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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Luz Marina Calle, left, shows Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, NASA Associate Deputy Administrator Charles Scales and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke the types of experiments taking place in the Space Life Sciences Lab. Calle's research focuses on corrosion prevention. As part of Locke's visit to Kennedy a meeting also was held with about a dozen workers expected to lose their jobs with the retirement of the Space Shuttle Program to discuss what the Commerce Department, NASA and the White House are doing to improve the local economy as the program winds down. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and Locke co-chair the White House’s Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development, which was formed in May and is expected to provide a report to President Obama this month. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett