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Tue Oct 4 21:47:28 CDT 2016

Good morning all,
 Hope everything is going great and that some of the kids watched the Rosetta mission over the weekend…..this was a 12 year mission that pretty much went perfectly, despite so many major challenges along the way….if you have a chance to share with the kids, check this out...Death on a Comet….News about Rosetta Spacecraft News <http://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Rosetta+Spacecraft+News&qpvt=rosetta+spacecraft+news&FORM=EWRE> this email goes around the world but locally we are all concerned about the major hurricane heading towards us on Thursday & Friday…I know the schools will be closed, I will be trying to protect my house and shop as the winds are very strong, major flooding is expected, and it will destroy most things in their path….we are still hoping it will shift away but so far, everything says it will continue to close in on us….I was supposed to be doing presentation for kids from Brazil on Friday but doubt that will happen….I am also still sorting out requests for the Great American Teach In, so please contact me if you are interested…for the younger kids, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html I think you will find some great adventures for the kids….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

NASA's Curiosity Rover Begins Next Mars Chapter
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This September 2016 self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Quela" drilling location in the scenic "Murray Buttes" area on lower Mount Sharp. The panorama was stitched together from multiple images taken by the MAHLI camera at the end of the rover's arm.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA's Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill destinations as part of its two-year mission extension that commenced Oct. 1. The destinations include a ridge capped with material rich in the iron-oxide mineral hematite, about a mile-and-a-half (two-and-a-half kilometers) ahead, and an exposure of clay-rich bedrock beyond that.

NASA Kids' Club
 <>Hello, Earth Kids!

My name is Nebula. Welcome to NASA Kids’ Club – a place to play games and learn about NASA!

Info for Parents, Teachers and Caregivers <http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/text/extras/Game_Descriptions_National_Standards.html>Window to Earth
 <http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/flash/clubhouse/Window_to_Earth.html>
 <http://www.nasa.gov/specials/kidsclub/nowinspace/expedition49/index.html>Find Out Who Is on the Space Station
'International Space Station Activity Book' (PDF)
 <http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/iss_activity_book.pdf>Join Me in the Clubhouse!
 <http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/flash/clubhouse/index.html>Kids' Club Picture Show
 <http://www.nasa.gov/specials/kidsclub/pictureshow/index.html>Test Your Memory!
 <http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/flash/games/level4/Flip_Time_Memory.html>Test Your Driving Skills!
 <http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/flash/games/level3/Roving_On_Mars.html>Put the Airplanes in Order
 <http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/flash/games/level5/Jumbled_Jets.html>Use the Clues. Find the Objects.

 <http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/flash/games/level4/Spinoffs_Hidden_Pictures.html>

NASA TV Coverage Set for Orbital ATK Resupply Mission to Space Station
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Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for mating with the Antares rocket in preparation for its Oct. 13, 2016 launch. Dubbed the S.S. Alan Poindexter, in tribute to a space shuttle veteran, this Cygnus spacecraft will carry about 5,100 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA
NASA commercial cargo provider Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch its sixth mission to the International Space Station at 9:13 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 13. Live launch coverage will begin at 8:15 p.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA TV also will air two prelaunch broadcasts Wednesday, Oct. 12. At 1 p.m., scientists and researchers will discuss some of the investigations to be delivered to the station, and at 3 p.m. mission managers will provide an overview and status of launch operations. The briefings also will be streamed live on the agency’s website. Cygnus will launch on Orbital ATK’s upgraded Antares 230 rocket from Pad 0A of Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, located at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Coverage of the spacecraft’s solar array deployment will begin at 10:30 p.m., and a post-launch briefing from the launch site will begin approximately two hours after launch. Under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract, Cygnus will carry to the space station more than 5,100 pounds of science and research in support of dozens of research investigations, as well as crew supplies and hardware. The new experiments will include an investigation that looks at fuels that burn very hot at first, and then appear to go out, but actually continue to burn at a much lower temperature with no visible flames. A second planned large-scale fire inside Cygnus will be ignited after it leaves the space station to help researchers understand how fire grows in microgravity and design safeguards for future space missions. Cygnus also is carrying a new station research facility that will enable a new class of research experiments by allowing precise control of motion in the microgravity environment aboard the station. The spacecraft will arrive at the station on Sunday, Oct. 16. Expedition 49 astronauts Kate Rubins of NASA and Takuya Onishi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will use the space station’s robotic arm to grapple Cygnus about 6:45 a.m. NASA TV coverage of rendezvous and grapple will begin at 5:45 a.m. After Canadarm2 captures Cygnus, ground commands will be sent to guide the station’s robotic arm as it rotates and attaches the spacecraft to the bottom of the station’s Unity module. Coverage of installation will begin at 8:45 a.m. Cygnus will remain at the space station until Nov. 18, when the spacecraft will be used to dispose of several tons of trash during its fiery reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, and conduct the spacecraft fire experiment. This will be the first resupply mission to launch on the upgraded Antares 230 vehicle, and the first launch from Wallops since an Antares rocket and its Cygnus resupply vehicle were lost seconds after liftoff in October 2014. Since the accident, two Cygnus resupply missions launched on United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets to the station from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Dubbed the S.S. Alan Poindexter, this Cygnus spacecraft is a tribute to a space shuttle veteran who flew on two missions to the International Space Station, one as a shuttle commander. Poindexter died in an accident in July 2012. Learn more about Orbital ATK's mission at: http://www.nasa.gov/orbitalatk <http://www.nasa.gov/orbitalatk> Keep up with the International Space Station, and its research and crews, at: http://www.nasa.gov/station <http://www.nasa.gov/station> Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter: http://instagram.com/iss <http://instagram.com/iss> and http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station <http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station>

Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star

This star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star's remaining core.

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