<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="">Good morning all,</font><div class=""><font size="4" class=""> I hope you had a wonderful weekend and will enjoy this week as we pass through it….wow... already Wednesday….:-) I know most of you teach STEM and some also teach STEAM (includes Arts), which I think is great….so I included this story to show how Art is such an integral part of science and the benefits of linking the two….special thanks to Tina, who always keeps me up to date on the Arts….also the planned launch of three astronauts from Russia to the ISS has been delayed indefinitely, will update you as soon as I have good info….</font><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 19px;" class="">wishing you all a wonderful day....we have to always do our best, enjoy everything we do, live in the present, make each day special, be thankful for the good in our lives, let those we care about most know, smile, and have fun... Gabe</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Childhood Cancer Patients to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station </b><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Patients from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston will have the opportunity to speak with a NASA astronaut currently living and working on the International Space Station at 3:55 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 16. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website</p><table align="right" width="33%" cellpadding="1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(190, 191, 185); vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 221px; font-size: 0.923em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; float: right; clear: right;" class=""><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); vertical-align: middle;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><img src="http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/jsc2016e058407_ppt.jpg" title="" width="200px" height="auto" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Astronaut Kate Rubins, assists young artists at MD Anderson Cancer Center, as they discover the healing aspects of art, while taking a break from treatment in May 2016.</span></p><p style="font-size: 10px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Expedition 49 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins, who has a degree in cancer biology, will answer questions from several patients turned artists. In the fall of 2015, MD Anderson Cancer Center partnered with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to design a hand-painted spacesuit decorated by patients recovering at the hospital to raise awareness about the benefits of pairing art with medicine. Rubins, retired astronaut Nicole Stott, and other NASA personnel have lent their artistic talents to this project and worked as mentors to the patients over the past year.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Three spacesuits, HOPE, COURAGE and UNITY, were created during the project. Spacesuit UNITY was created at cancer hospitals in Germany, Russia, and Japan with collaboration from astronauts from NASA’s international partners, ESA (European Space Agency), the Russian Federal Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Rubins will wear the COURAGE suit during the conversation. Follow the Space Suit Art Project on Twitter at: <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/Spacesuitart" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://twitter.com/Spacesuitart</a> </strong>For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv</a> </strong>For more information about the International Space Station, visit: <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/station" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">http://www.nasa.gov/station</a></strong></div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><header class="entry-header" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.714285714rem; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br class=""></h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div id="attachment_3414" class="alignnone wp-caption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 4px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; width: 910px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.714285714rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.714285714rem; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2016/09/20/astronauts-study-pill-properties-and-laser-heating/" title="Permalink to Astronauts Study Pill Properties and Laser Heating" rel="bookmark" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(33, 117, 155); text-decoration: none;" class="">Astronauts Study Pill Properties and Laser Heating</a></h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.714285714;"><div id="attachment_3426" class="alignnone wp-caption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 4px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; width: 910px;"><a href="https://flic.kr/p/LYsYuJ" style="color: rgb(159, 159, 159); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none;" class=""></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>