<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class="">Good morning all,</span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class=""> I hope you had a wonderful weekend...I know most schools in the US are off today as we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, an American hero who did so much to promote civil rights in our country. I have always been so thankful for all he did as, at that time, our country was going through a difficult time trying to right the injustice which had been in existence for so long. MLK was so amazing because in an era of violence and riots he united everyone to peacefully protest... through amazing speeches and example he brought a common sense approach which instead of dividing the country through racial divides united is as one. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class=""> On Friday I visited <font style="outline: 0px; line-height: 15px;" class=""><a class=" ac-21th ac-algo lh-15" href="http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVw.4zZxW4esA.45XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1453145657/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fsites.google.com%2fsite%2fbesontheweb%2friverdale-country-school/RK=0/RS=03H3jmORrmPPtHRBfqnmLSkFHi0-" target="_blank" title="Riverdale Country School - Behavioral Educational Services, Inc." id="yui_3_10_0_1_1453116869296_522" style="text-decoration: none !important; outline: 0px; line-height: 15px;"><font color="#000000" class="">Riverdale Country School, a Behavioral Educational</font></a> School…it was great, many of the kids have issues they are trying to overcome...we often forget how challenging life can be for those who are born with limitations which are beyond their control, yet they are trying to move forward…I can’t thank Laura enough, she and all the staff are amazing…they are dealing with kids who have such varying degrees of behavioral </font>issues, some requiring constant attention as they struggle through their day…the teachers displayed amazing care, concern, and patience to do everything they can to help educate and mold the kids into successful young adults….I received thank you cards from some of the kids and it was very special to see their words, drawings, and so happy they enjoyed spending time. </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 17px;" class=""> Friday was also the day two astronauts performed a space walk to do repairs…I want to than Anita, who text me that the kids were watching…it is wonderful to know you are sharing these special events with the kids, hopefully it is bringing excitement to learning while encouraging them to set their goals very high…also there was a problem during the spacewalk with water infiltration causing concern, which caused the spacewalk to be shortened, thankfully everything worked out OK including completion of the repairs…On Sunday ether was a successful launch of a Space X Falcon Rocket….space X has been developing a system to have the rocket return for future use….last month they successfully landed a rocket back to a pad a KSC, this time they were trying to land it on a floating platform platform…it failed but only because one of the landing legs failed to function correctly. Also, over the weekend, the full scale shuttle model, INSPIRATION….was moved by barge for refurbishment…it was such an amazing sight….remember you can go to the subject link for all the latest updates...<span class="">we have to remember to always do our best, enjoy everything we do, live in the present, make each day special, be appreciative of the good in our lives, let those we care about most know, smile & have fun!</span><span class=""> gabe</span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="3" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px;" class=""><font size="3" class="">Tim Peake is shaping up to be a bit of a folk hero in the UK. The European Space Agency astronaut is currently on board the International Space Station, zipping around Earth in orbit. On Friday, Peake went out on a spacewalk along with NASA astronaut Tim Kopra on a mission to repair a power unit outside the station. Peake took a selfie to commemorate the event. Peake is the <a href="http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Timothy_Peake" target="_blank" data-component="externalLink" data-s-object-id="articleBody" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; transition: all 0.2s ease; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(184, 0, 0); font-weight: 600;" class="">first British ESA astronaut</a> on the ISS and the first astronaut to wear a British flag during a spacewalk. The flag patch was attached to the left shoulder of his spacesuit. <a href="http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/foale.html" target="_blank" data-component="externalLink" data-s-object-id="articleBody" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease; transition: all 0.2s ease; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(184, 0, 0); font-weight: 600;" class="">Astronaut Michael Foale</a> was born in Britain and conducted a spacewalk back in 1995, but did so under the US flag as a NASA astronaut. The close-up selfie shows Peake's shoulders and helmet with the blackness of space behind him. The Earth is reflected as a blue globe in his visor. But that's not all. Take a close look and you will see part of the station, Peake's hands, the camera and his fellow astronaut Kopra in the distance. That's quite a lot to pack into a selfie.</font></p><figure class="
