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nasa's new aquarius instrument has

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linked to the cycling of fresh water

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of the ocean has never even been

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observed in other words we have no

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oceans so there's a big data gap the new

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map is a composite of the first two and

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a half weeks of data gathered since

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25th it demonstrates aquarius's ability

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to detect and clearly display

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venturing off into space is that we we

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we have another knob that we can

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knob three future residents of the

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international space station discuss

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missions with media at the johnson space

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cosmonaut oleg kononenko and european

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space agency astronaut andre kuipers are

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set to launch to the station aboard a

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soyuz spacecraft in december space

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station is so complicated we need all

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these folks on the ground that can tell

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terminal does and what kind of fluid is

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flowing in that pipe that happens to be

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leaking out between our crew on station

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and working with the ground we'll be

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pettit kononenko and kuipers will join

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lies up mid-november the extra

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nasa's stratospheric observatory for

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infrared astronomy sophia visited

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the rare east coast appearance of the

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dryden-based aircraft provided d.c area

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opportunity to tour sofia and hear from

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nasa headquarters officials about the

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unique airborne observatory let me say

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again how pleased i am that nasa is

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giving the students the military

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families and teachers the opportunity to

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experience and learn from this amazing

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technology firsthand sophia's stopover

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supported the joining forces initiative

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designed to inspire youth from military

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families about careers in science

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technology engineering and math normally

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facility in palmdale california but

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deployment to germany and on our way

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at andrews air force base sophia is a

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fitted with a 100 inch in diameter

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telescope flying above 99 percent of the

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atmosphere's water vapor allows sofia to

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collect world-class astronomical data

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that help scientists unlock clues about

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but what will the future look like nasa

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engineers scientists and technicians are

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working on that as they have almost

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technologies to make aircraft safer

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faster quieter more fuel efficient and

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and they're designing tools to help the

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air transportation system accommodate

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nasa space missions always

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are more high priority and high profile

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but our aeronautics work is possibly the

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place where our work is most seen and

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basis you'll find nasa dna in nearly

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every civilian and military aircraft

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flying today nasa administrator and

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former astronaut and test pilot charles

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bolden spoke at the new horizons and

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aviation forum in virginia beach

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help promote aviation's opportunities

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after bolden's speech a university

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student asked how nasa and the aerospace

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industry can compete with higher paying

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software jobs in nasa i can compete with

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anybody because i do the coolest stuff

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ahead and take it out of the gear ratio

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just because finding innovative ways to

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teach students about engineering led a

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research center's rapid prototyping lab

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that would make learning about simple

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and compound machines fun for students

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could eventually be used in classrooms

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kit that was able to be highly modular

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polycarbonate kit is compact and offers

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ratio of the gear ratio you can gear up

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engineering kit it is our ultimate goal

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it makes learning exciting and fun and

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nasa's lyndon b johnson space center in

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the center celebrated the occasion with

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a special cake cutting for employees by

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jsc director mike coats so the next 50

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a variety of activities planned

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the center's golden celebration

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it was on september 19 1961 that nasa

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announced its new manned spacecraft

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center would be located in houston texas

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by 1963 construction of the new 1 000

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acre space center was well underway on

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land donated by rice university the

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first space flight to be partially

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was gemini 4 in 1965. history has been

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made at johnson ever since the center

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has planned trained crews and controlled

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by man's first landing on the moon

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union in 1975 and the space shuttle's

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international space station are led from

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multipurpose crew vehicle that will

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than ever before johnson also is home to

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human achievement and the next 50 will

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go even farther and faster into the

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hundreds of hampton roads area boy

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kicking off a new robotics merit badge

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sponsored by the langley research center

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challenges of earning the new badge to

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do so scouts have to design and

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finally from aboard the international

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satoshi furukawa of the japan aerospace

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exploration agency demonstrated the

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camera during interactive broadcasts

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with the japanese network nhk also from

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the complex fossum and furukawa spoke

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with famed anthropologist and

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environmentalist dr jane goodall

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goodall has been celebrated around the

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world for the groundbreaking research

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and that's this week at nasa for more on