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For NASA, 2010 was another year of new exploration,
exciting discoveries, and

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important milestones.

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From spaceflight, to science and technology;
from understanding life here on Earth, to

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where we might find it elsewhere. From protecting
our home planet, to inspiring the

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next generation of explorers.

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This was “This Year at NASA.”

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The December 15th launch of the Soyuz spacecraft
carrying Expedition 26 crew

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members Cady Coleman, Paolo Nespoli and Dimitry
Kondratyev to the International

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Space Station capped another year of important
milestones for the orbiting complex –

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and NASA’s space shuttle program, as the
retirement of its fleet of orbiters approaches

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its retirement.

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“All right give me a smile.”

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Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and
Flight Engineer Max Suraev made a safe

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return to Earth in a Soyuz spacecraft which
landed on the remote steppes of

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Kazakhstan.

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Russian recovery teams worked in frigid temperatures
to help the crew exit the

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spacecraft and begin their readjustment to
Earth’s gravity.

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“Liftoff of Alexander Skvortsov, Tracy Caldwell
Dyson, and Mikhail Kornienko

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beginning their journey to the International
Space Station.”

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The new members of the Expedition 23 crew
began their journey to the International

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Space Station with a successful launch from
the Baikonur Cosmodrome in

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Kazakhstan. Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov,
Flight Engineers Mikhail

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Kornienko and Tracy Caldwell Dyson will spend
the next six months aboard the

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orbiting complex.

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The crew of STS-131 returned home to Houston
following their fifteen days in space

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aboard shuttle Discovery.

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“Nice landing. Well done.”
A crowd of several hundred well-wishers greeted

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the seven astronauts at Ellington
Field after their flight from the Kennedy

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Space Center one day after their safe landing.

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“4-3-2-1, launch, launch, launch.”

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The first test of the fully integrated Launch
Abort System for the Orion crew vehicle was

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successfully completed at the White Sands
Missile Range on May 6. The Pad Abort 1

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test is part of an ongoing mission to develop
safer vehicles for human spaceflight

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applications.

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Carrying a six-astronaut crew – STS-132
Commander Ken Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli

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and Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Steve
Bowen, Mike Good and Piers Sellers,

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space shuttle Atlantis concluded its final
flight, a 12-day trip to the International

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Space
Station with a smooth landing at the Kennedy

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Space Center.

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“And Houston/Atlantis we have wheel stop.
Copy wheel stop Atlantis. That landing was

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something that your air force crewmates should
of really been proud of; that was pretty

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sweet.”

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“I think what a lot of us are wondering
about is making sure that everything is up

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and
running again.”

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“Shannon and Doug removed the last jumpers
today and put the racks back and so it’s

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all spic and span and it’s back to business
as usual it seems.”

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The International Space Station’s cooling
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normal operation.

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“The pump is looking good.”

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“Oh, Sweet! We got our station back!”

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Three spacewalks by Expedition 24 Flight Engineers
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Caldwell Dyson were needed to remove and replace
a failed ammonia pump that had

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disabled one of the station’s two cooling
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“I’ll pull it.”
“There you can see it.”

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“Yep I see.”

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“3-2-1 fueling tower separates, booster
ignition, and liftoff of the Soyuz Rocket

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with
Alexander Kaleri, Scott Kelly and Oleg Skripochka

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began their journey to the
International Space Station.”

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Following several days of traditional pre-launch
activities and preparations, the

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Expedition 25 crew successfully launched aboard
a Soyuz TMA-01M rocket on October

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7, beginning a two-day journey to the International
Space Station. Soyuz Commander

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Alexander Kaleri, NASA Flight Engineer Scott
Kelly and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg

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Skripochka are joining Commander Doug Wheelock
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Yurchikhin and Shannon Walker, who have been
in orbit since June.

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The first SpaceX Falcon 9 demonstration launch
for NASA's Commercial Orbital

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Transportation Services program lifted off
on Wednesday, Dec. 8 from Launch

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Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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“We have liftoff of Falcon 9 stage one.”

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Known as COTS 1, the launch is the first flight
of the Dragon spacecraft and the first

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commercial attempt to re-enter a spacecraft
from orbit. The demonstration mission

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proved key capabilities such as launch, structural
integrity of the Dragon spacecraft,

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on-orbit operation, re-entry, descent and
splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

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As he did in 2009, President Obama made several
calls from the White House to

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astronauts in space…

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But 2010 also saw the president visit the
Kennedy Space Center in Florida to present

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his plans for NASA and reaffirm his support
for space exploration.

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“Hey guys!”

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President Obama spoke with the crews of space
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International Space Station from the Roosevelt
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“I think I speak for the all young people
here, and everybody back home how proud we

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are of you, how excited we are about the work
that is being done on the Space Station,

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and how committed we are to continuing human
space exploration in the future.”

