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this week at nasa

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the launch of space shuttle endeavor for

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mission sts-134

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has been rescheduled for may 16th

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during the mission endeavour and crew

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members commander mark kelly pilot greg

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greg chamothof drew coystal and european

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will deliver the alpha magnetic

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spectrometer and spare parts to the iss

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this will be the 36th shuttle mission to

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the international space station and

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months after its completion the gravity

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pro-b mission has confirmed two aspects

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of albert einstein's theory of general

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relativity gpb is one of only a very few

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discoveries the gpb mission measures and

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verifies two key predictions of

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einstein's theory of relativity

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he surmised that space and time are

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distorted by the presence of massive

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gpb explored this theory using four

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ultra-precise gyroscopes to measure the

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geodetic effect or the warping of space

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and time by a celestial body like earth

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and frame dragging the amount of

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spinning object like earth pulls space

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and time with it as it rotates so we

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completed this landmark experiment

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testing einstein's universe

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nasa partnered with stanford university

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on the gpb mission with data collection

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continuing for 17 months while it

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and successfully decommissioned in

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the spacecraft continues to circle the

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at the kennedy space center two events

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ceremony at ksc's visitor complex the

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united states postal service unveiled

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two new stamps celebrating nasa's

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achievement now that we've had one pays

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tribute to project mercury and alan

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shepard's historic launch on may 5th

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1961 aboard the spacecraft freedom 7.

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the second stamp honors nasa's messenger

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spacecraft which reached mercury in

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march becoming the first spacecraft to

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both missions are part of a 50-year

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period that advanced american space

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exploration through more than fifteen

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hundred manned and unmanned flights

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mercury astronauts scott carpenter and

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members of the shepard family joined

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nasa administrator charles bolden for

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the unveiling so today we celebrate the

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inaugural manned flight of project

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and our historic first orbital mission

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to the planet mercury

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these are two enormously important

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points separated by years on the nasa

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they're joined by more than just a name

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they embody the spirit of innovation and

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doing big things for which nasa has

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always been known during the second

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event the administrator joined ksc

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director and former astronaut bob cabana

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and more than 200 workers from the

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original mercury program to watch a

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recreation of shepherd's flight and

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recovery the program also highlighted

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young innovators from across the country

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converged on the conrad foundation's

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2011 innovation summit bringing with

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held at the ames research center the

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three-day event showcased the work of 27

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high school team finalists and their

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teachers in the areas of aerospace

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exploration clean energy and cyber

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security can everybody hear me

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a number of supporters were featured

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including mythbusters hosts adam savage

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and nancy conrad wife of the late

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astronaut pete conrad commander of

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apollo 12 and the third man to walk on

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is here to grow an innovative workforce

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for the 21st century and we do that by

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combining education innovation and

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entrepreneurship the event concluded

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with the awarding of the coveted pete

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conrad spirit of innovation award to two

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teams from pennsylvania and another from

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the international space station program

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office has been awarded the 2011

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smithsonian's national air and space

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museum trophy for current achievement

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the iss is recognized as the most

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complex feat ever attempted in earth

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orbit and the largest peacetime

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technological endeavor in space history

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iss program manager michael suffradini

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accepted the award at a black tie dinner

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in washington dc we're part of a

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distinguished group of individuals

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we're blessed that you have

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seen fit to honor us tonight receiving

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this year's lifetime achievement award

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from air and space was george mueller as

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head of nasa's human space flight

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program from 1963 to 1969

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mueller led the successful apollo

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program that landed the first humans on

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the moon in july 1969

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one of the greatest engineering

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and now centerpieces

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approximately 84th to 12th grade

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students gathered at nasa's wallace

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flight facility for inspire the next

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generation day on april 28th today is

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national take your children to work day

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and that means that parents can take

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their kids with them to work and show

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them what they're doing and here at nasa

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we're trying to inspire kids to learn

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about stem topics science technology

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engineering and math students got

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hands-on and up close experiences with

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model rocketry kite building nasa

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aircraft and much more i learned how to

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build a mile rocket

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i learned about the engines a little bit

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my favorite part was the rocket launcher

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because i actually got to

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let a rocket go up into there and we

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made it by hand so that was also fun

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inspire the next generation day is

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sponsored by nasa navy surface combat

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systems center and marine science

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consortiums who all came together to

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make it a special day for these students

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what it means to us is a nazrock program

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it lets us reach out and it makes us

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feel good because we get to share some

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of our passion and we love what we do

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and we want to be able to show these

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kids how much fun it really is it's not

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all fun all the time obviously but

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they can share with us a little bit and

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it gives us a day that we can kind of

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get up away from our desks and enjoy

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ourselves and remember ourselves what

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it's not every day that a marine v22

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parking lot the tilt rotor made a

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special appearance at the american

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helicopter society forum in virginia

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the annual event is where the who's who

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in rotorcraft research and technology

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showcase the latest in vertical flight

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among the presentations 31 papers from

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researchers at nasa's langley ames and

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langley's susan gorton leads nasa's

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rotorcraft efforts she's also the first

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female technical director of the

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helicopter society we look at

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advanced ways for new rotor blades new

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that can contribute to making things

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and cost effective nasa uses wind

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tunnels and other laboratories to try to

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radically improve rotorcraft performance

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the goal is to help make helicopters or

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congestion reduce delays and make more

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when we look at different configurations

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and how airports work the ability to

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take off without the runway means that

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can turn around the airplanes faster so

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the research to make vertical lift

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aircraft more acceptable as everyday

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could make a difference for future

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generations of helicopters

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the 2011 first championships have ended

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after three days of exciting competition

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between more than 600 teams representing

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over three days during three levels of

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events the teams fought it out on the

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this year's first robotics game for

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players ages 14 to 18 was called logo

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teams were required to maneuver and hang

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the higher the teams hung their game

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pieces the more points they received

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california won the final showdown

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were founded by inventor dean kamen to

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this year's championship honored dean

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administrator charlie bolden and deputy

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the space now provides an informal cyber

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100 attendees received a complimentary

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and that's this week at nasa for more on