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weeks away I believe the Agency needs to preparefor stern criticism and the challenge we face. Imconvinced that in responding t these challenges wewill only prove our strength and capabilities as wehonor the memory of the heroic crew of the SpaceShuttle Columbia by continuing their missionhuman spaceflight.

The CAI6 report wil l offer widespread assessment ofour Agency. We must accept their findings concentrateon how to f ix the problems and not argue about thedetails. In responding positively to their recommen-dations and by raising the safety bar even higher wewil l become a stronger better Agency. I urge you towake up every day thinking what will do today tohelp return to safe flight?

I urge you to wake up every day thinking what wil l I do todayto help return to safe fl ight?

If we all participate in this effort making the necessarycontributions large or small direct or indirect we willall help define who we are and what we can do.With the cooperation of every NASA employee theSpace Shuttle Atlantis could be headed for theInternational Space Station by next spring.

Our history has been filled with great successes andtremendous losses but everything we do we do in

the spirit of exploration and recognizing hat explis not risk-free. Exploration leads us to amdiscoveries and advances and with everyoneticipation we will continue human explobeyond the bounds of Earths atmosphere.

Tools to improve our procedures and processethe new Independent Safety Office at NASA LResearch Center wi ll be designed to bolstcurrent systems and methods enabling us to cowith human spaceflight operations that are as shumanly possible.

Finally NASA needs to intensify its efforts to anyone with even the smallest safety concercomfortable compelled even o step foand point out that issue. We need to make i t eanyone to voice their concerns because we nneed to know we must know to enable the lsafety and reliability we demand.

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enterNASA Administ rator SeonJuly IS, o announce the

OKeefe visited angley Research Center in Hampton, Vu., on Tuesdecreation of the NASA En gineering and S afely Center NFSC) to provide

comprehensive exomin ation olal l NASA progroms ondpro jects. lhe center; which will belocoted af LangleK will coordinate and condud robust engin eering and sofety msessmenf ocross theentire Agency. 1 o r). Bill ReoddK Associate Adminisfrofor for Space figh t; Bryan OConnor;Associate Administrator for Sofef y and Mission Assurance; Roy Bridges, mncoming Center Directorof NASA langley Research Center.

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NASA announced plans to create an independentEngineer ing and Safety Center NESC) at NASA LangleyResearch Center in Ham pton , Va., to provide compre-hensive examination of all NASA programs and projects.The center will provide a central location to coordinateand con duct ro bust engineering and safety assessmentacross th e entire A gency.Am ong the th ings weve learned d urin g the investi-gation of the Columbia tragedy is the need to independ-ently verify our engineering and safety standards. Thenew NASA Engineering and Safety Center will have thecapacity and auth orit y to have direct op erational influ-ence on any Agency mission, said NASA AdministratorSean OKeefe.

The NESC is expected to draw on th e ta lents of about250 people throu ghou t NASA a nd will report to formerAstronaut General Roy Bridges, Langley Center Director.Bryan O Connor, also a former astronaut and AssociateAdministra tor for Safety and M ission A ssurance atNASA Headquarters in Washington, will have policyresponsibility for the organization. OConnors task will beto assure the effective use of all Agency assets and expertiseto derive the indep endent assessments.

As we move forward with our Return to F lightefforts, the development and implementation of theNESC will help us focus on th e future of our technical

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and safety imperatives, said O Connor. W e have aresponsibili ty t o make our program s as safe and as soundas possible. This project raises our c om m i tm e n t t ounprecedented levels.

Planned activities of the new organization includeindependent engineering assessment and testing to supportcritical NASA projects and programs; engineering andsafety review and evaluation through independent analysis,hazard and risk assessment, safety audit and participationin mishap investigations; a central location for independenttrend analysis utilizing state-of-the-art tools and tech-niques; a structure to supp ort engineer ing collaborationfor problem resolution; central coordination of engineeringand program matic lessons learned, technical standardsand technical discipline expertise; and independentinspection and validation of activit ies to ensure the con-stant maintenance of NASA safety standards.

W e need to go fur ther than w hat we expect to see inthe findings of the Columbia Accident InvestigationBoard CAIB), added D r. Michael Greenfield, AssociateDeputy Administrator for Technical Programs at NASAHeadquarters in Washington. Additional informationabout NA SA and Langley is available on the Internet a t :www.nasa.gov

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A M ESresem-ckcen tesAs NASAs Mors Exploration Rovers journey toword the red plonet, a group of 36 high schoolstudents ore honing their engineering ond computer skills this summer during a seven-week,intensive course called RaboCamp. The course is sponsored by NASA Ames Research Centerand Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., and is being held at the school's west coastcompus ot NASA Research Park odjacent fa NASA Ames. Students, some of whom moy mme-day work in future space missions, are building three-wheeled, two-foot-toll robots thot willhove various sensors including video cameras and range finders.G 0 D D A R D s ~ ~ ~ c e ~ i ~ ~ t c e ~ i f e ~In the spirit of to inspire the next generation of explorers. . as only NASA ran, the GSFCPublic Affoirs Office is beginning a new community outreach program ro lled Space chats, aseries of free events thot will allow the public to experience interoctive presentationsoboutcurrent GSFC programs and research. Some of the first topics will include a presentationtolled Coming Soon to o Goloxy Near You about the Jomes Webb Space Telescope ondCan Cities Create Their Own Weather? about how urbon heot islonds create more summer

roin over maior rities. More information on Spore Chots is ovoi lable of: www.gsfc.noso.govJ E T/I o p n1s oi i fL ibos to yWith the upcoming launch of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility, project representatives aregiving kids and odults a sneak preview of the wonders of infrared. Through o Pasadena CityCollege NASA Minority Initiative Grant, an infrared camera i s visi ting local classrooms. Lostyeor, the progrom reached 10,000 students. The camera olso wowed visitors at the JetPropulsion Laboratory's recent Open House, and will be partof the Cosmic Origins museumexhibit, which begins a three-year national tour in 2005.K EN N E DYspaceceri terJomes W Kennedy was nomed the new Director of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) onJune 26.Kennedy has served as KSC s Deputy Director since November 2002. Kennedy will succeedRay Bridges, Jr., who wos oppointed to lead NASAs Langley Research Center, Hompton, Vo.,June 13. Prior to his assignment to KSC in 2002, Kennedy was Deputy Director of NASAGeorge C. Morsholl Space flig ht Center in Huntsville, Ala. Kennedy olso served as projedmanager for maiar initiatives, such as the X-34 and the DC-XA, ond he led the One NASAeffort to help make the Agency more effective and ef ficient by encouraging eomwork acrossall FieldCenters.LANGLEY~eser i r . c~ce i? fe rNASA CONNECr, the lV series produced by Langley Research Center's Office of Education,won a regional Emmy Award at the 34th Cleveland Regional Emmy Awards ceremony. Theepisode won in the Childrenflouth Programs category. In the episode, students learn aboutmicrogrovity and are introduced to combustion science and the importance of f ire safety on theInternat iona l Space Station. Funding for this segment was provided by the Office of Biologicolond Physicol Reseorch. The oward is the ninth Emmy for the educational series.

J O H N S O N s ~ ~ ~ c r r e i i t e l .In a display of patr iotic pride, hundreds of Johnson Space Center (JSC) employees drred, white and blue for an aerial photo an July 2. Employees spelled out NASA in JSCRocket Pork. The pictures can be viewed at: www.jsc.noso.gov/people/images/nasapeoAs o 40th birthday surprise for Expedition Seven Astronaut Ed tu, JSC Director JefferD. Howell, Jr. proclaimed July 1 os Aloha Shirt Day." Pictures of employees wearingshirts were taken by JSC photographerr and sent to the Expedition Seven crew membshow them our support. "Ican't think of a better place to be on my 40th birthday, tLu considers Honolulu his hometown and has a great fondness for Howaiion aloha shirhquentlywearing one on orbit oboord the Inte rnotional Spote Station. In honor of his Howaii Gov. Linda tingle proclaimed July 1 os Edward Tsong Lu Day in Howaii. Alopictures con be viewed at: www.~sr.naso.gov/jscfeotures/ortitles/000000021 .htmMAR S H A LLspc e f l i gh tcentesInternational Space Station: The Eorth Tour, a new 5,000 squore-foot, interoctive e

