My Nasa Report

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My Nasa Report

• David Singleton

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Tabel of Contents

• NASA-National Aeronautics and Space
  Administration
• Page 1
• A Little History
• Page 1
• NASA Today
• Page 1
• Expedition 14 Continues Feb 22 Spacewalk Preps
• Page 2
• Why Explore Space?
• Page 2
• Atlantis Arrives at Launch Pad
• Pages 3 and 4
• STS-118
• Page 4
• NASA Administrator
• Page 5
• Business Opportunities at NASA
• Pages 6 and 7
• NASA Mars Orbiter Sees Effect of Ancient
  Underground Fluids

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NASA- National Aeronautics and Space
Administration

• NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space
  exploration, scientific discovery, and
  aeronautics research

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A Little History

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration in
  1958, partially in response to the Soviet Union's
  launch of the first artificial satellite. NASA
  grew out of the National Advisory Committee on
  Aeronautics, which had been researching flight
  technology for more than 40 years
• NASA has also continued its scientific research.
  In 1997, Mars Pathfinder became the first in a
  fleet of spacecraft that will explore Mars in the
  next decade, as we try to determine if life ever
  existed there.

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NASA Today

• Aeronautics
• pioneering and proving new flight technologies
  that improve our ability to explore and which
  have practical applications on Earth.
• Exploration Systems
• creating new capabilities for affordable,
  sustainable human and robotic exploration
• Science
• exploring the Earth, moon, Mars and beyond
  charting the best route of discovery and reaping
  the benefits of Earth and space exploration for
  society.
• Space Operations
• providing critical enabling technologies for much
  of the rest of NASA through the space shuttle,
  the international space station and flight
  support.
• In 2005, NASA's reach spans the universe. Spirit
  and Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rovers, are
  still going on Mars after more than a year.
  Cassini is in orbit around Saturn. The Hubble
  Space Telescope continues to explore the deepest
  reaches of the cosmos.

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Expedition 14 Continues Feb. 22 Spacewalk Preps

• Image above Expedition 14 Commander Michael
  Lopez-Alegria is pictured outside the
  International Space Station during a spacewalk on
  Feb. 8. Image credit NASA
• The Expedition 14 crew continued with
  preparations for a Feb. 22 spacewalk this week.
  The spacewalkers have conducted leak checks and
  have installed lights and additional equipment on
  their Russian Orlan space suits. Commander
  Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail
  Tyurin will participate in their increments
  fifth spacewalk a record for station crews.
  They will attempt to free a stuck antenna on the
  ISS Progress 23 docked to the aft end of the
  Zvezda service module. They will also check on
  navigation systems in preparation for the summer
  docking of a European cargo craft known as the
  Automated Transfer Vehicle.

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Why Explore Space?

• Today, NASA is moving forward with a new focus
  for the manned space program to go out beyond
  Earth orbit for purposes of human exploration and
  scientific discovery. And the International Space
  Station is now a stepping stone on the way,
  rather than being the end of the line. On the
  space station, we will learn how to live and work
  in space. We will learn how to build hardware
  that can survive and function for the years
  required to make the round-trip voyage from Earth
  to Mars. If humans are indeed going to go to
  Mars, if we're going to go beyond, we have to
  learn how to live on other planetary surfaces, to
  use what we find there and bend it to our will,
  just as the Pilgrims did when they came to what
  is now New England where half of them died
  during that first frigid winter in 1620. There
  was a reason their celebration was called
  "Thanksgiving."

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Atlantis Arrives at the Launch Pad

• Image above Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives on
  Launch Pad 39A after a six-hour trek, via the
  crawler-trans
• The Space Shuttle Atlantis arrived at Launch Pad
  39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 309
  p.m. EST. Atlantis began its 3.4 mile journey
  from the Vehicle Assembly Building at 819 a.m.
  It traveled just under 1 mph. The next milestone
  for this mission is a full launch dress
  rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown
  demonstration test from Feb. 21 to 23 at Kennedy.
  The test provides the crew an opportunity to
  participate in various simulated countdown
  activities, including equipment familiarization
  and emergency egress training. The flight of
  Atlantis to the International Space Station has
  been targeted for March 15. During the 11-day
  mission, the six-member crew will install a new
  truss segment, retract a set of solar arrays and
  unfold a new set on the starboard side of the
  station. Lessons learned from two previous
  missions will provide the astronauts with new
  techniques and tools to perform their duties.
• Commanding the 117 crew is Frederick Sturckow, a
  veteran of two shuttle missions (STS-88,
  STS-105), while Lee Archambault will be making
  his first flight as the shuttle's pilot. Mission
  Specialists James Reilly (STS-89, STS-104) and
  Patrick Forrester (STS-105) will be returning to
  the station. Steven Swanson and John Olivas, both
  mission specialists, join the crew for their
  first flight into space.