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Jason-3, an international mission led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will help continue U.S.-European satellite measurements of global ocean height changes.</div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls</div><div class="link" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: inherit; background-attachment: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-clip: inherit; background-size: inherit; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><div class="has-image has-tag article-banner-container" data-bindattr-923="923" style="font-family: 'Titillium Web', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 50px; width: 1041px; position: relative; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><div class="article-banner" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-top-width: 8px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(93, 127, 185);"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/vafb-20160116-ph_spx0001_jason3_rollout1.jpg" data-bindattr-949="949" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><img alt="Falcon 9 Rolled to Launch Pad for Jason-3" data-bindattr-950="950" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" apple-inline="yes" id="43D0BCE3-B55C-42BB-893B-E6AA559944E8" height="320" width="1040" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:02CB45C1-B2DC-47F2-98FA-096F70DFF1C8" class=""></a></div></div><br class=""><p style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font size="3" class="">Jason-3, a U.S.-European oceanography satellite mission with NASA participation that will continue a nearly quarter-century record of tracking global sea level rise, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Sunday at 10:42 a.m. PST (1:42 p.m. EST) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.Jason-3 is an international mission led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in partnership with NASA, the French space agency CNES, and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites. “Jason-3 will take the pulse of our changing planet by gathering environmental intelligence from the world’s oceans,” said Stephen Volz, assistant administrator for NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. The mission will improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts, including helping NOAA’s National Weather Service and other global weather and environmental forecast agencies more accurately forecast the strength of tropical cyclones. “Jason-3 is a prime example of how our nation leverages NASA’s expertise in space and scientific exploration to help address critical global challenges in collaboration with NOAA and our international partners,” said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for science at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “The measurements from Jason-3 will advance our efforts to understand Earth as an integrated system by increasing our knowledge of sea level changes and the ocean’s roles in climate.” Minutes after Jason-3 separated from the rocket’s second stage, the spacecraft unfolded its twin sets of solar arrays. Ground controllers successfully acquired the spacecraft’s signals, and initial telemetry reports showed the satellite was in good health. Jason-3 entered orbit about 15 miles (25 kilometers) below Jason-2. The new spacecraft will gradually raise itself into the same 830-mile (1,336-kilometer) orbit and position itself to follow Jason-2’s ground track, orbiting a couple of minutes behind Jason-2. The two spacecraft will fly in formation, making nearly simultaneous measurements for about six months to allow scientists to precisely calibrate Jason-3’s instruments. Jason-3 begins full science operations after a six-month checkout phase, joining Jason-2, which launched in 2008. From low-Earth orbit, Jason-3 will precisely measure the height of 95 percent of the world’s ice-free ocean every 10 days. Coordinating orbits and combining measurements from Jason-2 and Jason-3 should allow even more frequent coverage of the global oceans. Together, the two spacecraft will double global data coverage. This tandem mission will improve our knowledge of tides in coastal and shallow seas and internal tides in the open ocean, while improving our understanding of ocean currents and eddies.Measurements of sea-surface height, or ocean-surface topography, reveal the speed and direction of ocean currents and tell scientists how much of the sun’s energy is stored by the ocean. Combining ocean current and heat storage data is key to understanding global climate changes. Since the Topex/Poseidon-Jason satellite missions began in 1992, researchers have observed a total global sea level rise of 2.8 inches (70 millimeters) – an average rate of 0.12 inches (3 millimeters) a year. Because it is a measure of both ocean warming and loss of land ice, sea level rise is an important indicator of human-caused climate change. “As human-caused global warming drives sea levels higher and higher, we are literally reshaping the surface of our planet,” said Josh Willis, NASA project scientist for Jason-3 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. “These missions tell us how much and how fast.” Data from Jason-3 will be used for other scientific, commercial and operational applications, including modeling of deep-ocean waves; forecasts of surface waves for offshore operators; forecasts of tides and currents for commercial shipping and ship routing; coastal forecasts to respond to environmental challenges such as oil spills and harmful algal blooms; coastal modeling crucial for marine mammal and coral reef research; and forecasts of El Nino and La Nina events. CNES provided the Jason-3 spacecraft bus. NASA and CNES are jointly providing the primary payload instruments. NASA’s Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for launch management and countdown operations for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. JPL manages the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. </font><span style="font-size: medium;" class="">For more information about the Jason-3 mission, visit: </span><a href="http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jason-3" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/jason-3</a><span