringing Veterans in from the Veterans Recovery Center, part of <a href="https://www.va.gov/tennessee-valley-health-care/" rel="noopener">Tennessee Valley VA</a> in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.</p>

<p>Through interactions and learning about the behaviors of horses, Veterans could learn about themselves through their development in class.</p>

<p>“I know that you are not defined by chronic illness or physical disability but it can demoralize you and cause you to give up. This class with horses showed me that I can still achieve and I can still dream,” Parchetta said.</p>

<p>CERV allows Veterans from Tennessee Valley VA to break through their own mental and health barriers to improve their own lives. According to CERV, horses mirror their guide or rider and provide a physical reflection of a Veteran’s emotions. With this feedback, a Veteran can better see, process and work through their behaviors.</p>

<p>“The program is set up to safely assist and encourage Veterans to succeed in overcoming some of the fears we might have of large animals or horses but also to build our self-confidence and learn to trust others and ourselves again,” said Lee Farris, who has been a part of CERV since 2023.</p>

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 NASA’s Perseverance puts its robotic arm to work around a rocky outcrop called “Skinner Ridge” in a set of images captured in June and July 2022 by the rover’s Mastcam-Z camera system. SHERLOC is mounted on the end of the arm. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS UPDATE, Mar. 5, 2024: Engineers for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover have made progress addressing the issue affecting the SHERLOC instrument’s Autofocus Context Imager (ACI), but at present the instrument’s Raman spectroscopic capability remains offline.To better understand the issue with the mechanism and move the ACI cover to a fully open position, the engineering team has tried different actions to move the cover, including heating, increasing drive torque, commanding a rocking motion, and even commanding the rover’s drill to perform its percussive action in free space (not against a rock). The cumulative effects of these actions resulted in the cover moving substantially toward the fully open position.While the team has concluded that the cover and autofocus mechanism will not return to being fully operational, they continue to work on opening the cover even further and on focusing the optics in a fixed position. The same mechanism that moves the cover also controls the focus of the ACI. The team is also working to identify modes to operate SHERLOC’s laser and collect Raman spectroscopy data with the cover in the permanently open position. 
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 Data and imagery from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover indicate one of two covers that keep dust from accumulating on the optics of the SHERLOC instrument remains partially open. In this position, the cover interferes with science data collection operations.
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Author Leejay LockhartPosted on March 26, 2024March 29, 2024Categories GOES-U, Kennedy, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Services Program, NASATags GOES-U, GSFC, Kennedy, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Launch Services Program, LSP, NASA, NASA TagsGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Spacecraft, Weather Satellite 

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Technicians monitor movement and guide NOAA’s Geostationary Operation Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) as a crane hoists it on to a spacecraft dolly in a high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
NASA and SpaceX are now targeting no earlier than May 2024 for the launch of the fourth and final satellite in NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – R Series, GOES-U. The new date allows for additional testing and preparation of a new Falcon Heavy center core booster after a liquid oxygen leak was discovered during routine new booster testing.     
NOAA oversees the GOES-R Series Program through an integrated NOAA-NASA office, managing the ground system, operating the satellites, and distributing their data to users worldwide. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center manages the acquisition of the spacecraft and instruments and also built the Magnetometer instrument for GOES-T and GOES-U. NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy Space Center manages the launch services for the GOES missions. Lockheed Martin designs, builds, and tests the GOES-R series satellites. L3Harris Technologies provides the primary instrument, the Advanced Baseline Imager, along with the ground system, which includes the antenna system for data reception. 
 

Author Leejay LockhartPosted on February 27, 2024February 27, 2024Categories GOES-U, Kennedy, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Services Program, NASATags Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-U, GSFC, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Launch Services Program, LSP, NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Spacecraft, Weather Satellite 

GOES-T Separates from Spacecraft, Continues on Journey to Save Lives
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It's extremely important because scientists must understand the instrument's contribution to the raw data they see and be able to separate its effects from the light of real astrophysical objects.) The XMM-Newton Observatory launched in 1999, and then Jean had the opportunity to characterize it while in orbit. She completed the experience by studying astrophysical objects using RGS data.
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Experimental physicists are often divided into instrumentalists and data analysts. The instrumentalists build the satellites and the data analysts use the data from them. Jean is interested in both and thinks that those who have experience in both build the best instruments. With increasingly better technology, instruments can be used to study objects in greater depth and detail, and better understanding of the instrument's strengths and weaknesses allows scientists to push the limits. On the other side, when scientists know what they want to study and also know the difficulties that can be encountered in analyzing data, the instruments can be characterized in a more useful way.
After graduation, Jean's scientific interests drew her to work on the development of the Suzaku X-Ray Spectrometer (XRS) (on left, being inserted into the Dewar), an instrument that uses new technology that complements the Chandra and XMM-Newton spectrometers. Jean came to Goddard on an NRC fellowship in 2001, just as the XRS was being built. As with the RGS instrument, she has been able to participate in characterizing the spectrometer.
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After two years on an NRC fellowship Jean was hired as a civil servant astrophysicist at Goddard. She continues analyzing RGS data and now has several million data points to sort through!
Jean was also able to continue her work on the XRS and contribute to its calibration on the ground in Japan in the summer of 2004. The spectrometer was integrated into the spacecraft and will be launched from Japan in 2005.

