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this holiday season we want to take a

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moment to send our best wishes and

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sincere thanks to each of you for making

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2009 another great year for NASA NASA

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strength is its people each of you made

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the accomplishments of this year

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possible when I came to NASA as an

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astronaut candidate in 1980 I was

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excited about becoming part of a team

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that is well renowned for the greatest

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accomplishments mankind has ever

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undertaken human space travel and

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scientific discovery unparalleled by

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Paris generations today I still have

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that excitement in the honor of leading

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the NASA team when I became the 12th

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NASA Administrator in July the

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excitement I felt was even stronger than

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in 1980 we've had another great year

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NASA continues to lead the world in

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aeronautics with innovations that keep

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America competitive in aviation and

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aerospace technologies we're helping

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design the future of air travel making

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airplanes faster and safer in this new

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century we shared the collier trophy in

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2009 for the work our commercial

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aviation safety team did to make the

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previous year the safest year in

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commercial aviation history in the realm

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of scientific discovery NASA remains

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unsurpassed we just launched the wise

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spacecraft a mission that will provide

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the first-ever all-sky survey in

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infrared light but lies isn't the only

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science mission we've launched this year

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in 2009 NASA's LR 0 and L cross

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spacecraft went to revisit and explore

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the moon I'll cross dove into a crater

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on the moon kicking up material that

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helps us determine there's water in them

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there hills LRO continues to orbit the

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moon mapping Earth's oldest satellite in

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detail never-before-seen partnering with

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India NASA instruments also determine

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the moon has water begging new questions

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about how the moon was formed and how

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the water a key to life as we know it

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got there looking closer to home our

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earth sciences program continues to

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discover new facts and monitors changes

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in the climate of our blue planet NASA

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continues to lead the world in global

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measurements of greenhouse gases from

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space our amada of Earth observing

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satellites takes daily measurements of

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everything from sea surface height to

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the health of the rain

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for us in the Amazon data we share with

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the world and decision makers so they

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can develop sound policies based on

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scientific facts this year NASA launched

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the airborne ice bridge mission to study

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changes in polar ice the mission will

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cover any gap in ice measurements

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between the end of the ice at satellite

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mission and the launch of its

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replacement in 2014 keeping an annual

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record of changes in polar ice helps us

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understand how fast the ice is melting

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and what that means for sea level rise

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ocean temperatures and global warming

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another cold place NASA continues to

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explore is Mars discovery of methane on

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Mars has scientists wondering where it's

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coming from and if it's a telltale sign

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of some form of life underneath the

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surface of the red planet NASA's Mars

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rovers had another great year still

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gathering data long after their expected

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lifespan while spirit appears to be

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stuck in the sand for good the plucky

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pioneer will continue to serve as a

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weather station Sentinel looking outward

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the amazing Hubble Space Telescope

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continues to bring us discoveries beyond

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our wildest imagination after astronauts

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completed a successful servicing mission

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last May the venerable telescope has

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shown us new views of the universe

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peering back in time further than ever

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before NASA's exploration efforts aren't

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just limited to science our exploration

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systems Mission Directorate successfully

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proved the fight worthiness of the Ares

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1x test vehicle this summer launching a

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prototype rocket that will help in the

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design of future rockets we helped spur

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development of America's commercial

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space industry through our Centennial

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Challenges program through competition

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and prize money NASA saw innovative

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aerospace companies successfully

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simulate landing a spacecraft on the

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moon and then having it take off again

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the lunar lander challenge was one of

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several competitions NASA sponsored in

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2009 to help find innovative solutions

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to technical challenges through

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competition and cooperation to keep

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America the leader in space NASA engages

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young people across the nation and

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encourages them to study and consider

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careers in science technology

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engineering and mathematics Joe acaba

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and Richard Arnold to NASA astronauts

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who also happen to be science teachers

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made their first journey into orbit

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aboard the shuttle last februari during

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their mission the two astronauts

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conducted in flight events with students

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teachers and even the president through

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our partnerships with schools across

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America NASA continues to excite young

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people about the possibilities of

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careers and high-tech fields hold for

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them joann richards flight was one of

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the five crucial flights nasa space

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shuttle fleet performed in 2009 in

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addition to the successful Hubble

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flights to the International Space

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Station ferrying crew and cargo to our

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orbiting National Lab 2009 saw the first

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six-person crew on the station the

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station's mass expanded to almost 372

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tons an acre of solar panels supply the

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station's power and new recycling

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systems provide clean water for the crew

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the shuttle also carried the Colbert

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astronauts can exercise fight muscle

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decay and bone loss as we look toward

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2010 I see a lot of challenges but also

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a lot of opportunities for great things

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I know that next year like 2009 will

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prove to be a year of accomplishment and

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awe thanks to the hard work of each of

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you thank you for all you do we hope you