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I’m Genes in Space winner Alia Almansoori
taking you Inside KSC

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The week kicked off with the spectacular liftoff
of a

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.

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The company's 12th commercial resupply mission
to the

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International Space Station started right
on time

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August 14 with launch at 12:31 p.m. Eastern.

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SOT: "Liftoff.

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A Falcon 9 takes flight with the Dragon

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spacecraft destined for the one-of-a-kind
laboratory in

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microgravity, the International Space Station."

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The Dragon carried more than 6,400 pounds
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equipment, science materials and supplies
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station crew -- including ice cream.

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Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot
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Associate Administrator Lesa Roe visited Kennedy
this

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week to address the spaceport workforce about
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they're working with the new administration.

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President Trump recently signed an executive
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reestablishing the National Space Council,
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chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, who
visited