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The light then enters another layer, an array of 116 silicon photomultipliers, that converts it into a pulse of electrons, which is what BurstCube measures. For each gamma ray, the team sees one pulse in the instrument readout that provides the precise arrival time and energy. The angled detectors inform the team of the general direction of the event.BurstCube belongs to a class of spacecraft called CubeSats. These small satellites come in a range of standard sizes based on a cube measuring 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) across. CubeSats provide cost-effective access to space to facilitate groundbreaking science, test new technologies, and help educate the next generation of scientists and engineers in mission development, construction, and testing.Engineers attach BurstCube to the platform of a thermal vacuum chamber at Goddard ahead of testing.NASA/Sophia Roberts“We were able to order many of BurstCube’s parts, like solar panels and other off-the-shelf components, which are becoming standardized for CubeSats,” said Julie Cox, a BurstCube mechanical engineer at Goddard. “That allowed us to focus on the mission’s novel aspects, like the made-in-house components and the instrument, which will demonstrate how a new generation of miniaturized gamma-ray detectors work in space.”BurstCube is led by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. It’s funded by the Science Mission Directorate’s Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters.
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Recently, the cover partially opened. To better understand the behavior of the cover’s motor, the team has been sending commands to the instrument that alter the amount of power being fed to it.
With the cover in its current position, the instrument cannot use its laser on rock targets, and cannot collect spectroscopy data. However, imaging microscopy can still be acquired with WATSON, a color camera on SHERLOC used for taking close-up images of rock grains and surface textures. WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) operates through a different aperture.
SHERLOC is part of a seven-instrument suite on Perseverance. During development of the mission, the team designed the instrument suite such that the rover could still achieve its science objectives should any single instrument fail, as there is some overlap among the capabilities of the instruments. Along with SHERLOC, PIXL (Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry) and SuperCam also perform spectroscopy.
Currently making its way to explore an area nicknamed “Beehive Geyser,” the rover marked its 1,000th Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet on Dec. 12, 2023 – more than 300 sols beyond its initial prime mission. Since the rover’s landing Feb. 18, 2021, SHERLOC has scanned and provided rich data on 34 rock targets, creating a total of 261 hyperspectral maps of those targets. Featuring a radioisotope power system, Perseverance’s design is based on the agency’s Curiosity Mars rover, which is still going strong after more than 11 years (4,000 sols) on the Red Planet.
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A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover 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 and cache Martian rock and regolith.
Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.
Clare Luckey: Shaping the Future of Mars Missions and Inspiring the Artemis Generation  - NASA
Currently serving in the Exploration Mission Planning Office, Luckey’s role is critical not just in Mars exploration but also in the Artemis missions, where she contributes to Lunar Mission Planning in the Mission Analysis and Integrated Assessments team. 

Official portrait of Clare Luckey. 
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Luckey’s innovative thinking is especially crucial as she navigates the complexities of planning travel to Mars. Her ability to compare and adapt strategies from near-term missions like Artemis to the long-term objectives of Mars colonization highlights her unique insight and adaptability. “Mars missions are more open to change because they are far in the future,” said Luckey. “We are still in the process of figuring out not only how to make decisions, but what decisions to make.” 

Her influence extends far beyond engineering. Luckey’s engagement with global space leaders at the Space Symposium and her contributions as a panelist at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Science and Technology Forum exemplify her as a thought leader in aerospace. She also participated in the Space Generation Advisory Council, a board that advises the United Nations on next-generation space exploration concepts. “All of these opportunities have given me different insights into the larger space industry and space economy,” she said. 

Clare Luckey, member of the Mars Architecture Team, shares her passion with NASA’s Johnson Space Center employees at the JSC Town Hall on Aug. 23, 2023.
Credit: NASA/Riley McClenaghan 

Reflecting on her journey, Luckey attributes her passion for space exploration to a middle school project, “Future Cities,” where she and her friends designed a futuristic Mars city. The project ignited her imagination and inspired her to think critically and creatively about the future. “It’s important to build the foundations of mathematics and science at a young age,” she said. “I am really passionate about getting other people who look like me involved in the space industry.” 

Luckey’s involvement with the National Society of Black Engineers and her efforts to mentor and help students with school projects gives her great joy. “NASA can invest in the next generation by building a sustainable pipeline alongside sustainable space architecture,” she said.
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