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hi I'm NASA Kennedy's Sasha Sims and I'm

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taking you inside KSC NASA associate

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administrator Steve Jacek and deputy

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associate administrator Melanie Saunders

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engaged and encouraged employees during

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a town hall session at Kennedy Space

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Center in Florida the agency's senior

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leaders provided an update on the

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exploration campaign current missions

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and NASA's operating model initiatives

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calling it a huge opportunity

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Jurek said NASA is committed to meeting

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the mandate of returning American

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astronauts to the moon and on to Mars he

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also praised Kennedy employees for their

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skill dedication and accomplishment in

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the face of upcoming challenges last

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week NASA Administrator Jim bridenstine

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gave the keynote address at Florida

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Tech's Space Technology Day students

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faculty engineers area business leaders

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and members of the media attended the

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event at the Melbourne campus while

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their brightenstein announced the award

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of gateways power and propulsion element

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to max our technologies based in

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Colorado gateway will serve as an

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orbiting outpost for astronauts as we

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put the first woman and the next man on

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the surface of the Moon in 2024 Boeing

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cst-100 Starliner propulsion system was

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put to the test at NASA's white sands

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test facility in New Mexico in support

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of NASA's Commercial Crew program teams

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ran multiple tests on star liners in

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space maneuvering systems and launch

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abort system star liner will launch on a

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United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket

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from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape

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Canaveral Air Force Station as

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Commercial Crew providers Boeing and

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SpaceX will begin to make regular

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flights to the space station NASA will

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continue to advance its mission to go

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beyond low-earth orbit and establish a

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human presence on the moon with the

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ultimate goal of sending astronauts to

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Mars