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Mon Dec 15 08:46:14 CST 2014

Good morning all,
 First day back, had such a wonderful time in Norway....the kids are so much fun, as they are everywhere but in this case I went back to a school I visited last March to speak with the same kids....they were great and very happy to spend time again....the weather was warmer than expected with mostly rain, no snow, although a friend did take me up in the mountains to "play" in the snow...it is so beautiful and definitely fun although very happy to be back in the warm sunshine :) So much thanks to Sissel, Marthe, Kristin, and Age for all their help in making it so successful. Hopefully you can see the launch on 1:20 p.m. EST Friday, Dec. 19 of the fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS), see below for info on NASA TV's live coverage....also the story on two astronauts who will be going to the ISS for a yearlong stay... I know for many of you, this is your last week before the Christmas break, hopefully it will be fun with lots of parties and a winding down for the long break, which you all totally deserve....we have to remember to always do our best, enjoy everything we do, live in the present, make each day special, be thankful for the good in our lives, let those we care about most know, keep things in perspective, smile & have fun! Gabe

Hubble Images a Swarm of Ancient Stars<http://www.dvidshub.net/image/692947/hubble-images-swarm-ancient-stars>
This stellar swarm is M80 (NGC 6093), one of the densest of the 147 known globular star clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. Located about 28,000 light-years from Earth, M80 contains hundreds of thousands of stars, all held together by their mutual gravitational attraction. Globular clusters are particularly useful for studying stellar evolution, since all of the stars in the cluster have the same age (about 15 billion years), but cover a range of stellar masses. Every star visible in this image is either more highly evolved than, or in a few rare cases more massive than, our own Sun. Especially obvious are the bright red giants, which are stars similar to the Sun in mass that are nearing the ends of their lives. By analyzing the Wide...

View the Latest Edition of "This Week at NASA" (Published Dec. 12, 2014)
View the latest "This Week at NASA" produced by NASA Television for features on agency news and activities. Stories in this program include:
*       Orion Is Back!
*       Curiosity's Mount Sharp Findings
*       New Horizons' Wake-Up Call
*       Enabling Unique Aircraft Design
To watch this edition of "This Week at NASA" dated Dec. 12, 2014, click on the image below:
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Watch the Video
You also may access this edition of "This Week at NASA" at: http://youtu.be/jQmRxStVXkk
For more information on these and other stories, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/twan
This Week at NASA" and other NASA features are available at http://www.nasa.gov under NASA Multimedia, http://www.youtube.com/nasatelevision and iTunes.

December 11, 2014
NASA, SpaceX Update Launch of Resupply Mission to the Space Station

The fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract now is scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:20 p.m. EST Friday, Dec. 19, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 12:15 p.m.
The change of launch date allows SpaceX to take extra time to ensure they do everything possible on the ground to prepare for a successful launch. Both the Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon spacecraft are in good health.
The prelaunch news conferences also have moved to Thursday, Dec. 18 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All briefings, which are subject to a change in time, will air live on NASA TV and the agency's website.
The first briefing of the day will air at noon and will provide up-to-date information about the launch. Participants for the prelaunch briefing will be:
*       Mike Suffredini, NASA's ISS Program manager
*       Hans Koenigsmann, vice president for Mission Assurance at SpaceX
*       Kathy Winters with the U.S. Air Force's 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral  Air Force Station in Florida
The second briefing, now at 1:30 p.m., will cover some of the numerous science investigations headed to the space station. Participants for the science briefing will be:
*       Julie Robinson, NASA's ISS Program chief scientist
*       Michael Roberts, senior research pathway manager at the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, headquartered in Melbourne, Florida
*       Cheryl Nickerson, Micro-5 principal investigator at Arizona State University
*       Samuel Durrance, NR-SABOL principal investigator at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne
The final briefing, now at 3 p.m., will cover the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) Earth science instrument headed to the space station. Participants for this briefing will be:
*       Julie Robinson, ISS Program chief scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
*       Colleen Hartman, deputy director for science at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland
*       Robert J. Swap, program scientist with the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington
*       Matthew McGill, CATS principal investigator at Goddard
An on-time launch on Dec. 19 will result in the Dragon spacecraft arriving at the space station on Sunday, Dec. 21. Expedition 42 Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore of NASA will use the station's 57.7-foot robotic arm to reach out and capture it at approximately 6 a.m. Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency will support Wilmore as they operate from the station's cupola. NASA TV coverage of grapple will begin at 4:30 a.m. Coverage of Dragon's installation to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module will begin 9 a.m.
For more information about media accreditation at Kennedy, contact Jennifer Horner at 321-867-6598 or jennifer.p.horner at nasa.gov<mailto:jennifer.p.horner at nasa.gov>.
For an updated schedule of prelaunch briefings, events and NASA TV coverage, visit:
http://go.nasa.gov/1FrjDEO
For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/spacex
For NASA TV schedule and video streaming information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station

December 11, 2014
Space Station Partners Hold Paris News Conference to Discuss Yearlong Mission

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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (left), Expedition 43/44 flight engineer and Expedition 45/46 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, Expedition 43-46 flight engineer, take a break from training at NASA's Johnson Space Center for a portrait.
Image Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
NASA and its International Space Station partners will hold a news conference in Paris at 10 a.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 18, to discuss the upcoming one-year expedition on the International Space Station. NASA Television and the agency's website will carry the briefing live.
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly will launch to the space station in March 2015 to begin a yearlong stay aboard the orbiting laboratory -- the longest single space mission ever undertaken by an American. He will be joined by Mikhail Kornienko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on this one-year mission.
Thursday's briefing will take place at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris and will include participants from NASA, its international partner space agencies, and UNESCO. During the briefing, questions will be taken from media in attendance and on the phone from participating partner locations.
The briefing participants will be:
-- Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut and one-year mission crew member
-- Mikhail Kornienko, Roscosmos cosmonaut and one-year mission crew member
-- Andreas Mogensen, European Space Agency astronaut and visiting crew flight engineer
-- Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency chief astronaut
-- Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency astronaut
For those attending in person, the deadline to request credentials is Tuesday, Dec. 16. For more information about media accreditation, contact Nicola Firth (Nicola.Firth at esa.int<mailto:Nicola.Firth at esa.int>). Reporters attending at partner locations should contact those centers' newsrooms for specific deadlines.
U.S. media may participate at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston or by phone. Reporters must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than noon CST Wednesday, Dec. 17, to request approval. Approved media will be notified that afternoon and those participating by phone will need to call the Johnson newsroom at least 15 minutes before the start of the Thursday briefing. Media will not be able to connect once the briefing begins.
The public also may ask questions via social media by using the hashtag #askNASA.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
For NASA TV satellite coordinates, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-tv-on-satellite-amc-18c/
For more information about the one-year mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/oneyear
For more information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
Follow Scott Kelly and the station on Twitter at:
http://www.twitter.com/stationcdrkelly
and
http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station

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