style="font-size: medium;" class=""> To find out more about NASA’s Earth science research, visit: </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/earth" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">http://www.nasa.gov/earth</a></p><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><ol class=" reg searchCenterMiddle" id="yui_3_10_0_1_1453120505752_721" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none outside; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(88, 89, 98); font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><li id="3a01" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class="wrapstar dd du4995j fst SrDeflt" data-3a0="569cdbedee932" id="yui_3_10_0_1_1453120505752_728" style="margin: 30px 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="compTitle options-toggle" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><h3 class="title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; display: inline-block; color: rgb(63, 63, 63);"><a href="http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVy_t25xWrXQAwWlXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1453149293/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fmoney.cnn.com%2f2016%2f01%2f17%2ftechnology%2fspacex-launch%2findex.html/RK=0/RS=D11cxvrT.hYuXUuR4HndEVzsD0M-" target="_blank" data-3a0="569cdbedeeaa9" style="outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 219);" class="">'Hard landing' for SpaceX rocket - Jan. 17, 2016</a></h3><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><span class=" fw-m fz-15px fc-12th wr-bw lh-15" style="line-height: 15px; color: rgb(27, 111, 117); word-wrap: break-word; font-size: 15px;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/17/technology/" class="">money.cnn.com/2016/01/17/technology/</a><b class=""><b class="">spacex</b></b>-<b class="">launch</b>/index.html</span><span class="optrg ico tri down-arrow-gray-thick" style="display: inline-block; margin-left: 5px; width: 8px; height: 6px; background-image: url(https://s.yimg.com/pv/static/img/cosmos_sprite1x-1448164820647.min.png); color: rgb(27, 111, 117); background-position: 0px -390px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></span></div></div><div class="compText" id="yui_3_10_0_1_1453120505752_727" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><b class="">SpaceX</b>'s latest attempt to <b class="">land</b> a rocket upright on a platform in the Pacific Ocean failed on Sunday. 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line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">On Saturday, the full-size orbiter mockup will depart its longtime post outside the former Space Camp Florida and U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame building on State Road 405 in Titusville to embark on a new education mission likely bound for the Midwest.</p><div id="module-position-OvRyLgpK6ak" class="story-asset video-asset" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="ui-video-wrapper" itemprop="video" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/VideoObject"><div class="story-video inline-story-video ui-video" style="display: inline-block; margin: 20px 0px 10px 60px; position: relative; height: 304px; width: 540px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><img class="ui-video-still-image ui-video-still-image-active" width="540" height="304" alt="" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; display: block; position: absolute; z-index: 2; max-width: 100%;" apple-inline="yes" id="DA823EE0-4274-4439-BF0F-2363BE735704" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:4E133F04-58E0-4EC1-A217-80FF70561F90"><div class="ui-video-play-btn ui-video-play-btn-active" style="cursor: pointer; position: absolute; background-image: url(http://www.gannett-cdn.com/uxstatic/floridatoday/uscp-web-static-1131.0/images/buttons/button_video_play.png); height: 93px; width: 93px; z-index: 3; margin-left: -47px; margin-top: -47px; top: 50%; left: 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></div></div><div class="story-video ui-video-controls inline-story-video" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 10px 60px; position: relative; height: 60px; width: 540px;"><p class="video-desc" itemprop="description" style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(76, 76, 76); padding-top: 0px;">The shuttle mockup named Inspiration, formerly housed at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, is moved to Merritt Island for renovation. Video by Craig Bailey. Posted Jen. 17, 2016.<span class="credit"></span></p></div></div></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">The journey will start around 7 a.m. when Inspiration is placed on a transporter and deposited on a nearby barge for an hours-long float down the Indian River Lagoon to a Merritt Island refurbishment facility.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 60px; line-height: 22px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">"We would like to create a piece that is designed for education and for people to see it on display," said John Pederson, CEO of LVX System, Inspiration’s new owner. "I think it’s going to be really cool."</p></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwMTE1LjUzODY2NjkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDExNS41Mzg2NjY5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MjUyMTk1JmVtYWlsaWQ9Zm9yZGdhYmVAbmV0emVyby5jb20mdXNlcmlkPWZvcmRnYWJlQG5ldHplcm8uY29tJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/this-week-nasa-january-15-2016?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;" class="">This Week @ NASA, January 15, 2016</a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/this-week-nasa-january-15-2016" class="">http://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/this-week-nasa-january-15-2016</a> </font></div></div></section></div></body></html>