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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (left) is welcomed to KSC by Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. (right). On the table between them is the logo of the new Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, a merger of three Japanese aeronautical and space agencies effective Oct.1, 2003. Mr. Yamamoto is at KSC for a welcome ceremony involving the arrival of the newest Space Station module, the Japanese Experiment Module/pressurized module. His visit includes a tour of the Columbia Debris Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (left) is welcomed to KSC by Center Director...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Kathy Laufenberg (left) directs the attention of Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. to an area on a rudder speed brake panel on Endeavour. The Center Director, Jim Kennedy, and Whitlow are on a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility. Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in December 2003.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Kathy Laufenberg (left) directs the...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach, Center Director Jim Kennedy and NASA Vehicle Manager Scott Thurston unveil a plaque honoring “Columbia, the crew of STS-107, and their loved ones.” The site is the “Columbia room,” a permanent repository of the debris collected in the aftermath of the tragic accident Feb. 1, 2003, that claimed the orbiter and lives of the seven-member crew. The dedication of the plaque was made in front of the 40-member preservation team.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach, Center...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (left) is welcomed to KSC by Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. (right). Mr. Yamamoto is at KSC for a welcome ceremony involving the arrival of the newest Space Station module, the Japanese Experiment Module/pressurized module. His visit includes a tour of the Columbia Debris Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (left) is welcomed to KSC by Center Director...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) and Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (left) look at rudder speed brake panels on Endeavour In the background is Tom Roberts, who is with United Space Alliance. Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in December 2003.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) and...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the memorial service for the crew of Columbia at the Space Memorial Mirror, a visitor leaves a rose bouquet behind. Feb. 1 is the one-year anniversary of the loss of the crew and orbiter Columbia in a tragic accident as the ship returned to Earth following mission STS-107. The public was invited to the memorial service, held in the KSC Visitor Complex, which included comments by Center Director Jim Kennedy and Executive Director of Florida Space Authority Winston Scott. Scott is a former astronaut who flew on Columbia in 1997.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the memorial service for the crew of Columbia at the Space Memorial Mirror, a...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (both at left) look over some of the work being done on the orbiter Endeavour that Tom Roberts, with United Space Alliance, is pointing out. Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in December 2003.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Deputy...

Date: 03-27-15.Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1.Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa.Photographer: James Blair / NASA

Date: 03-27-15 Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1 Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut...

Date: 03-27-15.Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1.Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa.Photographer: James Blair / NASA

Date: 03-27-15 Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1 Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut...

Date: 03-27-15.Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1.Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa.Photographer: James Blair / NASA

Date: 03-27-15 Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1 Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut...

2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge

Kenneth Stafford, Assistant Director of Robotics Engineering and Director of the Robotics Resource Center at the...

NASA Marshall 2021 Day of Remembrance

Each January, NASA honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration...

New POD Class

Official group photo of the new class of PODs (Payload Operations Directors) for 2019, taken in building 4663...

Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy at Mansfield Lahm Airport

Orion Spacecraft Arrives in Ohio Aboard the Super Guppy at Mansfield Lahm Airport, Nicole Smith, Project Manager for...

New POD Class

Official group photo of the new class of PODs (Payload Operations Directors) for 2019, taken in building 4663...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (center) joins others for a tour. Mr. Yamamoto is at KSC for a welcome ceremony involving the arrival of the newest Space Station module, the Japanese Experiment Module/pressurized module.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Newly appointed KSC Director James W. Kennedy (left) and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (center) talk to the media following the launch of the Mars Exploration Rover "Opportunity" at the Trident Basin berm press site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Newly appointed KSC Director James W. Kennedy (left) and NASA Administrator Sean...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director Jim Kennedy introduces U.S. Reps. Dave Weldon and Tom Feeney in a Town Hall meeting at KSC. Weldon and Feeney commented on the new mission for NASA outlined by President George W. Bush Jan. 14. The congressmen and Kennedy also answered questions from employees in the audience.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Center Director Jim Kennedy introduces U.S. Reps. Dave Weldon and Tom Feeney in a Town...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (center) joins others for a tour. Mr. Yamamoto is at KSC for a welcome ceremony involving the arrival of the newest Space Station module, the Japanese Experiment Module/pressurized module.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) looks over some of the work being done on the orbiter Endeavour. At left is Tom Roberts, who is with United Space Alliance. Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in December 2003.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) looks...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a press conference, U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney responds to a question from a reporter about the new mission for NASA outlined by President George W. Bush Jan. 14. Present with Feeney are Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) and U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon (right).

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a press conference, U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney responds to a question from a reporter...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) presents a plaque to Conrad Nagel who organized the Spaceport Super Safety and Health Day at KSC, an annual event dedicated to reinforcing safe and healthful behaviors in the workforce. Nagel is chief of the Shuttle Project Office, Shuttle Processing.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) presents a plaque to Conrad Nagel who organized the...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (center) gets information about the facility while on a tour of KSC. Behind the group is the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM)/pressurized module. Mr. Yamamoto is at KSC for a welcome ceremony involving the arrival of JEM.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (center) makes a point while talking to NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe (right) about the assets of the Central Florida Research Park, near Orlando, as the site of NASA’s new Shared Services Center. Six sites around the U.S. are under consideration for location of the Center, which would centralize NASA’s payroll, accounting, human resources, facilities and procurement offices that are now handled at each field center. The consolidation is part of the One NASA focus. Others attending the presentation included Congressman Tom Feeney, Congressman Dave Weldon, U.S. Representative Ric Keller, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Pamella J. Dana, Ph.D., director, Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in Florida.