Following the Shadow of the Total Solar Eclipse

Following the shadow of the total solar eclipse, a NASA astronaut returns safely from the space station, and our lunar-roving robot gets some new hardware … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
Video Producer: Andre Valentine
Video Editor: Andre Valentine
Narrator: Emanuel Cooper
Music: Universal Production Music

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Following the shadow of the total solar eclipse.
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A NASA astronaut returns safely from the space station.
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And our lunar-roving robot gets some new hardware.
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A few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!
The Shadow of the Total Solar Eclipse
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We provided extensive coverage of the April 8 total solar eclipse from various
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locations across North America as the Moon’s shadow traveled from Mexico, across
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the U.S. from Texas to Maine, and through parts of Canada.
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In addition to views from the ground, views of Earth from a NASA science
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aircraft, and even from the International Space Station showed the Moon’s shadow
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passing over cities and towns situated along the path of totality.
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A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth,
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completely blocking the face of the Sun.
Laurel OHara returns to Earth
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On April 5, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and two crewmates boarded a Soyuz
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spacecraft and undocked from the International Space Station.
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The next day, the trio made a safe, parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan.
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O’Hara spent six-months aboard the station supporting NASA’s Artemis campaign
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and working on various scientific activities.
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This was her first spaceflight.
Lunar roving Viper robot installed
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The team building our lunar-roving VIPER robot recently installed its mast.
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Rover drivers and researchers will use the suite of instruments affixed to the mast,
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along with several science payloads, to scout the South Pole region of the Moon
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during the rover’s upcoming mission. VIPER seeks to help us better understand
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the origin of water and other resources in that region prior to sending astronauts to
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the Moon as part of our Artemis campaign.
DC8 aircraft retired
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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft was welcomed back to the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research
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Center recently after completing its final mission. As the largest flying science
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laboratory in the world, the DC-8 has been used to support the agency’s Airborne
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Science missions since 1987. It has helped collect data for countless scientific
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projects conducted by the global scientific community. The DC-8 will be
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retired to Idaho State University,
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where it will be used to train future aircraft technicians.
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That’s what’s up this week @NASA!
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For more about what else we’re up to, check out nasa.gov.