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Tue Jul 8 06:16:04 CDT 2014

Good morning all,
I hope you had a wonderful 4th, it was fun here although having to get around afternoon thunderstorms but everything cleared and there were many great fireworks displays... a little bit of a summertime lull with school visits, in a way it's a good thing as I used all my vacation and need some time to build it back up before school although there are still requests coming in and may take a local one so I don't have to take a whole day off...I can also flex my hours a little to make up some time ... for those of you still in school, I hope you can share Friday's launch with the kids, it will be live on NASA TV, http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv wishing you all a wonderful day.....we have to remember to always do our best, enjoy everything we do, be appreciative of the good in our lives, make each day special, smile & have fun! Gabe

NASA Television Coverage Set for Orbital-2 Mission to Space Station<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzAzLjMzNzAwNzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwMy4zMzcwMDc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTEwMjQ0JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/nasa-television-coverage-set-for-orbital-2-mission-to-space-station> NASA Television will provide live coverage of the upcoming Orbital Sciences Corp.'s mission to resupply the International Space Station. Orbital's Cygnus cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Launch Pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Friday, July 11 at 1:40 p.m. EDT.

Galactic Pyrotechnics on Display<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzAzLjMzNjg1MDAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwMy4zMzY4NTAwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTA5OTg2JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/chandra/multimedia/galactic-pyrotechnics.html>  these pictures from the space telescopes are so amazing
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A galaxy about 23 million light years away is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. Rather than paper, powder and fire, this galactic light show involves a giant black hole, shock waves and vast reservoirs of gas. This galactic fireworks display is taking place in NGC 4258, also known as M106, a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. This galaxy is famous, however, for something that our galaxy doesn't have - two extra spiral arms that glow in X-ray, optical and radio light. These features, or anomalous arms, are not aligned with the plane of the galaxy, but instead intersect with it. The anomalous arms are seen in this new composite image of NGC 4258, where X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory are blue, radio data from the NSF's Karl Jan sky Very Large Array are purple, optical data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are yellow and infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are red. A new study made with Spitzer shows that shock waves, similar to sonic booms from supersonic planes, are heating large amounts of gas - equivalent to about 10 million suns. What is generating these shock waves? Researchers think that the supermassive black hole at the center of NGC 4258 is producing powerful jets of high-energy particles. These jets strike the disk of the galaxy and generate shock waves. These shock waves, in turn, heat the gas - composed mainly of hydrogen molecules - to thousands of degrees. The Chandra X-ray image reveals huge bubbles of hot gas above and below the plane of the galaxy. These bubbles indicate that much of the gas that was originally in the disk of the galaxy has been heated and ejected into the outer regions by the jets from the black hole. The ejection of gas from the disk by the jets has important implications for the fate of this galaxy. Researchers estimate that all of the remaining gas will be ejected within the next 300 million years - very soon on cosmic time scales - unless it is somehow replenished. Because most of the gas in the disk has already been ejected, less gas is available for new stars to form. Indeed, the researchers used Spitzer data to estimate that stars are forming in the central regions of NGC 4258, at a rate which is about ten times less than in the Milky Way galaxy. The European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory was used to confirm the estimate from Spitzer data of the low star formation rate in the central regions of NGC 4258. Herschel was also used to make an independent estimate of how much gas remains in the center of the galaxy. After allowing for the large boost in infrared emission caused by the shocks, the researchers found that the gas mass is ten times smaller than had been previously estimated. Because NGC 4258 is relatively close to Earth, astronomers can study how this black hole is affecting its galaxy in great detail. The supermassive black hole at the center of NGC 4258 is about ten times larger than the one in the Milky Way and is consuming material at a faster rate, potentially increasing its impact on the evolution of its host galaxy. These results were published in the June 20, 2014 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters and are available online. The authors are Patrick Ogle, Lausanne Lenz and Philip Appleton from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, controls Chandra's science and flight operations. Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Caltech/P. Ogle et al; Optical: NASA/Stacie; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA > View large image > Chandra on Flickr

Ocean on Saturn Moon Could be as Salty as the Dead Sea<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzAyLjMzNjUxMzgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwMi4zMzY1MTM4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTA5NjE5JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/ocean-on-saturn-moon-could-be-as-salty-as-the-dead-sea> Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini mission have firm evidence the ocean inside Saturn's largest moon, Titan, might be as salty as the Earth's Dead Sea.

This Week @ NASA, July 4, 2014<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzAzLjMzNjk3NzkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwMy4zMzY5Nzc5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTEwMTY4JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/this-week-nasa-july-4-2014> Carbon observing mission launches, Saucer-shaped vehicle tested, and more...

[SPM July_COVER_4-KAY]<http://go.nasa.gov/1qNB9wc>New Spaceport Magazine Available Online Today

Check out your copy of Spaceport Magazine, out today! The June issue covers a vast array of topics. Here are just a few:

*         Boeing unveils CST-100 processing plans

*         Orion begins countdown to EFT-1

*         Sea turtles dig dark skies

*         World Cup provides lesson in aerodynamics

*         High school science fair winner tours Kennedy

The best way to view SPM is through the ISSUU digital newsstand<http://go.nasa.gov/1qNB9wc> or click the picture to the left. Download or view the Section 508 compliant version via the PDF<http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/july2014.pdf>.
To view past issues of Spaceport Magazine, go to http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/spaceport-magazine.html.
The magazine team is interested in your feedback and ideas for content -- email us at ksc-spaceportmagazine at mail.nasa.gov<mailto:ksc-spaceportmagazine at mail.nasa.gov>.
POC: Christopher Hummel, 861-3180 or Christopher.K.Hummel at nasa.gov<mailto:Christopher.K.Hummel at nasa.gov>

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Sun Sends More 'Tsunami Waves' to Voyager 1<http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/voyager/sun-sends-tsunami-waves-20140707/index.html>
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a new "tsunami wave" from the sun as it sails through interstellar space. Such waves are what led scientists to the conclusion, in the fall of 2013, that Voyager had indeed left our sun's bubble, entering a new frontier.

America's Next Rocket<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA0LjMzNzMyNDQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwNC4zMzczMjQ0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTEwNjU5JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/americas-next-rocket>

NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS, will be the most powerful rocket in history. The flexible, evolvable design of this advanced, heavy-lift launch vehicle will meet a variety of crew and cargo mission needs. In addition to carrying the Orion spacecraft, SLS will transfer important cargo, equipment and science experiments to deep space, providing the nation with a safe, affordable and sustainable means to expand our reach in the solar system. It will allow astronauts aboard Orion to explore multiple deep-space destinations including an asteroid and ultimately Mars. The first configuration of the SLS launch vehicle will have a 70-metric-ton (77-ton) lift capacity and carry an unscrewed Orion spacecraft beyond low-Earth orbit to test the performance of the integrated system. As the SLS is evolved, it will be the most powerful rocket ever built and provide an unprecedented lift capability of 130 metric tons (143 tons) to enable missions even farther into our solar system. Image Credit: NASA

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