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President Barack Obama made a trip to the
Kennedy Space Center on Thursday to

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explain his plan for America’s space program.
Accompanied by Florida Senator and

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former shuttle astronaut Bill Nelson, Apollo
astronaut Buzz Aldrin, and NASA

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Administrator Charles Bolden, President Obama
addressed an audience comprised of

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elected officials, leaders from industry,
academia and KSC employees.

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(applause) “I am 100% Committed to the mission
of NASA and its future. (applause)

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Because broadening our capabilities in space
will continue to serve our society in

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ways we can scarcely imagine. Because exploration
will once more inspire wonder in

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a new generation: sparking passions, launching
careers. And because, ultimately, if

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we fail to press forward in the pursuit of
discovery, we are ceding our future, ceding

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that essential element of the American character.”

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(applause)

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Administrator Charlie Bolden joined President
Obama at a special White House

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ceremony honoring educators from across the
country for their excellence in

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mathematics, science teaching and mentoring.
The event was part of the President’s

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“Educate to Innovate” campaign to boost
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science, technology, engineering and math.

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“I've challenged the scientific community
to think of new and creative ways to engage

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young people in their fields. That's why we
launched the "Educate to Innovate"

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campaign -- a nationwide effort by citizens,
non-for-profits, universities, and

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companies from across America to help us move
to the top of the pack in math and

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science education."

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Through a combination of hands-on projects,
creative partnerships and public

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appearances, NASA continued to promote the
education of our youth in science,

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technology, engineering, and math, the STEM
disciplines so important to our nation’s

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future.

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NASA is teaming with Univision Communications
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and other organizations to support Univision’s
initiative to improve Hispanic students

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high school graduation rates, prepare for
college and encourage them to pursue

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careers in science, technology, engineering
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“It’s a great extension of the efforts
that we’ve been making to foster STEM education

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to support the President’s ‘Educate to
Innovate’ program, the ‘Race to the Top’;

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it all fits
together for us. This program is designated,

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primarily, to reach kids in the high school
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that’s focused on kids in middle
schools, they are kind of a perfect marriage.”

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Teachers became students while participating
in the second annual NASA Science,

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Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics -- STEM
 -- Educators, Workshops held this

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year in Charlotte, N.C. The 40-session workshop
provided elementary, middle and

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high school teachers with creative hands-on
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their classrooms.

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About 25 seventh-grade girls from area middle
schools got up close and personal with

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unique aircraft and high technology when they
participated in a "Tech Trek" tour of the

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Dryden Flight Research Center.

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The Tech Trek, to develop interest and excitement
about math and science and self-

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confidence among middle-school girls, included
tours of Dryden's main aircraft hangar and

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several specialized research and support aircraft.

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Dozens of teachers are conducting real science
in an extreme environment. Through

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Ames Research Center’s Spaceward Bound project,
NASA has sent teachers to

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California State University’s Desert Study
Center in Zzyzx.

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Here, on the edge of the barren Mojave Desert,
they help conduct NASA-related field

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science. The data and knowledge they glean
at Zzyzx will be used to develop

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experiments, demonstrations and lesson plans
for their students.

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joined with
other NASA volunteers in helping

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these fifth graders become rocket scientists
for day.

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The students at the Langdon Elementary School
in Washington built and test flew

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their own paper rockets using a high-power
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“Please give a warm welcome to Charlie Bolden.”

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“Allright, Allright, Allright. Hi ya doing?”

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More than 250 students joined with astronaut
Leland Melvin and Administrator Charles

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Bolden at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to
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What we want to do this summer through the
Summer of Innovation is take young

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men and women like Malik and we want them
understand, yeah science and math

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may be difficult, but you can learn it.”

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Also, over the Labor Day weekend, actor/rapper
Mos Def and astronaut Leland Melvin

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teamed up to share NASA’s Summer of Innovation
program with young people at the

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Instituting Science in Schools Science and
Cultural Festival at the Chabot Observatory

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in Oakland, California, and people attending
the Tom Joyner Morning Show Family

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Reunion in Orlando, Florida.

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Once again, NASA employees proved the importance
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Centers threw open their doors to neighbors,
and reached out to make new friends for

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the agency. NASA also provided technological
assistance to a region of our country

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threatened with ecological disaster, and expertise
to another member of the global

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community in their time of grave need.

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NASA assets continue to help scientists track
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environmental and economic concern. NASA’s
instrumented research aircraft, the

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Earth Resources-2, or ER-2, has been deployed
to the Gulf of Mexico to do flyovers of

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the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill and the
coastline it threatens. The agency is also

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making extra satellite observations and conducting
additional data processing to help

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U.S. disaster response agencies assess the
spread and impact of the slick.