premiering n Birmingham, Ala., this summer. Over the next six yeors, it will travel toacross the United States and is expected to at tract os many os 5 million visitors. Theexhibit, on display in Birminghom until Sept.1, 2003, is at the McWane Centerscience center specializing n hands-on exhibits. McWane is collaborating with the MoCenter on the space station exhibit. Visitors can step oboord high-fidelity replicas of sstation modules and loboratories, experiencing i fe in orbit from li ft-of f to londing. Tolight Alabamo's contributions to the lnternotionol Space Stotion program, the Marshois sending exhibits about station hardware, and NASA has scheduled experts to ta lk at museum during selected weekends this summer. For more informotion on admissionMrWane Center, the exhibit and the space station, go to: www.scipoc.msfc.noso.govSTENNIS.~j rrceceizter.This summer Stennis Space Center SSC) hasted the first onnuol Mississippi Robotics ConsCommunity and education leaders from across the stote attended a meeting at SSC tohow schools, community and industry could partner in the For Inspirat ionond RecogScience and Technology (FIRST) Robotics competition. This meeting wos an opportunitvorious team representatives, and those who foresee themselves supporting a team infuture, to come together ond share experiences, ideas and efforts. The meeting olso porticiponts information about how to successfully support or start a FIRST Robotics tethe goal of bu ilding greater teoms in the future.

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NMA @ y o u r libraryLocal Libraries Making Room

NA SA and th e American Library Association ALA)have partnered t o create a one-of-a-kind interactive spaceresearch exhibit as part of a new program called NASA @your library. The program launched July 1 at th e EnochPra tt Free Library in Baltimore.

NASA @ your library was created to inspire moreparticipation at pu blic libraries, raise awareness andencourage interest in science. Th e unique exhibit will tour12 0 public libraries in five regions across the nation du ringthe next two years. It will feature special presentationsspecifically created to expose people of all ages to N ASAresearch in the areas of health, home a nd tran sportation,agriculture and environment, and commerce.

As of July 1 the exhibits opened in l ibrar ies inTacoma, Wash.; Reno, Nev.; Overland Park, Kan.; andSpartanb urg, S.C.; as well as at the E noch P ratt FreeLibrary in Baltimore.

The exhibit is self-contained and comes completewit h six desktop computers and workspaces. The m aininteractive exhibit includes topics on Space Shuttle operations;living, working and conducting space research on boardthe International Space Station; and information onfutu re aerospace activities. Ap ple Co mpu ter, Inc., iscontr ib uting 3 6 new W ay Cool Flat Screen computers tothe exhib it and fun ding the m ovement of the exhibitthroughout the U.S.

N A S A @ your library is part of Th e Campaign forAmericas Libraries, a multiyear public education effortsponsoked by the ALA to speak loudly and clearly aboutth e value of libraries and librarians in t he 2 1st century.Th e campaign is designed to showcase the un ique andvital role played by pu blic, school, academic and speciallibraries across the U nite d States. NA SA is the latestfounding partner in the campaign. Invitations to participatein th e program were sent to over 1 6,0 00 public l ibrar iesthrou ghou t th e U.S. Libraries are being selected toparticipate in the to ur based on criteria established bythe ALA.www.ala.org/nasa

For more inform ation on th e exhib it, visit:

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H u m a n s and robots worked s ide-by-s ide thissum mer at NASA Johnson Space Center USC) inHous ton to evaluate the concept of us ing h uman -robot ic teams to improve the product ivi ty of t heastronauts w orking outs ide the International SpaceSta t ion , o ther space vehkles o r on rhe siirface ofother phlKtS.

We like t o think of these as EVA extravehic-ular act ivity) squads uman s outs ide the space-craft in space suits, dexterous robots, humans insidethe spacecraf t or on the ground tekoperat ingrobots, free-flying robots, gian t crane robots llworking together to get t he job done, said TestConductor Dr . Rober t Ambrose of t he JSCEngineer ing Di rectora te i Automat ion, Robot i csand Sim ulat ion Divis ion.

