Monday, April 13, 2015

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JSC Today - Monday, April 13, 2015

Nasty rainy day…,in the  Houston metro.   Be safe out if you are having to drive in it.   

 

Rain rain go away to other places like California that need it.

 

 

 

 

LEADING THE NEWS

• Weather Could Delay Monday's SpaceX Launch.

NASA NEWS

• Apollo 13 Launched 45 Years Ago.

• Public Gathered For International Space Apps Challenge.

HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS

• Advisory Council Wants NASA To Send Robotic Probe To Martian Moon, Not Asteroid.

• NASA Releases GoPro Videos Of Recent Spacewalks.

• Annual Student Launch Event Takes Place Over The Weekend.

• Boeing Set To Celebrate 100 Years In Business.

• Kelly Speaks To Standing-Room-Only Crowd.

• Brightman To Train At ESA And NASA For Upcoming Trip.

• Timelapse Shows Bright European, North African Cities.

• Smarter Every Day Listed Among "Smart Science Feeds."

• Hadfield Describes How Astronauts Go To The Bathroom.

• Spring Break Program Simulates NASA Communication With ISS.

• NASA Will Pay Participants For Bed Rest Study.

• ISS To Pass Over Birmingham And The Midlands.

• Arnold To Speak At Tomball Christian Luncheon.

Weather Could Delay Monday's SpaceX Launch.

Florida Today (4/10, Dean, 178K) reported that there is only a 60% chance that the weather will be good enough for Monday's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch. If the launch does go off, the rocket will send a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the ISS with over "4,300 pounds of food, equipment and experiments." The article noted that the weather does improve on Tuesday if the launch is delayed.

        SPACE (4/10, Wall, 236K) focused on SpaceX's reusable rocket test. The article only briefly noted that this test is a secondary objective of the launch.

        Another Florida Today (4/13, Dean, 178K) reports that during a press conference on Sunday, Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of mission assurance at SpaceX, said that there would be an "epic landing party" if the launch and a reusable rocket test go off well. Koenigsmann estimated that the Falcon 9's first stage now has "a 75 percent to 80 percent chance" of landing successfully, up from the "50-50" the company thought back in January. Meanwhile, the article notes that SpaceX is currently the only US company launching cargo to the ISS. Dan Hartman, NASA's deputy International Space Station Program manager, said, "Does that put an additional pucker factor on some of these missions we have flying?. ... The answer is yes."

        The Bay News 9 Tampa (FL) (4/11, Hume, 60K) website reported that the Yuri's Night parties in Florida were leading up to today's SpaceX launch.

        Also covering the story are WKMG-TV Orlando, FL (4/10, 86K) website, CFLN-TV Orlando, FL (4/12, 1:19 a.m. EDT, 11K), Spaceflight Now (4/10, Clark, 3K), AmericaSpace (4/11, Evans), another AmericaSpace (4/11, Killian) article, Universe Today (4/11, Kremer, 19K), Orlando (FL) Sentinel (4/12, Powers, 794K), Sen (4/13, Klotz), Transterrestrial Musings (4/12, Simberg, 1K), 9News (AUS) (4/12, Robinson), Picayune Leader (4/10, Kitzinger), Headlines & Global News (4/12, Aquilina), Tech Times (4/10, Maynard), WTEV-TV Jacksonville, FL (4/10, Amato, 22K) website, TCPalm (4/10, 208K), Spaceflight Now (4/11, Clark, 3K), and Empire State News (4/11, 128).

       

Apollo 13 Launched 45 Years Ago.

Florida Today (4/10, Dean, 178K) reported that Saturday marked the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 13 launch, which became one of NASA's "greatest triumphs" after crews successfully brought the astronauts back home safely on April 17. A dinner and panel discussion were scheduled at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Apollo/Saturn V Center to raise funds for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.

        NPR (4/10, 1.58M) "All Things Considered" has recollections of the event from Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Gene Kranz, and Sy Liebergot. Author Francis French of the San Diego Air and Space Museum said that with Apollo 13, NASA "proved" it could handle any situation.

        In an op-ed for Space News (4/12, Subscription Publication, 481), author Michelle Evans wrote that Apollo 13 was "one of the greatest achievements in our human spaceflight program."

        TIME (4/10, Rothman, 19.19M) posted its report from 1970 of the event.

        Another TIME (4/11, Rogers, 19.19M) article and SPACE (4/12, Howell, 236K) also covered the story.

        New Exhibit, Minifigures Mark Anniversary. collectSPACE (4/10, Pearlman) reported that on the anniversary, Chicago's Adler Planetarium opened "a new exhibit based on Lovell's space adventures" called "Mission Moon." According to the article, the new exhibit is the "re-imagination" of the museums older "Shoot for the Moon" exhibit. Designers used "Lovell's own mission mementos" to make the exhibit more personal to viewers. The goal of the exhibit is to show the public "all of Lovell's roles at NASA, not just his command of Apollo 13." The Chicago Tribune (4/10, Johnson, 2.32M) also covers the new exhibit.

        Meanwhile, another collectSPACE (4/10, Pearlman) reported that Minifigs.me released "a set of four new customized minifigures replicating the Apollo 13 crew and their 'failure is not an option' flight director" to mark the anniversary.

        Gagarin's First Trip Into Space Marked On Sunday. The Voice of America (4/10, 70K) reported that Sunday was the International Day of Human Space Flight, celebrating cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's first trip into space.

        CFLN-TV Orlando, FL (4/11, 11:17 p.m. EDT, 8K) broadcast on the Yuri's Night's celebrations around the work. ISS astronaut Terry Virts said, "Living and working in this magnificent laboratory with my Russian and European crewmates would not be possible without the pioneering missions of the first human to fly in space, Yuri Gagarin."

        Russia's ITAR-TASS News Agency (4/12, 5K) reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev offered his own congratulations for Cosmonautics Day. Medvedev said, "We're honoring our famed cosmonauts, from the legendary Yuri Gagarin to those who are currently working in orbit as crew members of the International Space Station." Medvedev added that developing the country's space technology was a "major state priority." Sputnik News (4/12) also covers Medvede's statements.

        Meanwhile, Flightglobal (4/10, Thisdell, 2K), to honor Sunday's anniversary, listed 10 firsts in manned spaceflight.

Public Gathered For International Space Apps Challenge.

The Pasadena (CA) Star-News (4/12, Day, 87K) reports on the weekend's International Space Apps Challenge, listing some of the participants in Pasedena, which was hosting the competition for the first time.

        Ahead of the event, the Cleveland Plain Dealer (4/10, 1.01M) editorial board listed what apps they would make if they were taking part in the event. The editorial began by noting that Cleveland was hosting the event for the third time at the Glenn Research Center

        SPACE (4/10, Cofield, 236K) interviewed Sean Herron, one of the creators of the challenge. When asked how he and his team came up with the idea, Herron said, "We were thinking about how there's this huge mass of people all around the world who are just incredible fans of NASA and space in general. And [we saw] all these amazing things that come out on the Internet all the time, of people doing just great stuff with data collected from NASA missions. And our thought was, would there be a really cool way to kind of tap all of this genius and bring them together, and have one big event to try and solve what we call 'problems of a global nature?'" Herron noted that the challenge was designed so that anyone, no matter their background or skill level, could join in if they wanted. Herron also stressed that while the Space Apps Challenge was not the first successful hackathon, it was the first to have "a really big name brand, not just among technologists but among the entire world — coming together and putting their weight behind this."

        Blog Coverage. Danielle Wiener-Bronner at Fusion (4/13) lists the "inspiring" words at "NASA's first-ever Data Bootcamp" on Friday. For instance, astronaut Cady Coleman said, "We still need some mechanisms to help girls and women understand that they're smart enough to do anything, and if there's a skill they want they just need to learn it. The big thing that they probably don't understand is that they are really essential parts of the solution." Beth Beck, NASA Open Innovation Program Manager, added, "No one knows how to do anything until you take a step and do it. No one really knows how to do any of this — in the data world we're in, we're in the wild wild west."

Advisory Council Wants NASA To Send Robotic Probe To Martian Moon, Not Asteroid.

Florida Today (4/10, Dean, 178K) reported that last week, the NASA Advisory Council "unanimously" advised NASA to abandon sending a robotic spacecraft to an asteroid to retrieve a sample in order to test an electric propulsion system. The council would rather NASA send the spacecraft to a Martian moon. The article noted that the group also "tabled a finding" that NASA's exploration and technology programs need more money if NASA was to send people to Mars.

        RT (RUS) (4/10, 346K) noted that at the meeting, Thomas Young said that the council should be telling NASA to "terminate" the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) entirely. Meanwhile, Wayne Hale thought that the public would be "focused" on Mars with the mission.

        Meanwhile, Space News (4/10, Foust, Subscription Publication, 481) reports that William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations, told the council that for NASA's Evolvable Mars Campaign to succeed, "we've got to make life support systems decisions fairly soon, probably this year or next year" for enough testing at the ISS "before you run out of life on the station." Gerstenmaier added that a decision on whether the mission will land on the Mars moons, the planet itself, or remain in orbit could be put off for now because "once you make that decision, you've now created 'x' number of friends, and you've created 'y' number of enemies." According to the article, Gerstenmaier said that the plan NASA is developing should be "flexible enough" to weather a chance in Administrations in 2016.

        NBC News (4/10, Boyle, 2.71M) website and Headlines & Global News (4/13, Aquilina) also covered the story.

        Blog Coverage. Eric Berger at the Houston Chronicle (4/10, 2.28M) "Sci Guy" blog wrote that the council's finding should "embolden the many critics of NASA's asteroid mission." Because of the "exuberance of NASA's own advisory council" for abandoning the asteroid concept, there should be "more talk" like of going to a Martian moon in the near future.

NASA Releases GoPro Videos Of Recent Spacewalks.

WMAQ-TV Chicago (4/11, 10:16 p.m. CDT, 217K) broadcast that NASA released an "out of this world" video taken by astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts during their most recent spacewalk. The two used GoPro cameras to take a "one-of-a-kind view of Earth." About 35 other TV broadcasts had similar coverage.

        Forbes (4/10, Knapp, 6.54M) noted that the footage is of two spacewalks on February 25 and March 1.

        Popular Mechanics (4/10, George, 8.21M) reports that the videos can provide at times "an intense sensation" of weightlessness.

        Also covering the story are Clapway (4/11, Bhatia), International Business Times (4/11, Pandey, 1.19M), Tech Times (4/12, Ranosa), Huffington Post (4/13, Mosbergen, 281K), The Verge (4/10, O'Kane, 876K), and RT (RUS) (4/12, 346K).

        Blog Coverage. Andrew Freedman at Mashable (4/11, 1.8M) writes that the videos are among the "amazing things" NASA has done lately, "from sending the Curiosity Rover to Mars, to launching a unique study involving identical twin astronauts."

        Michael Ballaban at Jalopnik (4/10, 561K) wrote that using the GoPros was a "genius idea," among the "many reasons" NASA is "the greatest government agency ever create."

Annual Student Launch Event Takes Place Over The Weekend.

WAFF-TV Huntsville, AL (4/11, 10:18 p.m. CDT, 49K) broadcast that over "30 high school, college and university teams" took part in the 15th Annual NASA Student Launch over the weekend.

        redOrbit (4/11, Jacopian, 31K) reported that Katie Wallace, program manager for the Student Launch event, said, "We have different challenges every year—participants either have to launch to a different altitude or use a different payload. ... This year we're working with Centennial Challenges, and there's an autonomous ground equipment (robotics) challenge associated with it." Sam Ortega, program manager for Centennial Challenges, added, "The Student Launch program has a great resource and a great foundation for us to be able to take advantage of these young engineers and be able to advance technologies that are of need to NASA."

        Manufacturing (4/10, Duffy, 3K) also covered the story.

Boeing Set To Celebrate 100 Years In Business.

The Colorado Springs (CO) Gazette (4/12, Roeder, 140K) reports that Boeing will be celebrating its 100th birthday this year and quotes Tony Przbyslawski, the company's executive director of marketing for Air Force network, space, and strategic systems in Colorado Springs, speaking about its business. According to the Gazette, Boeing "has weathered a downturn in defense spending" and is now "looking at a future with more focus on private businesses than massive Pentagon contracts." The piece notes Boeing's work developing the CST-100 spacecraft for NASA, and adds that "Przbyslawski said as long as Boeing can keep pumping out cutting- edge ideas, young companies will be at a disadvantage. 'They don't have the record of success.'"

Kelly Speaks To Standing-Room-Only Crowd.

The Jacksonville (FL) Business Journal (4/12, Jones, Subscription Publication, 34K) reported that astronaut Mark Kelly spoke to "a standing-room-only audience at Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville on Saturday." According to the article, when asked about the future of spaceflight, Kelly stated that "new model programs such as the International Space Station" should continue, "even in a time of constrained budgets."

        The WJXT-TV Jacksonville, FL (4/11, aron, Mealey, 335K) website also covered the story.

Brightman To Train At ESA And NASA For Upcoming Trip.

Interfax (RUS) (4/11) reported that according to a "space industry source," Sarah Brightman will train this week for her upcoming flight ton the ISS at the ESA. The source also said that Brightman would train at NASA in June. The article noted that Brightman is experiencing the "standard training program" for space tourists.

Timelapse Shows Bright European, North African Cities.

The RT (RUS) (4/10, 346K) reported that a new timelapse film from the ISS shows bright European and North African cities on March 28, demonstrating "the stark contrast" between populated and empty regions.

Smarter Every Day Listed Among "Smart Science Feeds."

Wired (4/10, Fallon, 4.24M) listed some "smart science feeds to follow." One of those is Smarter Every Day on YouTube for explanations like how to reach the ISS "with an actual Soyuz capsule."

Hadfield Describes How Astronauts Go To The Bathroom.

The KPIX-TV San Francisco (4/10, Hornsby, 143K) website reported that astronaut Chris Hadfield discussed how astronauts go to the bathroom "in a chat at Ontario Science Centre." Hadfield also described how the material was disposed.

Spring Break Program Simulates NASA Communication With ISS.

The WNYW-TV New York (4/10, 68K) website reported on a Spring Break program in New York City public schools that simulates a NASA shuttle mission to the ISS. Students practiced communication between a mock ISS hit by a meteor shower and ground control.

NASA Will Pay Participants For Bed Rest Study.

The Independent (UK) (4/13, Sabin, 853K) reports that NASA will pay a person $18,000 to spend 70 days in bed at the NASA Flight Analog Research Unit in order to examine the effectiveness of exercise for astronauts living in space. Potential participants will have to go through a "tough fitness tests" because NASA wants subject to have the same conditioning as astronauts.

        RT (RUS) (4/13, 346K) also covers the story.

ISS To Pass Over Birmingham And The Midlands.

The Birmingham (UK) Mail (4/11, Bentley, 1K) reported that the ISS will be passing over Birmingham and the Midlands in April. Sky watchers will be able to spot the brightest man-made object in space, which will appear as a white dot that resembles a plane or a shooting star.

Arnold To Speak At Tomball Christian Luncheon.

The Tomball (TX) Potpourri (4/10, 121K) reports that NASA astronaut Richard Arnold will speak at the Tomball Christian Luncheon on April 14. The luncheon is a networking opportunity for "like-minded Christian business people" and will feature Arnold, speaking about his experience aboard the Discovery shuttle.

 

 

 

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   Headlines

  1. NASA TV Coverage: 6th SpaceX Resupply Mission

The sixth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch today, April 13, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA TV coverage of the launch begins at 2:30 p.m. CDT.

The company's Falcon 9 rocket will lift off at 3:33 p.m., carrying its Dragon cargo spacecraft to the station. Dragon is filled with more than 4,300 pounds of supplies and payloads, including critical materials to directly support about 40 of the more than 250 science and research investigations that will occur during the space station's Expeditions 43 and 44.

A Monday launch will have the Dragon spacecraft arriving at the space station Wednesday, April 15. Expedition 43 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) will use the station's 57.7-foot robotic arm to reach out and capture Dragon at approximately 6 a.m. Flight Engineer Terry Virts of NASA will support Cristoforetti as they operate from the station's cupola. NASA TV coverage of grapple will begin at 4 a.m. Coverage of Dragon's installation to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module will begin at 8:15 a.m. ??

