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Fri Jun 26 07:10:20 CDT 2015

Good morning all,
 The visit to the Early Learning Center in St. Augustine yesterday went very well...., the 3 ½ olds were fun, the 4-6  did good although we had technical problems so they didn't get to see it all, and the 7 & 8 were very enthusiastic...all seemed to enjoy it and had lots of questions. The teacher from the 3 ½ year olds told me when the kids went outside they were looking for rocket ships or pretending to be in rocket ships.... one little girl, about 4 or 5 looked me in the eye (I always get down on the floor so I can be at the same eye level with the kids) and said she is going to be an astronaut! I believe her, she seemed to have made up her mind and the way she said it I know she meant it....it turned out to be so much fun, the kids were great... so friendly, adorable, and plenty of hugs...thanks to Barb for setting this up....it was so great to see her as I have known her since she was about 7 and hadn't seen her in a long time, even though I have kept in touch with her mom...when I asked her if she remembered me, she said yes and that one time when I was at her parents' house for a party she couldn't sleep so I read her a story ...what a great memory... remember the SpaceX launch is schedule for Sunday, the 28th at 10:21 Eastern Time with live coverage on NASATV http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html . Wishing you all a wonderful day....and weekend ahead...we have to remember to always do our best, enjoy everything we do, live in the present, make each day special, let those we care about most know, smile , and have fun....gabe

SpaceX launch is schedule for Sunday, the 28th at 10:21 Eastern Time
 <https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacex/>

Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees M7.9-Class Solar Flare. Solar flares cause massive auroras with multitudes of colors....
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of a mid-level solar flare on March 7, 2015, seen as a bright flash of light on the left side of the sun. This image is a blend of two wavelengths of light -- 171 and 131 Angstroms - typically colorized in gold and teal, respectively.
Credit: NASA/SDO Link to associated news item<http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/sdo-captures-images-of-m9.2-solar-flare>

NASA Prepares for Future Space Exploration with International Undersea Crew
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NEEMO 16 aquanauts Kimiya Yui and Tim Peake pose with their support diver and astronaut Mike Gernhardt in the DeepWorker single-person submarine.
Credits: NASA
NASA will send an international crew to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean this summer to prepare for future deep space missions during the 14-day NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 20 expedition slated to begin July 20.
NEEMO 20 will focus on evaluating tools and techniques being tested for future spacewalks on a variety of surfaces and gravity levels ranging from asteroids to the moons of Mars and the Martian surface.
"The NEEMO team is particularly excited about this mission as it is a huge milestone to have achieved 20 missions at Aquarius over the past 15 years," NEEMO Project Lead Bill Todd said. "Living and working in the highly operational, isolated and extreme environment of the aquatic realm has provided significant science and engineering for the benefit of human spaceflight. It has also clearly proven to be as close to spaceflight as is possible here on Earth."
The mission will test time delays in communications due to the distance of potential mission destinations. The crew also will assess hardware sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA) that allows crew members to read the next step in a procedure without taking their hands or eyes away from the task using a tablet, a smartphone and a head-mounted interface.
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano will command the NEEMO 20 mission aboard the Aquarius laboratory. Parmitano flew in space during Expeditions 36 and 37 aboard the International Space Station in 2013, where he spent 166 days living and working in the extreme environment of microgravity. He conducted two spacewalks on his first spaceflight.
Parmitano will be joined by NASA astronaut Serena Aunon, NASA EVA Management Office engineer David Coan and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Norishige Kanai.
The NEEMO crew and two professional habitat technicians will live 62 feet (19 meters) below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean in Florida International University's Aquarius Reef Base undersea research habitat 6.2 miles (5.4 nautical miles) off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.
For more information about NEEMO, the crews and links to follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/neemo

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