<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=""> The last two weeks were amazing with Brazil, then South Carolina….I attended a ballet in Newberry, SC...Wonderland, on Sat to see a very special young friend perform, then visited Whitmire Community School, Newberry Middle, Boundary Street Elementary, Newberry Elementary, and Mid Carolina Middle, on Mon &Tues….and spent all day Wed with home school kids….it was an amazing time, it is always so very special with the kids. Hope you were able to see the Falcon Heavy Launch... it was awesome with the two booster rockets returning to the launch Pad…the Falcon heavy develops 5 million pounds of thrust and will some day take astronauts to Mars….go to this site <a href="http://www.spacex.com" class="">http://www.spacex.com</a> you will be bale to find so many amazing, short videos I hope you can share with the kids…you can also go to NASA TV to see the replay of the supply ship…those of you on European time can watch it live, if you have a few minutes...</font><font size="4" class="">W</font><font size="4" class="">e must always remember to do our best, enjoy everything we do, live in the present, make each day special, let those we care about most know, be thankful for the good in our lives, smile and have fun....gabe</font></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">NASA Updates Russian Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking Coverage</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><table align="center" width="687" 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: 708px; font-size: 0.923em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" 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=""><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/9409230346_9c567ca705_k.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189);" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/9409230346_9c567ca705_k.jpg" width="687px" height="auto" alt="An uncrewed Russian Progress cargo resupply spacecraft approaches the International Space Station" title="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="caption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">An <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="uncrewed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">uncrewed</span> Russian Progress cargo resupply spacecraft approaches the International Space Station to deliver food, fuel, and supplies to the crew members</span></div><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div class="credits" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 14px;">Credits: NASA</div></i></b><div class="link" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="#" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); font-size: 10px;" class=""></a></div></div></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="">Loaded with three tons of food, fuel and supplies, a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 3:13 a.m. EST (2:13 p.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday, Feb. 13, to resupply the <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="">International Space Station</a>. The previous launch attempt on Feb. 11 was automatically aborted shortly before liftoff. The rescheduled launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/live" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">website</a> beginning at 2:45 a.m. The Progress 69 cargo vehicle will dock automatically to the aft port of the Zvezda service module of the station two days later at 5:43 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15. NASA TV and web coverage will begin at 5 a.m. The new Progress spacecraft will remain at the orbiting laboratory until late August.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><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="">Falcon Heavy: A Multi-User Spaceport Success Story</font></h1></div></div><section id="ember784" 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-side_image" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0em 3em 2em; max-width: 320px; float: right; clear: right; width: 320px;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20180206-ph_kls02_0183.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="320" height="381" alt="Falcon Heavy Liftoff from VAB roof" title="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" apple-inline="yes" id="25830117-9594-4AED-89F3-8D27B3C94B20" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:1896D2ED-5C99-4E6F-AFB0-2D7630A20B2B" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lifting off at 3:45 p.m. from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy begins its demonstration flight. This is a significant milestone for the world's premier multi-user spaceport. In 2014, NASA signed a property agreement with SpaceX for the use and operation of the center's pad 39A, where the company has launched Falcon 9 rockets and prepared for the first Falcon Heavy. NASA also has Space Act Agreements in place with partners, such as SpaceX, to provide services needed to process and launch rockets and spacecraft.</div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Credits: NASA<span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">/Kim Shiflett</span></div><div class="link" style="font-size: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: inherit; background-size: inherit; background-attachment: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-clip: inherit; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><div class="type-image dnd-atom-wrapper context-side_image" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0em 3em 2em; max-width: 320px; float: right; clear: right; width: 320px;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/2-38583831555_9ae89f5c10_o.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="320" height="213" alt="Falcon Heavy Demonstration Mission" title="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" apple-inline="yes" id="9B369D7D-6B22-4513-AA1E-8EA8FE1A8D88" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:EA1FB507-C297-41E7-AC7E-2BA5D1FA5081" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In a photograph taken Dec. 28, 2017, the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy stands at Launch Complex 39A during testing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.</div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Credits: SpaceX</div><div class="link" style="font-size: 11px; box-sizing: border-box; background-image: inherit; background-size: inherit; background-attachment: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-clip: inherit; padding: 0px;"><a href="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""></a></div></div></div><div class="type-image dnd-atom-wrapper context-side_image" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0em 3em 2em; max-width: 320px; float: right; clear: right; width: 320px;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/3-2015-3366a.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="320" height="181" alt="Launch Complex 39A Horizontal Integration Facility" title="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" apple-inline="yes" id="34D415B5-A0A8-4A5F-95CA-60F01D3C27E5" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:620AE25C-EA41-4848-A465-A937BB07ED4F" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" class="">Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center has undergone modifications by SpaceX to adapt to the needs of the company's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. A horizontal integration facility has been constructed for processing rockets prior to rolling out for liftoff. In 2014 NASA signed a property agreement with SpaceX for the use and operation of the historic pad used during the Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs.</font></div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><font size="4" class="">Credits: NASA</font></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">T</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">he launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on its demonstration flight is another sign that NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is continuing to grow as the nation’s premier, multi-user spaceport. The new vehicle lifted off from NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy at 3:45 p.m. EST on Feb. 6. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot congratulated the entire SpaceX team on the successful launch of the Falcon Heavy. </span><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="">"All of us in this business know the effort it takes to get to a first flight of any new vehicle and recognize the tremendous accomplishment we witnessed today," he said. "I am really proud of the hard work of our NASA team, in particular at Kennedy, for the transformation into a multi-user spaceport. Watching the Falcon Heavy rise above the historic pad that has been the launch point for so many critical missions is a true testament to the hard work transitioning our nation’s launch infrastructure in support of the commercial launch industry.” </font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana also expressed congratulations to Space X on the launch of the Falcon Heavy. </span><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="">"The successful launch of a new vehicle on its first flight is a significant accomplishment they can be very proud of," he said. "As a multi-user spaceport, I look forward to the continued expansion of commercial spaceflight from Kennedy and the integration of a new class of launch vehicle into our Nation’s space program.” </font><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In 2014, NASA signed a 20-year</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-spacex-sign-property-agreement-for-historic-launch-pad/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">property agreement with SpaceX</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">for the use and operation of the launch pad. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Beginning in 2011, Kennedy sought partnerships with the U.S. aerospace industry to use former space shuttle facilities. Today, NASA has partnerships with more than 90 companies that enable commercial space manufacturing, processing and launch operations along Florida’s Space Coast.</span></font></div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">Kennedy’s first significant partnership with industry allowed Boeing to use Orbiter Processing Facility 3, now known as the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility, or C3PF. Here Boeing is manufacturing and processing its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which is slated to carry astronauts to the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">International Space Station</a> for <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">NASA’s Commercial Crew Program</a>. SpaceX will similarly launch astronauts from Launch Complex 39A for NASA.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">A handful of NASA employees serve as customer advocates and support the space center’s commercial partners. Through reimbursable Space Act Agreements, NASA provides services that are needed at a spaceport.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">"We support launch campaign activities such as propellant and life support services, which includes providing commodities such as helium and nitrogen to support launch, flight hardware transport and roadblock security support near the launch pad," said Robyn Mitchell, the NASA customer advocate who supports SpaceX.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">In her customer advocate role, Mitchell monitors the partner’s processing and facilities schedules to help ensure their operations and mission milestones are met. This includes integrating support plans in response to the partner's requests for services.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">"When partners, such as SpaceX, are preparing for a launch, we have Support Readiness Reviews," Mitchell said. "While SpaceX is responsible for the launch vehicle and payload, NASA organizations verify support requests are complete and confirm the readiness of Kennedy's facilities, equipment and infrastructure for launch."</font></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">Mitchell noted that the ongoing responsibilities of her office are key to establishing and maintaining a multi-user spaceport capability at Kennedy, specifically working with commercial partners to help them identify technical requirements, anticipate operational impacts and develop solutions taking advantage of the center's unique launch infrastructure and capabilities.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">The test is evidence of the transformation of NASA's Kennedy Space Center as a multi-user spaceport. NASA and its commercial and international partners are looking to return humans to the Moon and beyond, and there will be opportunities for a wide range of rockets and capabilities.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/rocket.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Space Launch System</a> (SLS) rocket and <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Orion</a> spacecraft is targeted to lift off next year from nearby Launch Complex 39B. The initial SLS rocket is expected to have a liftoff thrust of 8.8 million pounds, and is designed to be an evolvable launch vehicle able to meet the most challenging deep space crew and cargo needs.</font></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">“As SpaceX continues to refine operations of its Falcon Heavy rocket, we welcome this capability to be added to those available soon from NASA’s SLS,” said Tom Engler, Kennedy’s director of Center Planning and Development.</font></p><div class="editor-info" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;"><div class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><font size="4" class="">Last Updated: Feb. 7, 2018</font></div></div></div></section><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><h1 class="h1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; 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font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; z-index: 10003; max-width: 98%; min-width: 30%; max-height: 98%; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px;" apple-inline="yes" id="48FDAFC6-0680-4423-A91E-75750A7FB464" height="786" width="1396" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:7102BE28-C0EC-4764-BA7F-8C8FF752C31E"></div></div></div><figcaption class="fig-cap" id="nointelliTXT" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(211, 211, 211); font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="fig-desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and Starman cruise away from Earth in this final photo from the car after its launch on SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket on Feb. 6, 2018.</div><cite class="fig-credit" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;">Credit: SpaceX</cite></figcaption></figure></div><div class="mod pure-g" style="margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px; border: 0px; font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: -0.31em; text-rendering: optimizespeed; display: -webkit-flex; flex-flow: row wrap; align-content: flex-start;"><div class=" article pure-u-md-1 article-body pure-u-lg-7-8 pure-u-1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; zoom: 1; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; text-rendering: auto; width: 553.28125px;"><div class="article-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="color: inherit; font-size: 1.6rem; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Farewell, Starman. We hardly knew you.</p><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font size="4" class="">SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the final photo of his Tesla Roadster and its Starman mannequin leaving Earth in the rear-view mirror after <a href="https://www.space.com/39607-spacex-falcon-heavy-first-test-flight-launch.