If the launch doesn't happen today, the next launch opportunity would be at approximately 3:10 p.m. tomorrow, April 14.

JSC, Ellington Field, Sonny Carter Training Facility and White Sands Test Facility employees with hard-wired computer network connections can view the event using the JSC EZTV IP Network TV System on channel 404 (standard definition) or channel 4541 (HD). Please note: EZTV currently requires using Internet Explorer on a Windows PC or Safari on a Mac. Mobile devices, Wi-Fi, VPN or connections from other centers are currently not supported by EZTV.

First-time users will need to install the EZTV Monitor and Player client applications:

    • For those WITH admin rights (Elevated Privileges), you'll be prompted to download and install the clients when you first visit the IPTV website
    • For those WITHOUT admin rights (Elevated Privileges), you can download the EZTV client applications from the ACES Software Refresh Portal (SRP)

If you are having problems viewing the video using these systems, contact the Information Resources Directorate Customer Support Center at x46367, or visit the FAQ site.

Event Date: Monday, April 13, 2015   Event Start Time:2:30 PM   Event End Time:4:00 PM
Event Location: NASA TV, IPTV

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JSC External Relations, Office of Communications and Public Affairs x35111

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  1. Memorial & Tree Planting – M. Scott Carpenter

A memorial service honoring the life of astronaut M. Scott Carpenter will be held Friday, May 1, at 2 p.m. in the Teague Auditorium. Immediately following there will be a tree planting ceremony in the JSC Memorial Tree Grove.

Carpenter, one of the original "Mercury seven" astronauts, was the second spacefaring American to ever orbit the Earth, propelling NASA's dawn of human spaceflight. Read more about Carpenter's incredible life and achievements on JSC Features.

For the tree planting ceremony, there will be limited parking available along the tree grove; employees are encouraged to walk or carpool.

Event Date: Friday, May 1, 2015   Event Start Time:2:00 PM   Event End Time:3:30 PM
Event Location: Teague, Memorial Tree Grove

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Stephanie Castillo x33341 https://jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov/pages.ashx/216/Mercury%20astronaut%20Sc...

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  1. Win with the Hubble Space Telescope Scavenger Hunt

Next week NASA will celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 25th anniversary. Read more about the Hubble Space Telescope and fine-tune your research skills with an online scavenger hunt hosted by the JSC Knowledge Office for a chance to win!

The online scavenger hunt runs from April 20 to 24 and covers the quarter-century history of the Hubble Space Telescope. There will be daily drawings and, finally, a grand-prize winner. For a chance at the daily drawing, you must correctly answer three trivia questions posted for that day at the JSC Knowledge Office website. To be eligible for the grand-prize drawing, you must participate in all four days of the scavenger hunt.

Look for more information to be announced in JSC Today.

Julie Barnes-Gober x38407 https://knowledge.jsc.nasa.gov/

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   Organizations/Social

  1. Swap Shop Update

Swap Shop is getting a mobile-friendly, pictures added, decades-in-the-making, much needed update on April 15, but it comes at a cost. Ads placed or running this week cannot be re-run, and will have to be re-entered after April 15. The biggest change will be the ability to add pictures to your ads—yes, ads—you can now submit two ads. There will also be new categories and sub-categories. Swap Shop will also have a "Watched List" feature that provides a way to generate a custom ad search that is persistent for the user between sessions. So thank you for your understanding and patience, we think it will be worth it.

Marcus D. Friske x34046 https://www6.jsc.nasa.gov/swapshop/

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  1. No Boundaries ERG Meeting Today

The No Boundaries (NoBo) Employee Resource Group (ERG) is seeking new members. NoBo "promotes the development, inclusion and innovation of JSC's workforce, with a focus on employees with disabilities."

We seek interested employees at JSC (civil servants and contractors) who will further "facilitate a working environment accessible and inclusive of all abilities, which in turn makes the center a safer and better place to work for the entire JSC workforce."

You do not need to self-identify any disabilities, but knowing more about what would assist you, a family member or friend will help us target our efforts more closely to actual needs.

