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Gabrielle, George F. (KSC-ISC-4011)[URS Federal Technical Services, Inc.] george.f.gabrielle at nasa.gov
Tue Aug 5 06:19:32 CDT 2014


Good morning all,
 I hope you had a great weekend and start to the week...we've actually had 3 launches in 5 days, the latest around 4 this morning...we had a Delta, Atlas and Space X all making perfect launches with successful missions. The time is going so fast, I know many of you are gearing up for back to school. I always wondered how teachers could teach the same thing over and over, still being enthusiastic and making it fun...what I have learned from basically doing the same presentation over and over is that it is still different because the kids are different and it stays fresh....always fun to share...I hope this is what you get with each new school year...I think it is an awesome job and you all deserve so much credit. I know some of you will change grades once in a while and I would think that always presents new challenges too...but we should all be thankful for what you give of yourselves and the many, many hours you work at home. So wishing you a wonderful day, we have to remember to always do our best, enjoy everything we do, make each day special, live in the present, smile, and have fun, Gabe


NASA's Long-Lived Mars Opportunity Rover Sets Off-World Driving Record<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzI4LjM0NTMyNTExJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcyOC4zNDUzMjUxMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTI1ODA3JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/nasa-s-long-lived-mars-opportunity-rover-sets-off-world-driving-record> NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. The previous record was held by the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 2 rover.

Iberian Peninsula at Night<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwODAxLjM0NjY4MjMxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDgwMS4zNDY2ODIzMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTI4NTg4JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/iberian-peninsula-at-night>

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ISS040-E-081320 (26 July 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the International Space Station recorded this early evening photo of the entire Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal and Andorra) on July 26, 2014. Part of France can be seen at the top of the image and the Strait of Gibraltar is visible at bottom, with a very small portion of Morocco visible near the lower right corner. Image Credit: NASA


Tethys in Sunlight<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzI4LjM0NTEzMzQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcyOC4zNDUxMzM0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTI1MzQ5JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/pia18275>

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Tethys, like many moons in the solar system, keeps one face pointed towards the planet around which it orbits. Tethys' anti-Saturn face is seen here, fully illuminated, basking in sunlight. On the right side of the moon in this image is the huge crater Odysseus. The Odysseus crater is 280 miles (450 kilometers) across while Tethys is 660 miles (1,062 kilometers) across. See PIA07693 for a closer view and more information on the Odysseus crater. This view looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Tethys. North on Tethys is up and rotated 33 degrees to the right. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on June 15, 2013. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 503,000 miles (809,000 kilometers) from Tethys. Image scale is 3 miles (5 kilometers) per pixel. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging operations center is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://www.nasa.gov/cassini and http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov . The Cassini imaging team homepage is at http://ciclops.org . Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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A Hellacious Two Weeks on Jupiter's Moon Io
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Three massive volcanic eruptions occurred on Jupiter's moon Io within a two-week period in August 2013. This led astronomers to speculate that such "outbursts," which can send material hundreds of miles above the surface, might be much more common than they thought. Io, the innermost of Jupiter's four large "Galilean" moons, is about 2,300 miles across (3,630 km). Aside from Earth, it is the only known place in the solar system with volcanoes





This Week @ NASA, August 1, 2014<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwODAxLjM0Njc4MzcxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDgwMS4zNDY3ODM3MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTI4OTI2JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/this-week-nasa-august-1-2014> Orion Recovery Tests, Mars 2020 rover and beyond, Opportunity: 25 miles and counting and more...


Underway Recovery Tests for NASA's Orion Spacecraft<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwODA0LjM0NzIyOTAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDgwNC4zNDcyMjkwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTI5NzMwJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/underway-recovery-tests-for-nasas-orion-spacecraft>
08/04/2014 12:00 PM EDT
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A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft floats inside the well deck of the U.S.S. Anchorage on Aug. 2, 2014, during recovery tests off the coast of California. A combined NASA and U.S. Navy team practiced recovery techniques over the weekend, in preparation for Orion's first trip to (and return from) space in Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) in December. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. After traveling 3,600 miles into space on the uncrewed EFT-1, Orion will return to Earth at a speed of 20,000 miles per hour and endure temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit before landing in the Pacific Ocean. > NASA Prepares for Second Orion Underway Recovery Test Image Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Keen


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