<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Hi all,</font><div class=""><font size="4" class=""> I wanted to wish all the mom’s a wonderful Mother’s Day…and to all the teachers for their “school” kids…I know many of you refer to your students as “your kids”…I hear it all the time and also to the teachers who are moms too…I know many of the younger kids make gifts for their moms and you help them to have a fun day…as I have said so many times, I am in awe of all you do and how, to me, your have the most important and difficult job in the world…..I can’t over emphasize how much I appreciate all you do to prepare for my visits, your support while I am with the kids, and your positive feedback. <font color="#ff2600" class="">HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY….:-) :-) </font></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><font color="#ff2600" class=""><br class=""></font></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Next week will be a busy week as on </font><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Monday May 9 is transit of the sun by the planet Mercury. </span><span style="font-size: large;" class="">NASA is offering several avenues for the public to view the event without specialized and costly equipment, including images on <a href="http://nasa.gov" class="">NASA.gov</a>, a one-hour NASA Television special, and social media coverage. </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEkkCaBTgZ8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Mercury will appear as a small black dot</font></a><span style="font-size: large;" class=""> as it crosses the edge of the sun and into view at 7:12 a.m. The planet will make a leisurely journey across the face of the sun, reaching mid-point at approximately 10:47 a.m., and exiting the golden disk at 2:42 p.m. </span><font size="4" class="">The entire 7.5-hour path across the sun will be visible across the Eastern United States – with magnification and proper solar filters – while those in the West can observe the transit in progress a<font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="">fter sunrise. </font><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 10 to announce the latest discoveries made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope. The teleconference audio and visuals will be streamed live at: </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio</a></font><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class=""><font size="4" class=""> </font></font><span style="font-size: large;" class="">The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to leave the orbital laboratory with valuable science research and return to Earth on Wednesday, May 11.</span><font size="4" class="">9:18 a.m…I hope you can share it with the kids </font><font size="4" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); background-position: 0px 0px;" class=""><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/nasat" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv</a>. </font><font size="4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">For me, I’ll be at </font><font size="4" class="">Goldsboro Elementary Magnet School in Sanford, FL for the day participating in their Space Day, Mars Bound event on the 11th….I will be speaking to the whole school so it will be fun day….have a wonderful day and weekend….<font class=""><font class="">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, keep things in perspective, smile and have fun! gab</font></font><font class="">e</font></font></div><div class=""><font face="Georgia" class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="title-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2em 0px;"><div class="title-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 738.75px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; font-size: 2.2em;">NASA TV to Broadcast Dragon Departure from International Space Station</h1></div></div><section id="ember941" class="opened collapsible ember-view" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="type-image dnd-atom-wrapper context-full_width" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto 2em;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/dragon-crs8.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="985" height="656" alt="SpaceX Dragon cargo spaceship is grappled by the International Space Station's Canadarm2" title="" apple-inline="yes" id="F01A3C98-455C-40F2-A9F5-EBE762B84DA4" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" src="cid:02CC4356-6C63-48A7-85C2-8F02C372E56A" class=""></font></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" class="">The SpaceX Dragon cargo spaceship is grappled by the International Space Station's Canadarm2. The spacecraft delivered about 7,000 pounds of science and research investigations on April 10, including the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM).</font></div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><font size="4" class="">Credits: NASA</font></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><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font size="4" class="">After delivering almost 7,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station, including the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/bigelow-expandable-activity-module" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)</a>, the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to leave the orbital laboratory with valuable science research and return to Earth on Wednesday, May 11. NASA Television will provide live coverage of Dragon's departure beginning at 9 a.m. EDT. The Dragon spacecraft, which arrived at the station April 10, will be detached from the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony module using the Canadarm2 robotic arm, operated by ground controllers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Robotics controllers will maneuver Dragon into place and Expedition 47 robotic arm operator Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) will execute the command for its 9:18 a.m. release. Dragon will fire its thrusters three times to move to a safe distance from the station before being commanded to begin its deorbit burn about 2 p.m. The capsule will splash down in the Pacific Ocean about 2:55 p.m. The deorbit burn and splashdown will not be broadcast on NASA TV. A recovery team will retrieve the capsule and its more than 3,700 pounds of return cargo, including samples from ongoing space station research, which ultimately will be shipped to laboratories for further study. This cargo includes samples from human research, biology and biotechnology studies, physical science investigations and education activities sponsored by NASA and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization that manages research aboard the U.S. national laboratory portion of the space station. The spacecraft also will return the final batch of human research samples from the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/oneyear/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">one-year crew mission</a>. In the event of adverse weather conditions in the Pacific, the backup departure and splashdown date is Saturday, May 14. Dragon, the only space station