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">launching on the first Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday</a> (Feb. 6), and the view is spectacular.</font></p><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font size="4" class="">The photo, which Musk shared Wednesday on Instagram, shows <a href="https://www.space.com/39623-elon-musk-tesla-roadster-space-easter-eggs.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Starman in the Roadster</a> with the entire Earth in background.</font></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="5" class="">NASA TV to Air US Spacewalk at the International Space Station</font></b><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><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="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/28132252559_136765fa30_z.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="">NASA astronaut Mark <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Vande" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vande</span> <span class="scayt-misspell-word" data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Hei" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hei</span> captured this selfie with his helmet visor up during a spacewalk on Jan. 23, 2018.</span></p><p style="font-size: 10px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Credits: NASA</i></b></p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/28132252559/" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Download a high-resolution version here.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></span><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="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/39048101375_dc30088853_z.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 Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency tries on a pair of spacesuit sleeves inside the Quest airlock on Jan. 2, 2018.</span></p><p style="font-size: 10px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Credits: NASA</i></b></p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/39048101375/" style="font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Download a high-resolution version here.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></span><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Thursday, Feb. 15, to move components for the station’s robotic system into long-term storage. Live coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5:30 a.m. EST on NASA Television and the agency’s <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/live" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">website</a>.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Expedition 54 Flight Engineers <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/mark-t-vande-hei" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Mark Vande Hei</a> of NASA and <a href="http://iss.jaxa.jp/en/astro/biographies/kanai/index.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Norishige Kanai</a> of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are scheduled to begin the spacewalk at 7:10 a.m. and finish about 1:40 p.m.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">The two spacewalkers will move a Latching End Effector (LEE), or hand, for the Canadian-built robotic arm, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/mss.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Canadarm2</a>, from a payload attachment on the station’s Mobile Base System rail car to the Quest airlock. This LEE was replaced during an Expedition 53 spacewalk in October 2017, and will be returned to Earth to be refurbished and returned to the orbiting laboratory as a spare. <span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; word-spacing: normal;" class="">They also will move an aging, but functional, LEE that was removed during a Jan. 23 spacewalk from its temporary storage outside the airlock to a long-term storage location where it will be available as a spare part for the Mobile Base System, which is used to move the arm and astronauts along the station’s truss structure. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; word-spacing: normal;" class="">The spacewalk originally was scheduled Jan. 29 but was postponed when a new LEE installed during the Jan. 23 spacewalk encountered startup issues. Those issues were resolved Jan. 27 through software updates written by Canadian Space Agency robotics specialists. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; word-spacing: normal;" class="">The spacewalk will be the 208th in support of space station assembly and maintenance and the third station spacewalk this year. The spacewalk will be the fourth spacewalk in Vande Hei’s career and the first for Kanai, who will become the fourth Japanese astronaut to walk in space. Vande Hei will wear the suit bearing the red stripes and Kanai’s suit will have no stripes. </span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; word-spacing: normal;" class="">For more information about the International Space Station, its research and crews, visit: </span><strong style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; word-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/station" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/station</a></strong></p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><h1 class="h1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 300; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="5" class="">The Next Falcon Heavy Will Carry the Most Powerful Atomic Clock Ever Launched into Space</font></h1><div class="mod pure-g" style="margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px; border: 0px; font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: -0.31em; text-rendering: optimizespeed; display: -webkit-flex; flex-flow: row wrap; align-content: flex-start;"><div class=" article pure-u-md-1 article-body pure-u-lg-7-8 pure-u-1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; 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font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; z-index: 10003; max-width: 98%; min-width: 30%; max-height: 98%; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px;" apple-inline="yes" id="E2B011FC-2C20-4878-8289-238C82EFA33E" height="838" width="1396" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:FFE01AD4-F0B5-4852-A499-3CF7A965ADF4"></div></div></div><figcaption class="fig-cap" id="nointelliTXT" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(211, 211, 211); font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="fig-desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">A NASA illustration shows the clock in its testbed satellite.</div><cite class="fig-credit" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;">Credit: NASA</cite></figcaption></figure><div class="article-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font size="4" class="">An ultra-precise atomic clock the size of a four-slice toaster is set to zip into outer space this summer, NASA said.</font></p><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font size="4" class="">This isn't your average timekeeper. The so-called Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) is far smaller than Earth-bound atomic clocks, far more precise than the handful of other space-bound atomic clocks, and more resilient against the stresses of space travel than any clock ever made. According to <a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-02-nasa-atomic-clock-deep-space.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">a NASA statement</a>, it's expected to lose no more than 2 nanoseconds (2 billionths of a second) over the course of a day. That comes to about 7 millionths of a second over the course of a decade. [<a href="https://www.livescience.com/50195-most-precise-clocks-ever-made.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">5 of the Most Precise Clocks Ever Made</a>]</font></p><div style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>