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Gabrielle, George F. (KSC-ISC-4011)[URS Federal Technical Services, Inc.] george.f.gabrielle at nasa.gov
Mon Jul 14 06:47:50 CDT 2014


Good morning all,
 I hope you had a great weekend and will look forward to enjoying the week ahead, of course, one day at a time :) Hoping to see a rocket launch this morning, Space X has a commercial launch, since it is not a NASA mission we don't get any info through KSC but if you are in the area of cape Canaveral or along the beaches it is scheduled for 9:21...all launches are fun but nothing can compare to the shuttle launches with 7 astronauts and building the ISS...hopefully, somewhere in the not too distant future we will have more opportunities to see astronauts going to space from KSC. If you have some time and would like to see the Antares launch from over the weekend you can see the replay on the subject link. Wishing you all a very happy day...we have to remember to always do our best, enjoy everything we do, live in the present, make each day special, smile & have fun! Gabe

Antares Rocket With Full Moon<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzEzLjMzOTk3NzIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcxMy4zMzk5NzcyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTE1MjQzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/antares-rocket-with-full-moon>

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The full moon rises in the sky to the right of the Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, Saturday, July 12, 2014, launch Pad-0A, NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Antares is scheduled to launch at 12:52 p.m. Sunday, July 13, 2014 with the Cygnus spacecraft filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions. The Orbital-2 mission is Orbital Sciences' second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA. Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

This Week @ NASA, July 11, 2014<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzExLjMzOTcwMzMxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcxMS4zMzk3MDMzMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTE0NTk0JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/this-week-nasa-july-11-2014> Aquarius maps soil moisture, SLS Core Preliminary Design Review, and more...

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Five Thousand Consecutive Days of Humans on Station
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Five thousand and counting! This week's episode of "Space to Ground" highlights the milestone of five thousand consecutive days of human beings living and working aboard the International Space Station. The space station, including its large solar arrays, spans the area of a U.S. football field, including the end zones, and weighs 924,739 pounds. The complex now has more livable room than a conventional six-bedroom house, and has two bathrooms, a gymnasium and a 360-degree bay

Vortex and Rings<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA4LjMzODIzMDIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOC4zMzgyMzAyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTExODkwJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/pia18274>

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The Cassini spacecraft captures three magnificent sights at once: Saturn's north polar vortex and hexagon along with its expansive rings. The hexagon, which is wider than two Earths, owes its appearance to the jet stream that forms its perimeter. The jet stream forms a six-lobed, stationary wave which wraps around the north polar regions at a latitude of roughly 77 degrees North. This view looks toward the sunlit side of the rings from about 37 degrees above the ringplane. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on April 2, 2014 using a spectral filter which preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 1.4 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 43 degrees. Image scale is 81 miles (131 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

Prototype Robot With Smartphone to Test 3-D Mapping, Navigation Inside Space Station<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNzA5LjMzODczNTExJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDcwOS4zMzg3MzUxMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2OTEyODAwJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/prototype-robot-with-smartphone-to-test-3-d-mapping-navigation-inside-space-station>

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Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus spacecraft will carry 3,293 pounds (1,493.8 kg) of cargo on its upcoming commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station, including crew supplies, nanosatellites, student research and this prototype free-flying space robot equipped with a smartphone, known as Smart SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites). NASA has been testing SPHERES on the space station since 2011. This summer, astronauts will upgrade these existing space robots to use Google's "Project Tango" smartphone, which features a custom 3-D sensor and multiple cameras. NASA will then use the Smart SPHERES to test free-flying 3-D mapping and navigation inside the space station. NASA is developing the Smart SPHERES to perform work on the space station that requires mobile sensing, such as environmental surveys to monitor levels of radiation, lighting and air quality. They also will be used to monitor inventory and conduct experiments. The development and testing of Smart SPHERES is funded by the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. > Read more: NASA Ames Launches Smartphone Upgrade and CubeSat Aboard Orbital Rocket Image Credit: NASA/Ames


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