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space shuttle atlantis remains on track

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for a july 8th launch the four-person

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crew of sts-135 commander chris ferguson

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pilot doug hurley mission specialists

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rex walheim and sandy magnus continues

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preparations for the final flight of

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to ready for the work they'll do on the

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spare parts to the iss largely it's a

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cargo mission it's an effort to posture

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put it in a good position until we can

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get our commercial

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atlantis sits at the ready on launch pad

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this is the first time we really are

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pinpointing when these black holes were

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really forming and growing nasa's

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two news conferences to update the media

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on progress and developments in the

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the first of the two provided a look at

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chandra it took the research that was

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for people to begin to realize that you

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could by observing very deeply in the

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universe that you could piece together

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some of the very early history of black

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hole growth black holes are the last

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evolutionary stage in the lifetimes of

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times as massive as our own sun

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that nothing not even light can escape

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in many cases a lot of the original

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ideas about mercury are just plain wrong

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and so we're finding some surprises also

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revealed new images and science findings

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from the first spacecraft to orbit

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mercury we've gotten some very good

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fluorescent x-ray data from the surface

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so we're getting good measurements right

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now of the average composition of key

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this instrument nasa's mercury surface

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ranging or messenger spacecraft

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context for what was going on in the

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that the planets were condensing from

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the solar nebula messenger will image in

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navigation purposes as it approached

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dawn is scheduled to begin orbiting the

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graduates of nasa's systems engineering

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leadership development program received

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their diplomas at a ceremony held at

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s-e-l-d-p accelerates and develops the

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leadership potential of mid-level

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experience over the year learning a lot

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about themselves and and how they can do

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to ensure that nasa's workforce would be

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ready and able to lead the world in

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space exploration scientific discovery

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what these folks have done and

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in an ear deafening twist of irony this

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research center laid out a two mile long

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the new single single-story 2500 square

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foot structure main gate and its roadway

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called the nasa parkway will mark a

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milestone in a 20-year master plan to

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event was celebrated with a special

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nasa 360 the tv program that highlights

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daily lives was nominated for a national

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daytime emmy award for single camera

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television editor today nasa is in the

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and now centerpieces

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in the world of social media a tweet-up

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is a meet-up twitter users bloggers and

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and that's this week at nasa for more on