Phil Liebrecht, Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for NASA Space Communications and Navigation September 2016

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NASA Organization

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Jim Free,Deputy Associate Admin Technical

Geoff Yoder,Acting Associate

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NASA SCIENCE PORTFOLIO

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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

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ISS Human Missions

• One year mission: March 2015 –March 2016

– New insights into how the human body adjusts to weightless, isolation, radiation of long duration flights

• Expedition 48

– Launch July 6

• Expedition 49

– Launch September 23

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Resupply to the ISS

• SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services – 9 launched on July 18 and delivered more than 5,000 pounds of experiments and supplies

– SpaceX returned to Earth on August 26 with 3,000 pounds of cargo and science experiments to be analyzed.

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Commercial Crew to the ISS

• August 29: Boeing drop tests its CST-100 Starliner design at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia

• The Starliner mock-up was dropped several times from about 30 feet and released on angles and at speeds to evaluate realistic conditions the spacecraft could encounter during the end phase of an actual mission

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JOURNEY TO MARS

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Journey to Mars

• NASA continues to develop new capabilities to send humans to Mars.

– Recent RS25 engine testing at MichoudAssembly Facility

– Astronauts test various features on the Orion capsule at NASA Johnson Space Center

– ESA is providing the service module of the Orion capsule

• EM-1 (uncrewed) scheduled for launch in 2018

• EM-2 (crewed) scheduled for launch in 2022 or 2023

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RECENTLY LAUNCHED MISSIONS

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Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx)

• Launch: September 8 • OSIRIS-REx will travel to a near-

Earth asteroid called Bennuand bring a small sample back to Earth for study

• The science processing and operations centers are at the University of Arizona

• The Space Network provide communications to the Atlas V rocket

• The Deep Space Network is providing communication and tracking services

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RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Jupiter Orbit Insertion from Juno

• Juno entered into Jupiter’s orbit on July 4

• Juno will:– Determine how much water is in

Jupiter’s atmosphere– Look deep into Jupiter’s atmosphere

to measure composition, temperature, cloud motions

– Map Jupiter’s magnetic and gravity fields

• The Deep Space Network is providing communication and tracking services

• Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, CO handles the day-to-day operations.

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New Horizons and Pluto

• New Horizons flew within 7,800 miles of Pluto on July 14, 2015 taking some fascinating pictures of the planet.– The data from the fly by will be

done downloading this fall.

• New Horizons mission extended to explore the Kuiper Belt through 2018.

• The mission ops center is at the Applied Physics Laboratory

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Deep Space Station – 36 (DSS-36) Antenna

• The second new 34 meter Beam Waveguide antenna in Canberra, Australia will go operational on October 1, 2016

• It will provide deep space communications and tracking services to NASA and non-NASA deep space missions.

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UPCOMING MISSIONS

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Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS)

• Scheduled launch: November 21

• CYGNSS will use eight micro-satellites to measure wind speeds over Earth's oceans, increasing the ability of scientists to understand and predict hurricanes. Each satellite will take information based on the signals from four GPS satellites.

• CNES will provide cross support for launch

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Upcoming Mission Launches for 2017

Launch Type Spacecraft Launch Date Tracking Network

Commercial Crew and Cargo • Commercial Resupply 01 (5)• Commercial Resupply 02 (3)

• Various• Various

• Space Network

Earth Science • GOES-R• GOES-S• JPSS-1• CYGNSS

• November 4 2016• 2017• Q2 2017• November 21, 2016

• Near Earth Network• Near Earth Network• Near Earth Network/Space

Network• GPS

Astrophysics • TESS • December 2017 • Deep Space Network/ Space Network

Heliophysics • ICON • October 2017 • Near Earth Network/Space Network

Planetary • INSPIRE • 2017 • Deep Space Network/ University of Michigan

SCaN • TDRS-M • August 2017 • Space Network

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Cross Support and International Collaboration

• ESA– Preparations are underway for DSN support of ExoMars orbit insertion in October– Annual NASA/ESA Annual Cross Support Technical Meeting planned for October

• UAE – Meeting held in mid August in Pasadena, CA for EMM mission support planning

• ISRO – Completed task plan for MOM’s second extension – Kicked off preparation for Chandrayan-2 mission

• JAXA – JAXA sent request for DSN support of JAXA’s secondary payloads on EM-1– TIM planned for mid November in Tokyo

• KARI– DSN prepared study on interoperability of ISS and supported mission review

• SpaceX– Regular meetings and quarterly reviews for Red Dragon support

• Commercial Crew Program– Technical engagement with Boeing and Space-X underway– Engaging with Sierra Nevada for DreamChaser 20

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