Th e EVA work don e now USKS two as t ronauts ,backing each other up, wi th help f rom astro na~i tsinside and a large robotic arm outside, saidAmbrose, who also manages the Robonaut Projectthat supp l ied two dexterous humanoid robots forthe tes t. T he new Robo naut , a col laborat ive effor twith the Defense Advanced Research ProjectsAgency, also known 3s DAR PA, has been un derdevelopment at JSC for the last several years.

Astronaut Nancy Cu rr ie stepped into anadvanced concept space sui t to par t icipate in thetest as the squad leader The task at hand was toassemble an alum inum truss s tructure. Curr ie andher Rob onaut companions assembled th e truss severalt imes, s ignif icant ly cut t ing the t ime req~i i red ocomp lete the task on each run.

After the s t ructure was assembled, the teaminstalled electrical cable, wi th the Ro bonau ts takingt h e ca bl e o ~ i t f its package and routing i t aroundthe t russ to Curr ie, who connected i t to the t russusing a stanclarcl EVA electrical connector acid wiret ies. Towrap up the tes t ser ies , they s imu lated w hatwould happen i f a hazardous chemical contaminatedCurr ies space sui t , w i th Curr ie u s ing a specialbrush to remove the m ake-believe chemica1 andthen handing the brush to a Robona~ ic o clean theplaces she cou ldn t .

(image at left Robonout, o homonoid robot designed by the RobotSystems Technology Branch ot NASA Johnson Spore Center, IS orollaborative effort with DARPA The Robonaut protect seeks todevelop and de monstrate a robotic system that can function as anEVA astronaut equivalent Robonout umps generotions ohead byeliminating the robotic srars ond specialized robotic tools oftrodtionol on orbitroboti(s However it shllkeeps the bumon operaforin the rontrol loop through its telepresena control system Artronout Nonry Currip weoirng o training version o f an odvoiired ronoep spore sui t shoker h o n k with o Robonout

prior to partioipating n a test of the Johnson Sparp Center to evoluote hond in hond work with robots The second of thetwo Robonauk used in the denionstrutions usk - he assemblyof on oluminum truss strurture T oui of frome

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Inspiring the Next Generation of H span csInspir ing the next generation of engineering and mathem atics and

facts about NASA to other kids inan entertaining and instructionalformat.

Ivelisse Gilm an, w ho managesLangleys Hispanic EducationInitiativ e, said, It has been very

explorers is taking on a new flavorat th e Langley Research Center. Inan effort to inspire the next generationof Hispanic engineers and scientists,NASA Langleys Center for DistanceLearning has designed five programsfocusing on science, technology,engineering and mathematics. Itsall part of the Office of EducationsHispanic Education Ini t iat ive.Their newest program will soon be

fulfilling to reach out t o the nextgeneration of Hispanic engineersand scient is ts . Gilman translatedand rewrote many of the programssegme nts to ensure that th e project

seen on the largest Spanish-languagenetwork, Univis ion. Th e program iscalled NASAs Kids Science NewsNetworkTM KS NN ), and its aSpanish langu age series of video andWeb-based progr ams designed toturn kids in grades K-2 and 3-3 o nto the excitement and fun of sci-ence, technology, engineering a ndmathematics as only NASA can.NASAs KSNNTM, or NoticienciasNASA in Spanish, features Hispanicchildren explaining science, technology,

was culturally and linguisticallyappropriate . She also had a hand infinding the young, cute, on-cameratalent, They were so excited aboutlearning and sharing their newknowledge, says Gilman. Th e one-min ute newsbreaks build on childrensnatural curiosity, explain the every-day phenom ena of our world ,correct misconceptions and answerfrequently asked questions abou tEarth and beyond.

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Notionol Federation of he Blind Conven tion ottendeer eavingReogan Notional Airport for NFE Convention on l u / y 1

1 to r): Nano Cheeks, Fronio finaudi, John Dalton Craig Hegemonn,Tom Paprorki, Mike Rysrhkewitsrh, lyndo Sampson A. I Diaz,

Mike Moore, Morio Midon, Judy Eruner; Nina Horris,Chuik Strirkland. Ann Riihmond.

GSFC Director Gives Keynote AddressGodd ard Space Flight Center Director A.V. Diaz spoke at

the National Federation of the Blin d NFR) annual conventionin Louisville, Ky. H e emphasized tha t the tw o groups canwork together with the com mon goal of decreasing the isolationthat surrounds those who are blind, m aking the universe moreaccessible to t hem .t ion of disabled people to meet th is year. More than 3 000people attended, coming from all 50 states, the District ofColum bia and over 1 5 foreign countries. Th e convention wasmean t to a llow the blind to speak t o blind tole models, a t tendinformative meetings and learn about current technologicaldevelopments that are improving life for the blind.

Diazs invitation to be a keyn ote speaker was one stepamong many in the forging of a relationship between NASAand the NFB. Diaz explained the inspiration he felt fromwatching blind studen ts learn about astronomy at th e unveil-ing of a Braille book, Touch the Universe which allows blind

Th e convention was the largest assembly of any organiza-

individuals t o experience Hub ble Space Telescope imagethroug h raised l ine pr inting.the SET1 Insti tute the only blind radio astronomer in thcountry), have visited and toured Goddard, and a dialogbetween NASA and the N FB has begun, both seeking whelp one ano ther.

Together with t he National Federation of the Blind,hope to inspire blind youth to consider opportunities in ence and engin eering, and t o engage blind and visuallyimpaired individuals in the nations space program by usthe excitem ent of NASA information, said Diaz of onecollaborations goals.

Convention-goers, who visited the NASA exhibit bowere able to speak to these role models, hold a model rotry on an astronaut glove from a space su it, listen to a Nvideo and talk ab out N ASA research and projects.

Since then, N FB officials, along w ith Dr. Ken t Culle

Agency HonorAwardsThe Agency Honor Awards Ceremony was held at NASA Heodquarters on July 9.Omega Jones f rom the Oft i ie o f quo1 Opportu niv Pragroms performed thenot ional anthem, whi le the Mi/ i tary Distri rt o f Washingtons Joint forces ColorGuordpresented the colors an stoge. At this years event, NASA Admin istraforSeon OKeefe p resented awards to 20groups ond 46 ind iv iduals who wererecognized for fheir extraardinory iontribut ions to our nationsneronaut i rr ondspare progroms... ~ ~ . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.... .. . ......~~~~.~.....~ . ......~.~.......Photo rredil: NASUReneeBourhord

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For more than 2 0 years, NASA hasflown hig h-a ltitud e research aircraft tocollect cosmic dust ebris of cometsand asteroids that fills the i nner solarsystem. In late Apri l , thou gh, they madethe f i rs t a t t em pt to collect du sr particlesfrom a very specific target ome tGrigg-Sk jellerup hen Earth passed.through the du st s t ream created by thecomet as i t flew around the sun .

Recently, scientists had no way ofknowing th e cosmic origin of the dustparticles they collected. Usin g a coni-puter model developed by Dr. ScottMessenger, a researcher in the Office ofAstromaterials Research and ExplorationScience at NA SA Johnson Space Center,they were able to determine exactlywhen to fly in order to catch a piece ofthe comet they wanted to exam ine.system with airplanes, Messenger said.

In effect, N AS A is exploring the solar

DLIS~treams from comets are similarto those that produce meteor showers,but they are different in several im porta ntways. Th e particles are much sm allerthan meteor particles; the du st s t reamshit Earths atmosph ere at mu ch lowerspeeds, enabling the d ust to survive entryinto the atmosphere withou t me lting, andthese stream s are very you ng.

This last aspect is what makes thecomet d ust particles possible to identifyin the du st collections, even am ong avery abundant background of interplan-etary dust . T he fresher cometary dustparticles can be identified by their lackof solar flare damage tracks and implantedgas from the solar wind. Dust particlesfrom comet Grigg-Sjkellerup will beidentified by a detailed exam ination ofthe collected samples, a process thatcould take years.