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this week at nasa

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we have the promise academy

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oh wow wow the excitement and

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inspiration of space exploration was the

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subject of a special forum held in new

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york to celebrate women's history month

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nasa's deputy administrator lori garver

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an associate administrator for education

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and former astronaut leland melvin

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attended the event at the stephen y

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studio in greenwich village to meet with

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200 young women from middle and high

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schools in the city nasa is a wonderful

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wonderful place that is making a

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difference in people's lives every day

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our satellites look back on the planet

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to help us learn what's happening with

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our own planet so that we can have a

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more secure future and we are looking

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out into uh the solar system and beyond

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how many of you dream out here got some

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dreamers

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well i want you to take those dreams

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and talk to these trailblazers and

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figure out how to make those dreams

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become a reality co-sponsored by fashion

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designer donna karen's urban zen

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foundation and the foundation for

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advancing women now founded by singer

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mary j blige the event encouraged the

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students to consider careers in the stem

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fields of science technology engineering

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and math

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the students also uplink their questions

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to nasa astronaut katie coleman orbiting

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220 miles above the earth on the

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international space station what is your

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normal daily routine while in space

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i float out of my cabin and i start

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reading right away on the computer about

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what we're going to do that day i'll

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have already seen the plan from the day

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before and studied the things that i

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need to study for that day but we always

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look for last minute updates this earth

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to space exchange was one in a series

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held in conjunction with educational

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organizations worldwide and is an

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integral part of nasa's teaching from

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space program tony it is so much fun up

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with the date of their scheduled launch

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to the international space station fast

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approaching the three expedition 27 crew

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members not yet in space were honored as

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they departed the gagarin cosmonaut

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training center in star city russia

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nasa astronaut ron garan and rus cosmos

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cosmonauts andre borisenko and alexander

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samacuccia will conduct a series of

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pre-launch activities at the baikonur

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cosmodrome in kazakhstan before lifting

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the iss on april 4.

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two days later they'll join expedition

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27 commander dmitry kondratyev and

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flight engineers katie coleman and paolo

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the cargo that space shuttle endeavour

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station join the orbiter at the kennedy

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endeavour's final mission sts-134

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will be to deliver the alpha magnetic

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and the express logistics carrier 3 to

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the ams is a particle physics detector

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while the carrier is a platform filled

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sts-134uf6 will be the 134th mission for

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the space shuttle program will be the

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35th shuttle flight to the international

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space station and will be the 25th and

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final flight of endeavour commanding sts

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highlighting endeavour will be greg

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serving as mission specialists are mike

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and european space agency astronaut

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roberto vittori the shuttle for me is

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the father of anything that will fly in

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the future at hypersonic speed and will

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make our world much smaller it's a

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bittersweet privilege to be taking

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endeavor on its last flight delivering

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the last major piece to the iss

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endeavour is targeted for launch on

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nasa administrator charles bolden was

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the guest speaker at the marshall space

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flight center's small business alliance

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bolden joined with marshall center

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director robert lightfoot and glenn

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delgado associate administrator of

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in washington to welcome more than 400

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owners and managers to this semi-annual

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event small business as everybody has

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said so far is is not only crucial to

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nasa but it's crucial to the nation

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federal procurement opportunities for

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and small businesses

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are critical to this economy into

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sustaining economic development bolden

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also met with young space campers at the

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u.s space and rocket center to promote

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education and careers in science

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technology engineering and math

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so many people on both the government

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and industry teams work so very hard to

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build this wonderful high-tech facility

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administrator charles bolden was joined

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by senator barbara mikulski of maryland

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and other dignitaries for the unveiling

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of the wallops flight facility's new

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horizontal rocket integration facility

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or hip the genius of the private sector

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working with government is going to

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lead the way in commercial spacecraft to

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take cargo to the space station so the

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innovation in discovery be the national

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laboratory in the sky hiff will support

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the launch of medium class missions the

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first commercial customer scheduled to

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for this region and a new draw for

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visitors here orbital has moved its

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month for its planned launch later this

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highly efficient and versatile rocket

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the bayou regional first robotics

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competition held in the new orleans area

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brought together teams from 38 high

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schools in seven states for a weekend of

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competition that immerses students in

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the world of engineering while teaching

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first for inspiration and recognition of

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science and technology is one of many

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programs nasa supports to engage

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technology engineering and math you

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might not know but nasa is the largest

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single sponsor of first robotics we have

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the nasa education team and many other

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stennis employees served as coaches

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mentors judges referees and machine shop

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volunteers for this exciting competition

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it doesn't end here at all matter of

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fact for all of you this really has the

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the first championship is scheduled for

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and that's this week at nasa for more on