resupply spacecraft able to return to Earth intact, launched April 8 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, for the company’s eighth NASA-contracted commercial resupply mission to the station. For NASA TV scheduling and video streaming information, visit: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/nasat" 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/nasatv</a> For more information about the International Space Station, its research and crews, visit: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/station" 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/station</a></font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="title-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2em 0px;"><div class="title-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 738.75px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; font-size: 2.2em;">NASA to Announce Latest Kepler Discoveries During Media Teleconference </h1></div></div><section id="ember940" class="opened collapsible ember-view" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="type-image dnd-atom-wrapper context-full_width" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto 2em;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lithoartkepler2-full.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="985" height="606" alt="NASA's planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope" title="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" apple-inline="yes" id="D0718746-73D2-4234-939D-3106BFAC0573" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:B0327347-DFE0-4030-BC2C-CC6BD122F111" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;">NASA's planet-hunter, the Kepler Space Telescope</div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Credits: NASA</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><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="4" class="">NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 10 to announce the latest discoveries made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope. The teleconference audio and visuals will be streamed live at: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio" 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/newsaudio</a> When Kepler was launched in March 2009, scientists did not know how common planets were outside our solar system. Thanks to Kepler’s treasure trove of discoveries, astronomers now believe there may be at least one planet orbiting every star in the sky. Kepler completed its prime mission in 2012, and collected data for an additional year in an extended mission. In 2014, the spacecraft began a new extended mission called K2. K2 continues the search for exoplanets while introducing new research opportunities to study young stars, supernovae and other cosmic phenomena. 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Media may view the event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Agency scientists will be available at the Goddard viewing event for live media interviews from 6 to 11:30 a.m. EDT. To attend, media must contact Michelle Handleman at <a href="mailto:michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov</a>. To schedule an interview with a NASA scientist at the event, contact Claire Saravia, <a href="mailto:claire.g.desaravia@nasa.gov" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">claire.g.desaravia@nasa.gov</a>. Mercury passes between Earth and the sun only about 13 times a century, its last trek taking place in 2006. Due to its diminutive size, viewing this event safely requires a telescope or high-powered binoculars fitted with solar filters made of specially-coated glass or Mylar. NASA is offering several avenues for the public to view the event without specialized and costly equipment, including images on <a href="http://nasa.gov" class="">NASA.gov</a>, a one-hour NASA Television special, and social media coverage. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEkkCaBTgZ8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px;" class="">Mercury will appear as a small black dot</a> as it crosses the edge of the sun and into view at 7:12 a.m. The planet will make a leisurely journey across the face of the sun, reaching mid-point at approximately 10:47 a.m., and exiting the golden disk at 2:42 p.m. The entire 7.5-hour path across the sun will be visible across the Eastern United States – with magnification and proper solar filters – while those in the West can observe the transit in progress a<font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="">fter sunrise.</font></font></p></div></section></div></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="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></section></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="title-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2em 0px;"><div class="title-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 738.75px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; font-size: 2.2em;">May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard in Spacesuit Before Mercury Launch</h1></div></div><div class="feature-image-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px -2em 2em;"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/9460616788_d08d4ae81b_o.jpg" data-bindattr-948="948" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><img class="feature-image" alt="Side profile closeup photo of astronaut Alan Shepard in pressure suit with helmet" data-bindattr-949="949" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%;" apple-inline="yes" id="16167839-9E8B-481B-A7FC-76CE9507A71D" height="1295" width="1041" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:6BF9CF8F-535F-4522-A4C6-AD9D5DA71E1B"></a></div><section id="ember940" class="opened collapsible ember-view" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his silver pressure suit with the helmet visor closed, prepares for his Mercury Redstone 3 launch on May 5, 1961. Shepard's Freedom 7 Mercury capsule <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/gallery/msfc_iow_12.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">lifted off at 9:34 a.m.</a> from Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and flew a suborbital trajectory lasting 15 minutes and 22 seconds. <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/feature/shepards-mercury-flight-was-first-step-on-the-long-journey-to-mars/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202); text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">He became the first American to fly into space</a>. During the rocket's acceleration, Shepard was subjected to 6.3 g, or 6.3 times his normal weight, just before shut down of the Redstone engine, two minutes and 22 seconds after liftoff. Soon after, America's first space traveler got his first view of the Earth. "What a beautiful view," Shepard said. His spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, 302 miles from Cape Canaveral, where he and Freedom 7 were recovered by helicopter and transported to the awaiting aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain.</font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></section></div><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></section></div></body></html>