Our agenda includes the formal ratification of our ERG charter, to identify volunteers for our safety fair booth and to poll members for the selection of our first accessibility project.

Please sign up in person at today's membership meeting. Meetings can then be attended in person or by conference call-in.

Event Date: Monday, April 13, 2015   Event Start Time:11:30 AM   Event End Time:12:30 PM
Event Location: Bldg 16E Room 2152A

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Steve Candler x37152

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  1. 2015 NCMA National Management Seminar

The Space City/Houston Chapter of NCMA is pleased to announce the 2015 NCMA National Education Seminar (NES), "Subcontract Management From A-Z," scheduled for May 13 at the Gilruth. More information can be found here.

Registration is open for contractors until April 22 via: 2015 NCMA National Education Seminar. Payment may be made online before the event, or via cash/check the day of the event. Online payment instructions will be emailed to you upon completion of the form. We look forward to seeing you at this year's NES.

Event Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015   Event Start Time:7:30 AM   Event End Time:4:00 PM
Event Location: JSC/Gilruth Center

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Sharyn Lee Willis x35863

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  1. Join the NASA Fitness Challenge: NASA MOVES!

The NASA Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer at NASA Headquarters is sponsoring a three-week, agencywide fitness competition called NASA MOVES!

    • Registration is now open
    • Challenge Starts: Friday, April 10
    • Ends: Friday, May 1

All NASA employees are encouraged to join the JSC team.

To participate, you must sign up online through the NASA MOVES! portal and enter your activity. A wide range of physical activities can be converted into steps—not just walking—so everyone can participate.

This initiative is designed to get people moving, but it is also a competition between centers, and WE WANT TO WIN! The winning center will be calculated by taking their recorded steps and dividing it by workforce population. That means we need EVERYONE to sign up.

Visit the link below to sign up and find out more information.

Evan Thoman x42769 http://ohp.nasa.gov/health4life/

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  1. NASA 2015 Wellness Webinars Return

The NASA Healthier You wellness webinars return in 2015 with an exciting lineup! Would you like to improve your energy level, outlook and performance?

Get connected NOW and learn how physical activity improves your performance.

If you would like to experience a live event, want a 10- to 15-minute video break or only have a minute, register now and stay connected to your personal well-being.

Becoming aware of our beliefs and actions regarding our health is important. Join us online this year and gain accurate and impactful knowledge about how to improve your personal productivity and well-being. This series provides behavior change and wellness webinars to all civil servants, contractors and family members.

Event Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2015   Event Start Time:1:00 PM   Event End Time:2:00 PM
Event Location: Webinar

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Evan Thoman x42769 http://nhy.stratwell.com/

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  1. Buy JSC Annual Picnic Tickets at ShopNASA Today

The JSC Annual Picnic will be held at SplashTown on Sunday, April 26, from noon to 6 p.m. Bring your family and friends and enjoy some food, drinks, music and fun for all ages! Tickets must be purchased in advance, and are available at the ShopNASA Gift Shops in Buildings 3 and 11 and the Gilruth for JSC and contractor employees, retirees, friends and family. Also included is an all-you-can-eat barbecue dinner, ice cream novelties, adult beverages, music by DJ, unlimited access to park's rides and attractions, horseshoes, sand volleyball, basketball, dunking booth, bingo, a bounce house, face painting, kids' games, half-price return ticket option and more.

The $35 early bird picnic ticket price has been extended through April 16. The last day to purchase tickets is April 21. Season-pass upgrades are available at SplashTown for just $44.99 with a JSC picnic ticket. Join us for a NASA family and friends day of FUN!

Cyndi Kibby x35352

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   Jobs and Training

  1. Human Systems Academy Lecture

Join the Human Systems Academy lecture tomorrow for a "Human Research Program Overview."

The Human Research Program (HRP) is a major part of the Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division within the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. It is instrumental in carrying out NASA's Strategic Plan by developing and delivering research findings, health countermeasures and human systems technologies for spacecraft that will support crews on missions to the moon, Mars or other destinations.

As space is limited, please register in SATERN.