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“Okay guys, let’s go!”

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The first hatchlings from endangered sea turtle
eggs at possible risk by the BP oil spill

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were released into the Atlantic Ocean off
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“There they go. Yeah! That’s awesome.”

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After their collection at a Florida Panhandle
beach, the eggs of twenty-two Kemp’s

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ridley turtles were brought to a secure, climate-controlled
facility at Kennedy where the

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nest was monitored until incubation was complete.

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When she was just six years old, Carolina
Gallardo fell in love with the night sky.

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As a
teenager, the young woman from a poor family

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near Mexico City watched a television
show about astronomy and the Hubble Space

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Telescope that would make the stars her
life’s work. Carolina, then thirteen, was

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so inspired by Ed Weiler, the NASA scientist
featured on the program that she initiated

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a correspondence with him that would
encourage her studies for years to come.

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Now, at age 30, Carolina Gallardo has finished
a summer internship at the Goddard

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Space Flight Center to complete masters’
programs in aeronautics/astronautics and

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space technology. A special guest at the Science
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meeting at Headquarters, Caroline told senior
managers how Weiler, now the

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directorate’s Associate Administrator and
others at NASA have impacted her life.

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“Now I graduate with two Masters in aerospace
and I can say that thanks to you, thanks

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to your challenge, to your motivation, I can
tell everyone that if it wasn’t for you,

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I
wouldn’t have gone this far. Thank you very

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much.”

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and the
NASA team that traveled to Chile to assist

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the once-trapped miners met with President
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Oval Office. The team advised Chilean rescue
officials on how to maintain the

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psychological and physiological well-being
of the 33 miners trapped a half-mile

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beneath the Earth’s surface, as well as
the design of the rescue capsule in which

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each
man would finally ascend after 69 days underground.

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For nearly eighty years, the LEGO “brick”
has helped enhance children’s creativity

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through playing and learning. Now, NASA is
teaming up with LEGO to develop

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innovative educational and outreach activities
to interest youngsters in science,

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technology, engineering and mathematics. The
collaboration, called “Build the Future,

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kicked off at Kennedy with youngsters building
their vision of the future in space.

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The continuing study of ice sheets in the
Arctic was just one way NASA researchers

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added to the data about changes in temperatures
and sea levels around the globe.

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A new NASA Web site can help our future explorers
and leaders better understand the

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how’s and why’s of climate change – and
what they can do to make our planet more

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habitable.

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“Kind of far south for a polar bear ain’t
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“You don’t say. Look, my habitat is shrinking
and I obviously fell asleep on the wrong

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iceberg.”

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“What you say?”

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Climate Kids can be found at http://climate.nasa.gov/kids

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Operation IceBridge has entered the second
phase of its spring 2010 campaign.

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NASA’s DC-8 aircraft has returned from Greenland
to the Dryden Flight Research

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Center in California, following a successful
survey of the entire Arctic Ocean. The

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plane flew from Thule, Greenland to Fairbanks,
Alaska providing a detailed snapshot

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of sea ice conditions.

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As this year’s hurricane season gets underway,
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unveiled, for the media, NASA’s new climate
simulation center. An amalgam of

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supercomputing, visualization, and data interaction
technologies, the climate

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simulation center, supports weather and climate
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world’s largest contingents of Earth scientists.

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A NASA-sponsored mission in Alaska is exploring
how changes in the Arctic’s sea ice

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cover may be contributing to global warming.
ICESCAPE, for Impacts of Climate on

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Ecosystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific
Environment," is working its way

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through the Bering Strait headed for the Chukchi
and Beaufort seas.

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From laboratory and wind tunnel research to
demonstration tests, NASA Aeronautics

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continued its green aviation initiatives.
Their goal: to make air travel quieter, cleaner

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and more efficient while increasing the safety
and comfort of passengers.

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The Ames Research Center was the scene of
a gathering of experts from government,

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industry and academia meeting to discuss the
agency’s green aviation research efforts

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“…doing research in alternative bio-fuels.”

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and showcase groundbreaking solutions NASA
and its partners are developing to

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reduce the impact of aviation systems on the
environment.

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Over a two day period, attendees heard researchers,
scientists, technicians and

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leading policymakers, present on the latest
emerging environmentally sensitive

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aviation technologies.

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“Please join us in welcoming our NASA Administrator,
Mr. Bolden.”

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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden addressed
the group on day one of the event.

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“We’re so excited at NASA about the opportunities
we’re being given, in the coming

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years, to help develop solutions to some of
our most pressing aviation problems, and

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create the next generation of air transportation
systems that will last generations and

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make us all safer and make the planet a better
place That’s a huge challenge, but we

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at NASA enthusiastically accept it.”