=/\= Kayla LaFrance
@On2Mars_Kayla
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I'm a hockey playing nerd who luvs comic books & Star Trek. I live my dream every day at NASA JSC Mission Control. Give Me Mopar! King of The Nerds S2 Winner
Far away from home
Joined March 2013
Honor the legacy, protect today, create the future. Guardian of Spaceflight, always Vigilant. FINAO
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@Astro_Ayers @Space_Station M+40: So what is it like to load a space cargo vehicle? It’s not too different from what you would do to pack for a move or ship a lot of cargo. It reminds me of building pallets before deployments. First, we work off a synchronized checklist that our amazing @NASA inventory
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Hey look! It’s me and the pope!
"Love moves us towards the stars." —His Holiness Pope Francis In memory of @Pontifex, we offer this 2017 conversation between the Vatican and the @Space_Station. The pope and crew discussed many things, from the fragility of life to the power of teamwork. https://t.co/r4wbW8KpTi
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The International Space Station changed shifts when @NASA's #Crew10 launched to switch places with NASA's #Crew9 that returned home with @NASA_Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. #SpaceToGround
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March will see a new cargo mission and the @SpaceX #Crew10 mission arrive at the space station as the Expedition 72 crew continues its advanced space research. #SpaceToGround
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📰It's breaking news from #OSIRISREx. Scientists found molecules key to life as we know it & the history of a saltwater environment in a new analysis of asteroid Bennu samples. Findings don't show evidence for life but suggest conditions for its emergence were widespread.
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January 30, 1967,, Gene Kranz gathered his team then delivered his ‘Kranz Dictum’, one of the best leadership speeches of all time. Gene turned NASA’s flailing #Apollo Project into one of humanity’s greatest success. #Apollo1
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From Space City, with snow ❄️💙 We hope everyone is staying safe and warm. There's snow place like home!
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Map of all active & planned Solar System missions and their destinations as of January 1st 2025. @BepiColombo Mercury gravity assist #6, @Firefly_Space Blue Ghost, @ispace_HAKUTO_R RESILIENCE lunar landers launch. @NASAJuno perijove #69. #KeepExploring
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#NORAD has received reports from Defense Support Satellites indicating Santa has lifted off! Start tracking his journey with us at https://t.co/Zmnvc5vhPq 🎄 #NORADTracksSanta #NTS24
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Ordered a graphic novel from Amazon for a gift for my nephew…. They took 3 weeks to tell me they could not ship it from the 3rd party…. Now it’s too late to get it from someone else before Christmas. Thanks. :-(
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Higher Ground: After nearly four years of exploration, and grades as steep as 20%, our @NASAPersevere rover has reached the rim of Mars's Jezero Crater. Learn more about how Perseverance made the climb—and where it's rolling next: https://t.co/uKlQvQHnmg
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Space to Ground: It's Very Suni in Space : Dec. 06, 2024 https://t.co/GdzP9tpgDw via @YouTube
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Mounted outside station, MISSE exposes 12 experiments to the space environment. Among them is SEAQUE, a tech demo that could advance quantum communication, testing "self-healing" against radiation and building the foundation for quantum cloud computing. https://t.co/tffAQuvuIJ
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what a blast from the past. hahaha such a baby back then hahahah Launch gives dream a boost
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For Kayla LaFrance, the launch of the space shuttle Endeavor was a dream come true. Instead of watching the event on NASA television, she witnessed it in Florida as a VIP guest of NASA.
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I failed Calc 1 two times before I found the right prof who helped things click.... I didn't give up. I fought harder... and now I work at NASA, my childhood dream come true.
When you try to achieve your goal, we need to remind ourselves that it is okay to fail if you are taking up on a challenge. Therefore, how you fail is an important factor towards success. If we always try to avoid failure, it will be difficult to improve efficiently and could
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At a thing, getting an award, another day at work.
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Tap this image... Look to the top right... That's Phobos, a moons of Mars... And that bright point of light next to it?... That's Us, that's Earth...
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Watch the @SpaceX #Dragon cargo spacecraft, packed with science and supplies for retrieval and analysis on Earth, undock from the station at 11:05am ET on Thursday live on @NASA+. https://t.co/eSCtmkXn6p
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NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space
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I’ll be there… getting an award for supporting the crew.
Four Expedition 71 @NASA_Astronauts will share highlights from their mission to the @Space_Station during a free, public event at NASA Johnson Space Center’s official visitor center beginning at 6 p.m. CST Wednesday, Dec. 4. 🚀 Learn more about the event:
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