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Tue Mar 18 14:28:13 CDT 2014

Hi all,
 I know it has been a while but have been kind of slammed since returning from Norway. There is no way words can describe the wonderful hospitality and fabulous time I had at the schools and with the kids....I went to 9 schools this year with kids ranging from 6-17...with some of the younger kids, under 8, we had to have translators which kind of made it difficult but we did the best we could and I believe they enjoyed it as there are always fun movies and cool pictures that don't need words. With the older kids, it was soooooo much fun. Just as it is in the states but I think a little different for them because they don't have that many Americans visiting from NASA/Kennedy Space Center, I feel so privileged to do this and they were so eager to see what it was all about...I think all kids are naturally curious and of course the teachers had them primed for something and I would think they were very curious too. At any rate, it could not have been better...the teachers and students were great....I did have it a little better in that I had more time and could spend time with the kids after the presentation, which is my favorite thing rather than just talk with them in one large group. So we had lots of time to hang out and they were eager to talk with me as I really enjoy hearing what they have to say....many more friends on FB and it will be fun to keep up with them as they move forward with their lives, hopefully having learned a different perspective on how to enjoy each day while chasing dreams and establishing goals.....I have added a few more to our group and with the help of my daughter, I think she has sorted things out for us so the new group email will flow much better. I hope I can get back to a more normal schedule and keep you up to date with all the fun things going on at KSC. Again, thanks  to everyone for your support and all you do to make these school visits special for the kids....I know it takes allot of your time and I will look forward to many more visits this year....we have to always remember to do our best, enjoy everything we do, live in the present, be appreciative of the good in our lives, let the people we care about most know, smile, and Have Fun! Gabe

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NASA Technology Views Birth of the Universe
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Astronomers are announcing today that they have acquired the first direct evidence that gravitational waves rippled through our infant universe during an explosive period of growth called inflation. This is the strongest confirmation yet of cosmic inflation theories, which say the universe expanded by 100 trillion trillion times, in less than the blink of an eye. The findings were made with the help of NASA-developed detector technology on the BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation.

Expedition 38 Takes an In-Flight Crew Portrait<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwMzAzLjI5NTcyODIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDMwMy4yOTU3MjgyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3OTc0NzA4JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/expedition-38-takes-an-in-flight-crew-portrait>

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Expedition 38 crew members pose for an in-flight crew portrait in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station on Feb. 22, 2014. Pictured (clockwise from top center) are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, commander; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy, NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Mike Hopkins, and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, all flight engineers. Image Credit: NASA

Sounding Rocket Launches Into Aurora Over Venetie, Alaska<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwMzA1LjI5NjcxNzQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDMwNS4yOTY3MTc0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3OTc2NzIzJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/sounding-rocket-launches-into-aurora-over-venetie-alaska>

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On March 3, 2014, at 6:09 a.m. EST, a NASA-funded sounding rocket launched straight into an aurora over Venetie, Alaska. The Ground-to-Rocket Electrodynamics - Electron Correlative Experiment (GREECE) sounding rocket mission, which launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Poker Flat, Alaska, will study classic curls in the aurora in the night sky. The GREECE mission seeks to understand what combination of events sets up these auroral curls as they're called, in the charged, heated gas - or plasma - where aurorae form. This is a piece of information, which in turn, helps paint a picture of the sun-Earth connection and how energy and particles from the sun interact with Earth's own magnetic system, the magnetosphere. > Read more Image Credit: NASA/Christopher Perry

Chandra and XMM-Newton Provide Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole's Spin<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwMzA1LjI5Njg5MDgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDMwNS4yOTY4OTA4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3OTc2OTcxJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/march/chandra-and-xmm-newton-provide-direct-measurement-of-distant-black-holes-spin> Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton to show a supermassive black hole six billion light years from Earth is spinning extremely rapidly. This first direct measurement of the spin of such a distant black hole is an important advance for understanding how black holes grow over time.

NASA's Hubble Telescope Witnesses Asteroid's Mysterious Disintegration<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwMzA2LjI5NzQ1NTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDMwNi4yOTc0NTU5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3OTc3OTExJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/march/nasas-hubble-telescope-witnesses-asteroids-mysterious-disintegration-1> NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recorded the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller pieces.

NASA's WISE Survey Finds Thousands of New Stars, But No 'Planet X'<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwMzA3LjI5ODA5ODAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDMwNy4yOTgwOTgwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3OTc5MzcwJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/march/nasas-wise-survey-finds-thousands-of-new-stars-but-no-planet-x> After searching hundreds of millions of objects across our sky, NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has turned up no evidence of the hypothesized celestial body in our solar system commonly dubbed "Planet X

Hubble Celebrates 24th Anniversary with Infrared Image of Nearby Star Factory<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwMzE3LjMwMTcwNTQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDMxNy4zMDE3MDU0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODQ1ODM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/hubble-celebrates-24th-anniversary-with-image-of-nearby-star-factory>

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In celebration of the 24th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured infrared-light images of a churning region of star birth 6,400 light-years away. This colorful Hubble Space Telescope mosaic of a small portion of the Monkey Head Nebula unveils a collection of carved knots of gas and dust silhouetted against glowing gas. The cloud is sculpted by ultraviolet light eating into the cool hydrogen gas. > Read more Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

LL Ori and the Orion Nebula<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwMzE2LjMwMTQ5NzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDMxNi4zMDE0OTc2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODQ1NTk4JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2442.html>
02/04/2013 11:00 AM EST
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This esthetic close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds features LL Orionis, interacting with the Orion Nebula flow. Adrift in Orion's stellar nursery and still in its formative years, variable star LL Orionis produces a wind more energetic than the wind from our own middle-aged Sun. As the fast stellar wind runs into slow moving gas a shock front is formed, analogous to the bow wave of a boat moving through water or a plane traveling at supersonic speed. The small, arcing, graceful structure just above and left of center is LL Ori's cosmic bow shock, measuring about half a light-year across. The slower gas is flowing away from the Orion Nebula's hot central star cluster, the Trapezium, located off the upper left corner of the picture. In three dimensions, LL Ori's wrap-around shock front is shaped like a bowl that appears brightest when viewed along the "bottom" edge. The beautiful picture is part of a large mosaic view of the complex stellar nursery in Orion, filled with a myriad of fluid shapes associated with star formation. Image Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team

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