Our first stop in Houston was the Johnson Space Center Underwater Training Center
This pool is 50 feet deep and 220 feet long 120 feet wide.
Each Astronaut spends 9 hours a day training.
They will train 17-19 hours underwater for every 1 hour of space walk.
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International Space Station under water
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Our next stop was the above ground mock training center.
International Space Station. Astronauts live on the ISS for 6 months.
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Full Size Space Station
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Look close and you can see a 6 foot tall Astronaut.
On the left bottom of the gray tower.
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Me, Learning WAY more than I ever wanted to know about the Space Station.
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Shuttle Mock up
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Arm
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Rover
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Mission Control Center.. Houston We have a problem.
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Jason helping Apollo 13 land on the moon.
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I work there too.
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Proof that neither one of us were really there.
As a matter of fact we were not even born.
Awards Dinner was Friday Night. This dinner was just like the Emmy's.
It was a black tie dinner. It was fun to get all dressed up and spend the night with my
very smart and talented husband. I am so proud of what he has done so early in his career.
Yummy food at the Awards Dinner.
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Maren Anderson, Jason, and Fred Perkins
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Fred Nominated Jason for the 2010 Stellar Award for Early Career.
Maren was also nominated for the Middle Career.
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ATK Employees. Jerry Clubb won for Late Career and
Joe Oliva's team won for Ares 1X First Stage