<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="">Goo morning all,</font><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""> The visit to Deer Park Elementary last week was awesome…..2nd-5th graders in 2 large presentations in the morning, spent an hour in the lunch room with the 4th & 5th graders, and visited six 1st grade and a pre-k classes in the afternoon… it is so much fun to spend time with the kids, the lunch room was way fun because I could hang out with them in "their world”…my sincere thanks and appreciation to Susan who, despite being very sick, set the schedule, coordinated with all the teachers, and for remembering me from a previous school...then asking me to come to her new school…this happens often and it is fun to follow you around :-) :-) </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">I leave for Brazil on Thursday, get back on Feb 2nd, then leave for a week in South Carolina speaking with kids…I know it will be way fun…this will be my 4th visit to Brazil with follow on visits in March and April as well as England, Sweden, & Norway…plus all the US areas…I am in awe of how this is expanding both internationally and in the US….it is something I never planned and certainly never saw it expanding …I am enjoying every second, never taking it for granted, and making so many wonderful connections with so many kids…I am totally in awe of what teachers do day to day…I can never adequately thank you all enough and I honestly believe you have the most challenging job in the world... as well as the most rewarding…</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">NASA and Space X have a busy year ahead…I will try to keep you informed with dates & links to share with the kids…maybe make a couple of minutes a day or week to see some cool videos or live feed from space, I am sure you and the kids will enjoy it…let your imagination take you to make believe places…only they are real :-) :-) also, this is an amazing site, if you have a few minutes...<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/index.html" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/index.html</a> … wishing
you all a wonderful day…. we have to always remember to let those we care about most know, do our best,
enjoy everything we do, live in the present, be appreciative of the good in our
lives, make each day special, smile & have fun! Catch a hug & share a smile :-) :-) Gabe</font></div>
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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">How to See the Space Station From the Ground:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);" class=""><a href="http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/" class="">http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></p><div class="title-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2em 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Titillium Web', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><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="5" class="">Space to Ground: Prepping for a Spacewalk: 01/19/2018</font></h1></div></div><section id="ember796" class="opened collapsible ember-view" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden; font-family: 'Titillium Web', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><ul class="vodcast mediacast" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 40px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; float: left;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 1em;" class="">"HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND."</span></li></ul><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I’M GARY JORDAN. SOME STATION SCIENCE HAS SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED TO EARTH, AND NOW CREWMEMBERS ARE GEARING UP FOR A PAIR OF SPACEWALKS FOCUSING ON THE ROBOTIC ARM.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">AFTER BEING MANEUVERED INTO POSITION AND RELEASED ENTIRELY BY GROUND OPERATORS – A NEW FEAT, I MIGHT ADD – THE SPACEX DRAGON LANDED SAFELY IN THE PACIFIC ON SATURDAY WITH 4,100 POUNDS OF CARGO AND SCIENCE SAMPLES ON BOARD. BACK FOR ANALYSIS ON EARTH ARE STUDIES ON FIBER OPTIC FILAMENTS THAT WERE MANUFACTURED IN MICROGRAVITY, PLANTS THAT WERE GROWN ON ORBIT TO TEST THEIR REACTION TO STRESS, AND LIVE MICE THAT WILL EVALUATE A NEW DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE TO HELP COMBAT MUSCLE WASTE.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">NOW STATION CREWMEMBERS ARE PREPARING FOR 2 SPACEWALKS TO REPLACE A VITAL PIECE OF THE CANADARM2.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">WHILE THIS WEEK WAS BUSY WITH REVIEWING PROCEDURES AND CLEANING OUT THEIR SPACESUITS, THE REAL ACTION STARTS NEXT WEEK. MARK VANDE HEI AND SCOTT TINGLE WILL BE THE FIRST TO MAKE THEIR WAY OUTSIDE THE STATION AND SWAP OUT A LATCHING END EFFECTOR FROM THE TIP OF THE STATION’S ROBOTIC ARM – CANADARM2. VANDE HEI WILL GO OUT ONCE AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THIS TIME WITH NORISHIGE KANAI, TO FINISH STORING THE DEGRADED HARDWARE OUTSIDE THE STATION AND GET A FEW EXTRA MAINTENANCE TASKS OUT OF THE WAY.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">IN BETWEEN THE WEEK’S SCHEDULE OF PREPARATION AND SCIENCE, SCOTT TINGLE TOOK SOME TIME TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FROM ABC AND <a href="http://space.com" class="">SPACE.COM</a>. HERE’S WHAT THE NEW STATION RESIDENT HAD TO SAY.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">"ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR SPACEWALK COMING UP?"</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">"ABSOLUTELY, WE JUST SPENT THE MORNING PREPARING. WE JUST DID A SUIT CHECK AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS WORKING RIGHT, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A LIFETIME MEMORY FOR SURE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUT THERE AND FIXING UP THE SYSTEMS IT WILL BE WOTKING ON."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">KEEP SENDING IN YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG SPACE TO GROUND.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">AND FOR THOSE EDUCATORS OUT THERE, VISIT NASA’S STEM ON STATION WEBSITE BELOW TO FIND WAYS TO GET INVOLVED DURING NASA’S YEAR OF EDUCATION, A CELEBRATION OF AN ALMOST 12-MONTH PRESENCE OF A TEACHER ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 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