The full Moon, also known in January as the Wolf Moon, rises above the Lincoln Memorial and the Memorial Bridge, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, as seen from Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Full “Wolf” Moon Rise
The full Moon, also known in January as the Wolf Moon, rises above the Lincoln Memorial and the Memorial Bridge, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, as seen from Arlington, Virginia. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Full “Wolf” Moon Rise
The full moon rises over the Superdome and the city of New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday evening, January 13, 2025. The Wolf Moon, also known as the Ice or Cold Moon, was full at 5:27 p.m. EST. New Orleans is home to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility where several pieces of hardware for the SLS (Space Launch system) are being built. Image credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
Wolf Moon Rises Over the Superdome in New Orleans
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf (sixth from left), Center Director Jim Kennedy (fourth from right) and Principal Claudia Hessing (second from right) pose with students during Kennedy and Wolf’s visit to Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Kennedy is sharing America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He and Wolf talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After his presentation at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., astronaut David Wolf signs a memento for a student.  The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program. Center Director Jim Kennedy and Wolf visited the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. They talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf (center) and External Relations Director Lisa Malone (right) learn about these students’ science project during a visit to Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Wolf and Malone accompanied Center Director Jim Kennedy, who is sharing America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut David Wolf addresses students and faculty of Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., about his experiences in space.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program.  Wolf joins Center Director Jim Kennedy on his visit to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers.  He  is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Claudia Hessing, the principal of Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla., introduces NASA guests in the front left row, Center Director Jim Kennedy (center) and astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf (far left).   Kennedy made the tour to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was accompanied by astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf.  Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut David Wolf addresses students and faculty of Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., about his experiences in space.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program.  Wolf joins Center Director Jim Kennedy on his visit to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers.  He  is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During lunch in the library at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., astronaut David Wolf pauses for a photo with a member of the school board.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools program.  Wolf joined Center Director Jim Kennedy to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After his presentation at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., astronaut David Wolf signs a memento for a student.  The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program. Center Director Jim Kennedy and Wolf visited the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. They talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After his presentation, astronaut David Wolf signs a memento for a student at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla.  The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program. Center Director Jim Kennedy and Wolf visited the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. They talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf learns about a science project from students at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Wolf is accompanying Center Director Jim Kennedy on a visit to the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf looks at students’ science project creating tornados during a visit to Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Wolf is accompanying Center Director Jim Kennedy on a visit to the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf speaks to students, faculty and guests at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Wolf and Center Director Jim Kennedy made the tour to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf talks to a teacher about students’ projects in a class at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Wolf is accompanying Center Director Jim Kennedy on a visit to the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After his presentation at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., astronaut David Wolf signs a memento for a student.  The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program. Center Director Jim Kennedy and Wolf visited the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. They talked with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf (right) talks to students during a visit to Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School,  in Miami, Fla.  Wolf accompanied Center Director Jim Kennedy, who is sharing America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut David Wolf answers questions from a student on stage at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., during his talk about his experiences in space.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program.  Wolf joins Center Director Jim Kennedy (seated at lower left) on his visit to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers.  He  is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut David Wolf answers questions from a student on stage at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., during his talk about his experiences in space.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program.  Wolf joins Center Director Jim Kennedy (seated at lower left) on his visit to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers.  He  is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut David Wolf answers questions from a student on stage at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., during his talk about his experiences in space.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program.  Wolf joins Center Director Jim Kennedy (seated at lower left) on his visit to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers.  He  is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut David Wolf answers questions from a student on stage at Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., during his talk about his experiences in space.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program.  Wolf joins Center Director Jim Kennedy (seated at lower left) on his visit to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers.  He  is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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From left, Chad Wolf, acting secretary of Homeland Security, and Dan Brouillette, Secretary of Energy, attend a meeting of the National Space Council inside the Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Dec. 9, 2020. The council's role is to advise the president regarding national space policy and strategy, and to review the nation's long-range goals for space activities. Vice President Mike Pence chaired the meeting, at which he announced the initial team of 18 astronauts eligible for early Artemis missions on and around the Moon. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.
