<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=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">I started this in Brazil but never found time to complete and send, now home in Florida…the visit to San Jose was awesome, we were there last year so it was extra special as so many of the kids helping us were there again and it was so wonderful to see them…they are so affectionate, so appreciative, so full of hugs & smiles...<br class=""></font><div class=""><font size="4" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Greetings from Brazil…it has been an amazing time, so very busy, the kids and audiences have been awesome…Brazil loves NASA like nowhere else in the world…the first 2 days were in an upscale mall in Rio De Janeiro, at least 5,000 attended each day…it was crazy as the crowds were way more than expected... some people waited over 3 hours in line to spend time, the next 2 days were at a beautiful Engineering University, Facens, and a private middle school and public HS in Sorocaba... from here we are going to San Jose to complete the week long Science Days Brazil experience for the kids…</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Everything is going well with the space program…so many think nothing is happening because the shuttle is not flying but there are still so many mission exploring our solar system…remember the Insight mission…for those who signed up or have had their class sign up, it is targeted to launch May 5th... </font><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="4" class=""><font color="#0433ff" class=""><a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/timeline/" class="">https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/timeline/</a> </font> for Mission updates…</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" size="4" class="">Another opportunity to get the kids involved is on a mission to the sun, see the info below…I hope you can share with the kids some of the events on the next launch to the ISS. Go to the subject links for the latest from NASA and space info around the world. </font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: large;" class="">Wishing you all wonderful day...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, smile and have fun… :-) </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: large;" class=""> love ya, Gabe</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 17pt; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);" class=""><a href="http://www.spotthestation.nasa.gov" class="">www.spotthestation.nasa.gov</a></span></u></div><div class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 17pt; color: rgb(56, 110, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></u></div><div class=""><h1 class="title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; max-height: 4.8rem; overflow: hidden; line-height: 2.4rem; color: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color, var(--yt-primary-text-color)); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-variant, inherit); font-variant-position: var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-font-variant, inherit); 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;" class="">NASA Television Coverage Set for Space Station Crew Launch, Docking</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""></p><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/m18-044.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/m18-044.jpg" width="687px" height="auto" alt="NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos." 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;"><font size="4" class="">Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are ready for their journey to the International Space Station that begins on Wednesday, March 21.</font></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="4" class="">Credits: NASA</font></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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are ready for their journey to 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> that begins on Wednesday, March 21. Live coverage will air 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>. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, are set to launch in the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft at 1:44 p.m. EDT (11:44 p.m. Kazakhstan time) March 21. After a two-day flight, the new crew members will dock to the station’s Poisk docking module at 3:41 p.m. Friday, March 25. About two hours later, hatches between the Soyuz and the station will open, and the new residents will be greeted as part of the Expedition 55 crew by station commander Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Coverage of Expedition 55 launch and docking activities is as follows (all times EDT):</div><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Wednesday, March 21</b></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">·<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">12:45 p.m. – Soyuz MS-08 launch coverage (launch at 1:44 p.m.)</span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Friday, March 23</b></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">·<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">3 p.m. – Docking coverage (docking scheduled for 3:41 p.m.)</span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">·<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">5 p.m. – Hatch opening and welcome coverage</span></p><p class="HTMLBody" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">A full complement of video of the </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">crew’s pre-launch activities</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> in Baikonur will air on NASA TV in the days preceding launch.</span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">The crew members of Expedition 55-56 will continue work on </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">hundreds of experiments</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""> in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard the International Space Station, humanity’s only permanently occupied microgravity laboratory. This crew continues the long-term increase in U.S. crew size from three to four, allowing NASA to maximize time dedicated to research on the space station.</span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">During his flight, former educator Ricky Arnold will wrap up NASA’s </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/year-of-education.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Year of Education on Station</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">, an initiative to engage students and educators in human spaceflight and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers.</span></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Get breaking news, images and features from the station on Instagram and Twitter at: </span><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://instagram.com/iss" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">http://instagram.com/iss</a> </b>and <b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/Space_Station?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">http://www.twitter.com/Space_Station </a></span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></p><div class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></b></div>
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