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this week at nasa

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as one small step for man

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the 40th anniversary of the first moon

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landing spurred a multi-day celebration

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of the apollo program and the apollo 11

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crew neil armstrong buzz aldrin and

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michael collins

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on capitol hill armstrong aldrin and

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collins and mercury and shuttle

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astronaut john glenn were honored with

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the distinguished congressional gold

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medal the highest civilian award given

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by congress

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mercury 7

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did an outstanding job and everyone

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their flights were outstanding

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but i would point out something they did

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that was equally

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in my view even more important they

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changed the one-man spacecraft from a

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to a place where the pilot was an

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of flying the machine for that

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john and scott and your colleagues we

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thank you now and every subsequent

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astronaut is in your debt thank you

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paula was a dividing line

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putting earth

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into the big leagues of planets

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to me that is what is the most

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the major accomplishment

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was not the flight of apollo 11 but the

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11 apollo flights

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the apollo 11 crew shared details of

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their historic mission when they

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participated in the john glenn lecture

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series at the smithsonian's national air

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and space museum

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nasa's headquarters hosted a panel

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discussion entitled apollo history and

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legacy

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led by chief historian stephen dick the

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round table explored the program's

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accomplishments and its impact on the

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design and operation of nasa's next

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and we're getting a picture on the tv

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washington dc's museum hosted the

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release of digitally enhanced video from

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the live broadcast of the apollo 11

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moonwalk

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the release features 15 key moments from

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neil armstrong's and buzz aldrin's

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historic walk on the lunar surface using

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what's believed to be the best available

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broadcast format copies of this historic

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event some of the footage had been

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locked away for nearly 40 years

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everything had to go perfect for a live

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transmission from the moon to come down

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be converted be fed all the way to the

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u.s into houston and sent back out

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anyone could have pulled the plug by

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mistake and we wouldn't have seen it the

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release is part of a comprehensive

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apollo 11 moonwalk video restoration

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project expected to be completed by this

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at the kennedy center salute to apollo

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the kennedy legacy included a stellar

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lineup of performers including opera

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star denise graves and singers chukka

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khan and jamiah nash

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it is good to be here in the kennedy

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center buzz aldrin was joined by sts-125

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commander scott altman to introduce

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portions of hosts the planets performed

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by the national symphony orchestra

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under the baton of emile de cou and

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enhanced with spectacular images

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captured by nasa spacecraft and

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guest appearances were made by lost in

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space astronaut june lockhart and star

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trek's nichelle nichols via videotape

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to conclude apollo flight director gene

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kranz conducted the nso and the u.s army

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chorus in a favorite piece stars and

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it was the kind of thing where you say

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how come i've been so lucky all my life

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and this was just one of the instances

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so many of the astronauts told me that

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watching lost in space when they were

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to do when they grew up

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and i thought that was just such a

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you know i did lassie for six years and

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ladies and gentlemen

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the following night air in space hosted

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more than 2 000 guests at the apollo

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40th anniversary celebratory reception

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emceed by hayden planetarium director

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neil degrasse tyson welcome and included

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remarks by neil armstrong

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administrator charles bolden and former

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maryland lieutenant governor kathleen

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kennedy townsend who accepted the

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ambassador of exploration award on

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behalf of her uncle the late president

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john f kennedy on behalf of my family

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i'm very very grateful

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when they told me i would get a moon

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rock i was really excited

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and i was going to put it on my

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but i was told i was not allowed to do

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that so i thought what would be the

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appropriate place for the moon rock to

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go in turn kennedy presented the award

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to an aerospace engineering student from

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rice university where the award and its

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the evening was capped with a

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performance of flyme to the moon by

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grammy award-winning jazz musician diana

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project engineers at the marshall space

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flight center hoisted the final

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component of the ares 1 rocket's upper

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stage from the world's largest robotic

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welding tool

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the liquid hydrogen fuel tank dome was

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completed using an innovative metal

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joining technique called friction stir

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welding it produces high strength welds

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that are uniformly bonded together

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nasa is using friction stir welding to

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manufacture the erie's launch vehicles

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it's the first aries one upper stage

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hardware that's been completed in this

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facility so it's a pretty big milestone

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for the program and for the project the

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aries 1 is the spacecraft that will

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power nasa's return to the moon its

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first test flight is scheduled in the

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ames research center's moon fest 2009

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feeded all things related to the moon

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from apollo to l cross and beyond

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the day included guest speakers musical

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performances and hands-on family

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activities and exhibits including model

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robotics demonstrations real moon rocks

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puzzles and interactive games

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and that's this week at nasa