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International Space Station Profiles
Cindy Hutchens thinks a lot about something most people take for granted -- water. An aerospace engineer for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., Hutchens is responsible for a Space Shuttle experiment to make life aboard the International Space Station more efficient and water a little less hard to come by. + Read more
Mike Kearney is a member of the team that coordinates Space Station science research from the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The Payload Operations Center is the science command post for the Space Station -- the most ambitious research endeavor ever undertaken. + Read more
In 1961, 6-year-old Rick Rodriguez and his family came to America -- fleeing Castro’s Cuba and leaving behind his father, a political prisoner. Three years earlier, 3-year-old Tessa Lucas made a less dramatic journey to America with her Philippine mother, and her father, a U.S. Marine. These two voyagers crossed the Atlantic and Pacific from different parts of the world and arrived in America at the dawn of the space age. Eventually, their love for art and science would bring them together.
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Gary Moore watched NASA go to the Moon when he was 8 years old. And, like some people in his hometown of Caney Springs, Tenn., he couldn't quite believe his eyes. Today, Moore's view has changed quite a bit. He now is part of a team that sends equipment and experiments into space, supporting one of NASA's key programs -- the International Space Station. + Read more
Monsi Roman, a Marshall Center microbiologist, works to ensure safe water and air for the crew of the International Space Station. Roman studies microbes, living organisms including viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites -- only visible under a microscope. Her job is like a detective, checking the tiny beings to see how they will behave on the Space Station. + Read more
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As a boy, John Uri built models of the first American rockets and spaceships. Today, he directs scientific research aboard the International Space Station. Getting the first experiments started aboard the orbiting laboratory, he says, was a "whirlwind." Uri works closely with the team at NASA's Payload Operations Center -- the command post for Station science activities at the Marshall Center.
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