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Partial gov't shutdown will ground NASA almost entirely

That strategy consists of closing down


the majority of its operations and putting
most if its thousands-strong workforce
on furlough.
You can study more about NASA's
government-shutdown program right
here: www.nasa.gov/news/spending
budget/index.html
NASA is amongst those federal
government agencies that will expertise
a near total closure Tuesday as the
threatened government shutdown became reality Oct. Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian
cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. [Incredible Space Photos by
Astronaut Karen Nyberg]
NASA currently has a fleet of active spacecraft and rovers exploring distinctive components of the
solar system and beyond. 29, 2013 to discuss the government shutdown of Oct. 1. The probe
launched in August 2011 and is anticipated to fly by Earth on Oct. But spacecraft and satellites that
have not however been launched would probably be grounded or have perform stop on those
projects.
There are at present two NASA astronauts living on the International Space Station. 1, which will
shut down much of NASA.White Residence
NASA's Juno spacecraft, meanwhile, has covered half of the distance it will travel on its mission to
Jupiter. Veteran astronaut Karen Nyberg has been living on the station due to the fact May well and
is midway via a months-long spaceflight. Initial-time space traveler Mike Hopkins, meanwhile,
launched into space on Sept. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is streaking via the outer solar
technique for a planned July 2015 flyby of Pluto. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity and the smaller
Opportunity rover are driving across the Martian surface.
And then there is Voyager 1, the farthest manmade spacecraft in history. 9 to grab a speed enhance
for the rest of its journey to Jupiter. "The extent of help important and the time necessary to safely
cease project activities will depend on whether or not any of the activities are of a hazardous nature
(e.g., parts of the satellite may possibly want to be cooled)," NASA's shutdown plan states.
"NASA will shut down nearly completely, but Mission Control will stay open to help the astronauts
serving on the space station," U.S. 25 to commence his six-month remain.
U.S. Many satellites are orbiting the Earth to study our dwelling planet, while other probes orbit the
moon, Mercury, Mars and Saturn. It entered interstellar space in August 2012.
'NASA will shut down almost totally, but Mission Handle will stay open to help the astronauts
serving on the space station.'
Less than 600 of the space agency's 18,000 workers will continue operating, NASA officials
explained in the plan submitted to the Workplace of Management and Spending budget.
According to the program, satellites and spacecraft at present in space will be maintained, though
measurements, astounding photos and other data will have to be safeguarded for the duration of the
shutdown. It launched in 2006.
"To protect the life of the crew as effectively as the assets themselves, we would continue to help
planned operations of the ISS [space station] during any funding hiatus," the NASA program states.
But a government shutdown must not endanger American astronauts presently in space.
- President Barack Obama
Nyberg and Hopkins are two of six crewmembers on the space station's existing Expedition 37 crew.
President Barack Obama provides a statement to reporters on Sept. "Furthermore, NASA will be
closely monitoring the impact of an extended shutdown to establish if crew transportation or cargo
resupply services are needed to mitigate imminent threats to life and home on the ISS or other
regions."
. 27. Juno is due to arrive at Jupiter in July 2016 to study the planet in unprecedented detail.
Other spacecraft are simply in transit, in the gulf among planets. Voyager 1 is hurtling by way of
interstellar space far from the political squabbles surrounding Tuesday's looming government
shutdown. President Barack Obama said Monday through a statement delivered from the White
Home.
A government shutdown is set to start Tuesday soon after Congress failed to fund the federal
government beyond the finish of the present fiscal year.
Still extra spacecraft, like the Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope, are peering
deep into the universe, whilst other observatories, like the Solar Dynamics Observatory, study the
sun.
NASA's government shutdown plan was released on Friday, Sept

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