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STS-118

• Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission is the
  22nd shuttle flight to the International Space
  Station. It will continue space station
  construction by delivering a third starboard
  truss segment. It's also the first flight of an
  Educator Astronaut, Mission Specialist Barbara
  Morgan.
• U.S. Navy Commander Scott Kelly will command the
  six-person crew of STS-118. U.S. Marine Corps Lt.
  Col Charles Hobaugh will be Endeavour's pilot.
  Veteran astronauts Richard Mastracchio and Dr.
  Dafydd (Dave) Williams of the Canadian Space
  Agency will be returning to space for their
  second missions. Morgan and Tracy Caldwell round
  out the crew as mission specialists.
• Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams
  will return to Earth from the space station
  aboard shuttle mission STS-118. That flight will
  carry Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clayton
  Anderson to the station. He will return home
  aboard Atlantis on mission STS-120.

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NASA Administrator Michael Griffin

• Nominated by President George W. Bush and
  confirmed by the United States Senate, Michael
  Griffin began his duties as the 11th
  Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
  Space Administration on April 14, 2005. As
  Administrator, he leads the NASA team and manages
  its resources to advance the U.S.

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The Office of Procurement

• MISSIONThe Office of Procurement provides
  functional management, leadership, and policy
  direction of procurement and financial assistance
  activities (excluding Space Act Agreements) for
  the entire Agency.
• GOALThe goal of the Office of Procurement is to
  ensure the Agency executes its mission
  successfully by effectively and efficiently
  managing the acquisition process.
• OBJECTIVESThe Office of Procurement has three
  primary objectives by which it achieves its goal
  and provides functional leadership for the
  Agency. These are
• To help customers plan acquisitions and get what
  they need at fair and reasonable prices, when
  they need it, using the best methods and tools
  ensuring adherence to high standards of
  professional integrity.
• To continuously improve the Agency acquisition
  process, anticipating evolving Agency needs, with
  particular attention to improving contract
  management
• To develop the people (and related
  infrastructure) geared to aggressively pursue the
  acquisition opportunities and challenges the
  Agency faces in the decades to come.

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NASA Mars Orbiter Sees Effects of Ancient
Underground Fluids

• NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft
  this month is set to surpass the record for the
  most science data returned by any Mars
  spacecraft. While the mission continues to
  produce data at record levels, engineers are
  examining why two instruments are intermittently
  not performing entirely as planned
• SAN FRANCISCO - Liquid or gas flowed through
  cracks penetrating underground rock on ancient
  Mars, according to a report based on some of the
  first observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance
  Orbiter. These fluids may have produced
  conditions to support possible habitats for
  microbial life. These ancient patterns were
  revealed when the most powerful telescopic camera
  ever sent to Mars began examining the planet last
  year. The camera showed features as small as
  approximately 3 feet (one meter) across.
  Mineralization took place deep underground, along
  faults and fractures. These mineral deposits
  became visible after overlying layers were eroded
  away throughout millions of years.

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NASA Headquarters

• 300 E St. SW, Washington, D.C.NASA Headquarters
  does not have its own visitors' center, but it is
  located four blocks south of the Smithsonian
  Institution's National Air Space Museum, which
  houses an extensive collection of aeronautics and
  space program artifacts. The NASA Headquarters
  Information Center offers some information
  brochures, mission decals and posters for free
  and sells various NASA publications and
  directories by phone or mail.

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Citations

• "Atlantis Arrives at the Launch Pad ." NASA.
  02.15.07 . 18 Feb 2007 lthttp//www.nasa.gov/missio
  n_pages/shuttle/main/index.htmlgt.
• "Business Opportunities at NASA." NASA. 18 Feb
  2007 lthttp//www.nasa.gov/about/business/index.htm
  lgt.
• "Expedition 14 Continues Feb. 22 Spacewalk Preps
  ." NASA. 18 Feb 2007 lthttp//www.nasa.gov/mission_
  pages/station/main/index.htmlgt.
• Griffin, Michael. "Why Explore Space?." NASA.
  01.18.07 . 18 Feb 2007 lthttp//www.nasa.gov/missio
  n_pages/exploration/main/griffin_why_explore.htmlgt
  .
• "NASA Administrator Michael Griffin." NASA. April
  2006 . 18 Feb 2007 lthttp//www.nasa.gov/about/high
  lights/griffin_bio.html