National Space Council Meeting and Special Artemis Announcement
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) talks to Eduardo Tillet (right), principal of Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., on his visit to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy, joined by astronaut David Wolf, is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) and External Relations Director Lisa Malone (second from right) talk to teachers at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Kennedy made the tour to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was also accompanied by astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf.  Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Center Director Jim Kennedy speaks to students, faculty and guests at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Kennedy made the tour to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was accompanied by astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf.  Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  - Center Director Jim Kennedy greets a mother and daughter while on a visit to Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Kennedy made the tour to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was accompanied by astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf.  Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) and astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf flank two of the teachers at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla., which Kennedy visited to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) speaks to students, faculty and guests at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla.  Kennedy made the tour to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was accompanied by astronaut Dr. David A. Wolf.  Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Students at Carol City Elementary School, a NASA Explorer School, in Miami, Fla., are ready to greet Center Director Jim Kennedy on his visit to the school.  Kennedy made the tour to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He was accompanied by astronaut Dr. Dr. David A. Wolf.  Kennedy is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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September's Harvest Moon as seen around NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.  According to folklore, every full Moon has a special name.  There's the Wolf Moon, the Snow Moon, the Worm Moon,  the Sprouting Grass Moon,  the Flower Moon,  the Strawberry Moon, the Thunder Moon,  the Sturgeon Moon, the Harvest Moon, the Hunter's Moon, the Beaver Moon, and the Long Night's Moon. Each name tells us something about the season or month in which the full Moon appears.  This month's full Moon is the Harvest Moon.  More about the Harvest Moon from NASA: Science <a href="http://1.usa.gov/16lb1eZ" rel="nofollow">1.usa.gov/16lb1eZ</a>  Credit: NASA/Goddard/Debbie Mccallum  <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html" rel="nofollow">NASA image use policy.</a></b>  <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html" rel="nofollow">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</a></b> enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.  <b>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></b>  <b>Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897?ref=tsd" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></b>  <b>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/nasagoddard?vm=grid" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></b>
Harvest Moon at NASA Goddard
September's Harvest Moon as seen around NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.  According to folklore, every full Moon has a special name.  There's the Wolf Moon, the Snow Moon, the Worm Moon,  the Sprouting Grass Moon,  the Flower Moon,  the Strawberry Moon, the Thunder Moon,  the Sturgeon Moon, the Harvest Moon, the Hunter's Moon, the Beaver Moon, and the Long Night's Moon. Each name tells us something about the season or month in which the full Moon appears.  This month's full Moon is the Harvest Moon.  More about the Harvest Moon from NASA: Science <a href="http://1.usa.gov/16lb1eZ" rel="nofollow">1.usa.gov/16lb1eZ</a>  Credit: NASA/Goddard/Debbie Mccallum  <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html" rel="nofollow">NASA image use policy.</a></b>  <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html" rel="nofollow">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</a></b> enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.  <b>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></b>  <b>Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897?ref=tsd" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></b>  <b>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/nasagoddard?vm=grid" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></b>
Harvest Moon at NASA Goddard
September's Harvest Moon as seen around NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.  According to folklore, every full Moon has a special name.  There's the Wolf Moon, the Snow Moon, the Worm Moon,  the Sprouting Grass Moon,  the Flower Moon,  the Strawberry Moon, the Thunder Moon,  the Sturgeon Moon, the Harvest Moon, the Hunter's Moon, the Beaver Moon, and the Long Night's Moon. Each name tells us something about the season or month in which the full Moon appears.  This month's full Moon is the Harvest Moon.  More about the Harvest Moon from NASA: Science <a href="http://1.usa.gov/16lb1eZ" rel="nofollow">1.usa.gov/16lb1eZ</a>  Credit: NASA/Goddard/Debbie Mccallum  <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html" rel="nofollow">NASA image use policy.</a></b>  <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html" rel="nofollow">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</a></b> enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.  <b>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></b>  <b>Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897?ref=tsd" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></b>  <b>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/nasagoddard?vm=grid" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></b>
Harvest Moon at NASA Goddard
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a visit to Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., Center Director Jim Kennedy and other NASA and KSC representatives applaud faculty and students from the stage.  From left to right are Jim Gerard, Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP) representative; Steve Lewis, assistant to Kennedy; Amber Marek, with KSC External Relations; David Wolf, astronaut; Kennedy; Les Gold, AESP representative; Burdette Brown; and Patricia Leonard and Clarence Bostic, Education Programs and University Research Division.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools program.  Kennedy is talking with students, the next generation of explorers, about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a visit to Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., Center Director Jim Kennedy (shaking hands, center) and other NASA and KSC representatives are greeted by students on stage.  With Kennedy on stage are (left to right), Jim Gerard, Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP) representative; Steve Lewis, assistant to Kennedy; Amber Marek, with KSC External Relations; David Wolf, astronaut; Kennedy; Les Gold, AESP representative; Burdette Brown; and Patricia Leonard and Clarence Bostic, Education Programs and University Research Division.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools program.  Kennedy is talking with students, the next generation of explorers, about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut David Wolf (left) and Center Director Jim Kennedy (right, with boy) pose for a photo with students and faculty in Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., plus other NASA and KSC representatives (rear).  The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program.  The purpose of Kennedy’s visit is to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers.  He is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a visit to Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., Center Director Jim Kennedy and other NASA and KSC representatives are greeted by students on stage.  From left to right, are Jim Gerard, Aerospace Education Services Program (AESP) representative; Steve Lewis, assistant to Kennedy; Amber Marek, with KSC External Relations; David Wolf, astronaut; Kennedy; Les Gold, AESP representative; Burdette Brown; and Patricia Leonard and Clarence Bostic, Education Programs and University Research Division.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools program.  Kennedy is talking with students, the next generation of explorers, about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a visit to Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., Center Director Jim Kennedy and other NASA and KSC representatives are greeted by students on stage.  From left to right are Jim Gerard, Aerospace Education Services Program representative; Steve Lewis, assistant to Kennedy; Amber Marek, with KSC External Relations; David Wolf, astronaut; Kennedy; Les Gold, AESP representative; Burdette Brown; and Patricia Leonard and Clarence Bostic, Education Programs and University Research Division.  Doolin Middle School is one of 100 to take part in the NASA Explorer Schools program.  Kennedy is talking with students, the next generation of explorers, about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.
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S127-E-007464 (21 July 2009) --- Nine of a  total aggregation of 13 astronauts and cosmonauts are pictured at meal time aboard the International Space Station. Seated at the table, clockwise from bottom left,  are European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, astronaut Christopher Cassidy, along with astronauts Mike Barratt and Tim Kopra and  Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and astronaut Mark Polansky. From left to right at top are Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonauts Roman Romanenko and Gennady Padalka. Not pictured are astronauts Tom Marshburn, Dave Wolf and Doug Hurley, plus Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Barratt is holding a display version of an Apollo 11 lunar sample that had earlier been taken up by a shuttle mission (STS-119) to be onboard the orbital outpost at the time of the current observance of the first moon landing's 40th anniversary.  Seven astronauts left Kennedy Space Center one week ago aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour to join up with the six Expedition 20 crew members on the space station to continue work on it.  The space fliers have completed two of five scheduled spacewalks up to this point.
STS-127 / Expedition 20 Crewmembers eating in the Node 1 during Joint Operations