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Ingenious in its simplicity, World's Biggest Dreamboard provides a safe place online for people to dream, share, and believe in one another. Learn more about this project.
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Don Pettit is known as Mr. Wizard, Mr. Fixit, and as Dad. He's a chemical engineer, an Eagle Scout, and an explorer on Earth and in space. NASA's most prolific astronaut photographer is frequently asked, "How do you take those amazing pictures, Dr. Pettit?" From his orbital perspective, it's "harder than it looks."
Voting for the flown-in-space Fragile Oasis medal finalists has begun! These projects have made an impact on Earth in the categories of Education, Humanitarian Service and Peace. Fragile Oasis crewmembers have nominated these projects as standouts. You may vote for one project, and you can change your vote any time before the process ends on July 14, 2013. Winners will be announced on July 20, 2013. Thank you for participating and good luck to the finalists! Click here to cast your votes.
There is always someone playing music somewhere! Recently, I was lucky to see the spectrum from one end to the other. First, I played onstage with the traditional Irish band The Chieftains at the Houston Symphony. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfied joined us from aboard the International Space Station. Chris has been my friend, a fellow astronaut and a fellow band ...Keep Reading
"There is no escaping our obligations: our moral obligations as a wise leader and good neighbor in the interdependent community of free nations..." – John F. Kennedy, Nov. 3, 1961 in establishing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) I have often expressed the strong belief that the technology developed for space exploration and the research conducted in space ...Keep Reading
I used to love looking out the window of the International Space Station when we were flying over the dark side of Earth, watching tiny asteroids leave bright trails as they hit the atmosphere hundreds of miles below us. These tiny asteroids also had bigger cousins who have left their mark on our fragile oasis, in places like the Manicouagan ...Keep Reading
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