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this week at NASA

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senator barbara mikulski chairwoman of

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the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee

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on Commerce justice science and related

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agencies visited NASA's Wallops Flight

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Facility recently joined by officials

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from NASA

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Orbital Sciences Corporation and others

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the senator was updated on the status of

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Orbital Sciences corporations Antares

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rocket and the mid-atlantic regional

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spaceports new path from which the

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vehicle will launch Antares is slated to

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carry orbitals Cygnus pressurized cargo

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module on a demonstration flight under

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NASA's commercial orbital transportation

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services program in December 2012 and

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began carrying supplies to the

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International Space Station in 2013 the

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first steps in preparing for NASA's

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exploration flight test-1 or eft-1 in

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2014 are underway at the Michoud

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assembly facility in New Orleans as the

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Orion team completes its welding of the

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crew module the spacecraft will next

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move to the Kennedy Space Center's

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operation and check-out facility where

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its processing will continue through

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final assembly and testing we've been

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here probably working on this for the

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last six or eight months and they spent

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a lot of weekends and nights trying to

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get it to this point on the program

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engineers at Marshall Space Flight

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Center tested a composite crew module

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and the environmental test facility

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vacuum chamber to gauge how a space

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structure fabricated with composite

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materials will react in a simulated

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space environment during the test the

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crew module was pressurized and filled

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with helium to allow engineers to

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inspect it for leaks once we understand

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what that leak rate is we can then start

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to pursue understanding what's

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contributing to that leak rate whether

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it's the the fittings that are bolted

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through the surface or through the

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thickness of the crew module or whether

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it's coming through the skin the crew

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module was designed to test new

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materials and fabrication techniques

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that might be used to construct future

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space structures from both metals and

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composites the composite crew module

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project is led by NASA's engineering and

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Center and Langley Research Center

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expedition 31 flight engineer Don Pettit

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is nothing if not a passionate about

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conducting science research in space and

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be in possession of a healthy sense of

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humor combine the two and you have diary

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of a space Sukie pettit space blog

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authored from the point of view of a

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squash growing from seat aboard the

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International Space Station while the

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chronicles of the space zucchini may

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constitute an entertaining and

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educational novelty see the June 9th

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entry great news I have a baby brother

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sprout important plant studies have long

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been conducted in space the vegetation

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investigations on the ISS have had real

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scientific goals for Earth and space

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exploration benefits from improved crop

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production on the ground to one day

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providing fresh produce on-orbit sprouts

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in space provide a bumper crop of data

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you can now use the internet and a

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smartphone for an inside look at the

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groundbreaking science and technology

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research being done on board the

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International Space Station log on to

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the agency's space station live webpage

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or download the companion ISS Lies

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mobile app to get up to the minute

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information on experiments NASA

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astronauts are conducting 240 miles in

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space for the benefit of all on earth

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you can also take a virtual tour of the

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station and get a peek at the operator

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consoles inside ISS Mission Control at

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the Johnson Space Center NASA's Ames

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Research Center hosted about 30

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elementary school students for a

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one-week learning experience as part of

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the Green Scholars Program the program

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is focused on developing and

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highlighting the academic skills of

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african-american students with a goal of

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inspiring them to pursue higher

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education very fun I get to learn more

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about science and I really like science

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so I think this

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aimes deputy director Lew Braxton met

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with the students to give them advice

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and encouragement during the week the

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scholars participated in various math

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and science projects and at the end of

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the week each student received a

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graduation certificate to mark the

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achievement preparations for the launch

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of NASA's lunar atmosphere and dust

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environment Explorer or ladee are in

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full gear at the Wallops Flight Facility

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erected on the mid-atlantic regional

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spaceports pad 0b a mock-up of the

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vehicle allowed technicians to check out

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how the spacecraft will fit with its air

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force Minotaur 5 rocket and launcher

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additional fit and procedural checks

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were conducted at other Wallops

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facilities that will be used to process

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the vehicle ladi is scheduled to be

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speaking before an enthusiastic crowd at

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the Smithsonian National Air and Space

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Museum in Washington NASA Administrator

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Charles Bolden delivered this year's

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John h.glenn lecture in space history

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Bolden reflected on his career as a

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Marine aviator a space shuttle pilot and

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Commander and his tenure as the leader

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of the nation's space agency it's been

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my honor to be a part of our nation's

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greatest successes and to help Shepherd

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NASA to its next destination

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there are many bright days ahead for the

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nation's space program and for

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civilizations progress into space I hope

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every one of you though is as excited

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and passionate as I am about ensuring

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that we realize every potential of our

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times Bolden was also present at the

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excellence and public service award by

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former senator and astronaut John Glenn

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on behalf of the John Glenn school of

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public affairs at the Ohio State

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the award honors a person who

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demonstrates outstanding dedication to

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public service

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the award ceremony was held at the

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Koshland Science Museum of the Mass

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Academy of Sciences in Washington DC and

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Bolden and Glynn were joined by another

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former Marine to take in some art a tear

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in space the museum's director general

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Jack Dailey led the tour of the exhibit

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gallery featuring fly Marines the

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centennial of Marine Corps aviation 1912

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to 2012 the 91 works of art were

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selected from the more than 8,000 pieces

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in the Marine Corps art program

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collection NASA teamed up with

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Vanderbilt University's dire observatory

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in Brentwood Tennessee to host a summer

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of innovation event for rising 5th and

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6th graders from the Nashville area the

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students enjoyed hands on Mars related

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activities and got to speak with NASA

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associate administrator for education

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and former astronaut Leland Melvin the

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young attendees were also treated to an

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evening concert and stage presentation

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summer of innovation aims to inspire and

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engage middle school students in science

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technology engineering and math the STEM

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fields this is the second year Dyer

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Observatory has partnered with NASA for

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summer of innovation station this is

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Torii Hunter how do you hear me Tori

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this is Joe acaba aboard the

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International Space Station I hear you

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loud and clear aboard the International

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engineer Joe acaba a lifelong fan of the

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Los Angeles Angels recently chatted with

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Angels outfielder Torii Hunter he was on

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the field at Angel Stadium in Anaheim

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California preparing for the team's game

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that night I always encourage kids to go

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out and take away fear worrying down and

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don't listen to anybody that's negative

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and tell you that you can't do anything

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you could be an astronaut you can be a

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major league baseball player anything

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you want to be just put your mind to it

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and your heart into it Amen I agree with

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you a hundred percent and you know I

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think you and I are are pretty good

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examples of people that you know dreams

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can come true and we're living that

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right now the conversation between acaba

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Hunter was replate for the fans in

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Anaheim before the June 22nd game with

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the LA Dodgers and was also aired on the

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Angels television network 15 years ago

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on July 4th 1997 the Mars Pathfinder

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landed on the Red Planet seven months

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after it was launched Pathfinder landed

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on martha's Aires Valles in a region

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called crisi Planitia in the Axio palace

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quadrangle the mission carried a series

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of scientific instruments to analyze the

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Martian surface climate geology and the

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composition of its rocks and soil

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it was the second project from NASA's

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Discovery Program Pathfinder consisted

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of a lander renamed the Carl Sagan

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memorial station and a lightweight

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robotic rover named Sojourner

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in addition to scientific objectives the

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mission was also proof-of-concept for

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various technologies such as the airbag

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mediated touchdown and automated

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obstacle avoidance both later used by

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the mars exploration rovers and that's

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