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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) and astronaut Roger Crouch talk to students at South Plantation High School in Plantation, Fla. Kennedy and Crouch are visiting the NASA Explorer School (NES) to share the vision for space exploration with the next generation. During the visit, Crouch 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. The Agency's NES program establishes a three-year partnership annually between NASA and 50 NASA Explorer School teams, consisting of teachers and education administrators from diverse communities nationwide. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston