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Wed May 7 06:22:41 CDT 2014

Good morning all,
 Wishing you a very happy day and a fun week ahead. I'm leaving for Missouri, bright and early in the morning....visiting schools and friends to celebrate HS & college graduations. I have to thank my very special friend Kelly for helping me set up the visits and we are still working the schedule today....:-) actually all my school interface started with Kelly as she is the first teacher I sent things to and now, 12-13 years later we are still sharing the magic of KSC & the Space program...it's amazing where this has taken me and how much I have shared with so many of you...it's great to reflect on how many of you were able to attend shuttle launches from close up as VIP guests as well as all the school visits, which are in the hundreds....I do want to wish all the moms a very special day on Sunday....I hope you will be spoiled and shown how much you are appreciated. It is always so much fun to be at KSC, there is always something interesting to see....as part of my job I go to almost every facility on KSC and will share a couple of pictures from my adventure yesterday....the first is from the roof of one of the facilities, looking at the launch pad, the second is walking in one of the briefing rooms to see this picture, which must be 10ftx20ft on a wall....and we see awesome pictures in every office, break room, hallway, and on every wall...it's always thrilling to just go anywhere and as your imagination is constantly fueled with what ifs....so wishing you a very happy day...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, smile & have fun....Gabe

NASA Television to Air Expedition 39 Crew's Return from Space Station<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNTA2LjMxOTM2NDAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDUwNi4zMTkzNjQwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODcyMzIxJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/may/nasa-television-to-air-expedition-39-crews-return-from-space-station> Three crew members currently aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end more than six months on the orbiting laboratory Tuesday, May 13 (U.S. time), and NASA Television will provide complete coverage of their return to Earth, from farewells to landing.

Earth's Atmospheric Layers<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNTA2LjMxOTIyNzgxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDUwNi4zMTkyMjc4MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODcyMDcwJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/content/earths-atmospheric-layers>

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International Space Station astronauts captured this photo of Earth's atmospheric layers on July 31, 2011, revealing the troposphere (orange-red), stratosphere and above. Satellite instruments allow scientists to better understand the chemistry and dynamics occurring within and between these layers. NASA monitors Earth's vital signs from land, air and space with a fleet of satellites and ambitious and ground-based observation campaigns. NASA develops new ways to observe and study Earth's interconnected natural systems with long-term data records and computer analysis tools to better see how our planet is changing. The agency shares this unique knowledge with the global community and works with institutions in the United States and around the world that contribute to understanding and protecting our home planet. > National Climate Assessment > Administrator's Blog: NASA's Role in Climate Assessment > Earth Right Now Image Credit: NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth

View of the Earth From the Freedom 7 Mercury Capsule<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNTA1LjMxODg3MjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDUwNS4zMTg4NzIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODcxNDcyJmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/milestones/earthinspace.html>
05/05/2014 12:00 PM EDT
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On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. had a view of Earth that no American had seen before, looking down on the home planet from the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule on his history-making suborbital flight. The 15 minute flight lifted him to an altitude of over 116 miles and a maximum speed of 5,134 miles per hour. During the flight, Shepard reported seeing the outlines of the west coast of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, along with Florida's Lake Okeechobee. > Pioneering Mercury Astronauts Launched America's Future Image Credit: NASA

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How Does Your Garden Glow? OCO-2 Seeks Answer
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Satellite instruments have given climate researchers an unexpected global view from space of a nearly invisible fluorescent glow that sheds new light on the productivity of vegetation on land. A "signature" of photosynthesis, solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence is an indicator of the process by which plants convert light from the sun into chemical energy. Researchers who study the interaction of plants, carbon and climate are eagerly awaiting fluorescence data from NASA's OCO-2 satellite mission, scheduled to launch in July 2014.

Me and My Shadow<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwNDI5LjMxNzExMzQxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDQyOS4zMTcxMTM0MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE2ODY3NjQ2JmVtYWlsaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZ1c2VyaWQ9Z2VvcmdlLmdhYnJpZWxsZS0xQGtzYy5uYXNhLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/pia17162>
04/29/2014 12:00 PM EDT
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Saturn's rings cast shadows on the planet, but the shadows appear to be inside out! The edge of Saturn's outermost A ring can be seen at the top left corner of the image.  Moving towards the bottom of the page, one can see the faint Cassini Division, the opaque B ring and the innermost C ring, which contains several ringlets that appear dark against Saturn in this geometry.  The bottom half of the image features the shadows of these rings in reverse order superposed against the disk of the planet: the C ring, the B ring, the Cassini Division and the inner half of the A ring. This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 28 degrees below the ringplane. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 2, 2013, using a spectral filter which preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers. The view was acquired at a distance of approximately 750,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Saturn and at a Sun-Saturn-spacecraft, or phase, angle of 57 degrees. Image scale is 45 miles (72 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. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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