Event Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015   Event Start Time:11:00 AM   Event End Time:1:00 PM
Event Location: B2S/Studio B (Rm 180)

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Ruby Guerra x37108 https://sashare.jsc.nasa.gov/hsa/default.aspx

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  1. Introduction to Agreements at JSC

Do you want to learn more about Space Act Agreements (SAAs) and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)? You will get answers to questions such as (but not limited to) "When do we need a SAA?" and "What is the process for a CRADA?"

Sign up in SATERN for this fantastic class taught by the Office of Chief Council, the Financial Management Division and the Strategic Partnerships Office.

Event Date: Thursday, April 23, 2015   Event Start Time:8:30 AM   Event End Time:12:30 PM
Event Location: Bldg 12, Room 134

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Elizabeth Blome x47121 https://satern.nasa.gov/learning/user/deeplink_redirect.jsp?linkId=REGIS...

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  1. APPEL - Strategic Thinking for Project Success

This course introduces concepts and methods for using strategic thinking as a logical foundation upon which to shape project definition and management.

This course is designed for experienced project and program managers, chief engineers, lead and senior systems engineers and business group leaders.

This course is open for self-registration in SATERN until Thursday, May 14, and is open to civil servants and contractors.

Dates: Tuesday through Thursday, June 16 to 18

Location: Building 12, Room 152

Zeeaa Quadri x39723 https://satern.nasa.gov/learning/user/deeplink_redirect.jsp?linkId=SCHED...

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  1. Applied Space Systems Engineering: May 19-21

This three-day course examines the practical application of space systems engineering processes throughout the lifecycle. The course is aimed at practical, hands-on application of systems engineering tools and processes that can be realistically applied within your project environment to produce effective space systems. The course presents a detailed review of 17 major systems-engineering processes within three major categories: design, realization and systems engineering management. A detailed end-to-end space system case study is used to translate theory to practice by illustrating detailed how-to examples for achieving and establishing each major technical baseline throughout the mission lifecycle.

This course is designed for systems engineers, payload principal investigators, subsystem engineers or project managers involved in any phase of the space mission lifecycle.

This course is available for self-registration in SATERN and is open to civil servants and contractors.

Dates: Tuesday through Thursday, May 19 to 21

Location: Building 12, Room 146

Zeeaa Quadri x39723 https://satern.nasa.gov/learning/user/deeplink_redirect.jsp?linkId=SCHED...

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  1. Job Opportunities

Where do I find job opportunities?

Both internal Competitive Placement Plan and external JSC job announcements are posted on the Human Resources (HR) portal and USAJOBS website. Through the HR portal, civil servants can view summaries of all the agency jobs that are currently open at: https://hr.nasa.gov/portal/server.pt/community/employees_home/239/job_opportu...

To help you navigate to JSC vacancies, use the filter drop-down menu and select "JSC HR." The "Jobs" link will direct you to the USAJOBS website for the complete announcement and the ability to apply online.

Lateral reassignment and rotation opportunities have now moved to NASA Employee Talent Search (NETS). These opportunities do not possess known promotion potential.

If you have questions about any JSC job vacancies or reassignment opportunities, please call your HR representative.

Brandy Braunsdorf x30476

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   Community

  1. Help Test Student-Built Rockets May 9-10

The SystemsGo Aeroscience High School Program needs volunteers Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge

SystemsGo is an educational nonprofit supporting progressive and innovative science, technology, engineering and math programs in high schools throughout Texas. Volunteers are needed to help 13 Gulf-Coast-area high schools test the 30 project vehicles that they've designed and fabricated to either loft a one-pound payload one mile or attempt transonic velocity.

Volunteers will assist with range safety review, recovery deployment installation, launch pad prep/test, fill/fire control, GPS tracking and more.

    • GPS tracking (one volunteer needed daily)
    • Range safety (Two volunteers needed daily)
    • Stage 3 tech (One volunteer needed daily)
    • Pad techs (Two volunteers needed daily)
    • Mission Control (One volunteer needed daily)
    • Comm/documentation (One volunteer needed daily)

 To volunteer, contact Joyce Abbey at 281-335-2041 or visit Space Center Volunteers.

Event Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015   Event Start Time:7:00 AM   Event End Time:4:00 PM
Event Location: Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge

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