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1. JSC ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM
2. NEXT STATION COMMANDER SHARES TRAINING, FLIGHT ON TWITTER AND BLOG

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:01:11 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: JSC ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM

September 17, 2009

William P Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Report #J09-013

JSC ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR NASA POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM

HOUSTON – Applications are being solicited for the NASA Postdoctoral Program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston The Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Division of the JSC Space Life Sciences Directorate offers unique research opportunities in the areas of skeletal health, nutrition, and radiation and biological systems

These one- to three-year fellowship appointments are competitive and are designed to advance the U S Space Exploration Policy Application deadlines occur three times per year on Nov 1, March 1 and July 1

Applicants must submit a research proposal that relates to a specific opportunity for research at NASA A proposal must be the original work of the applicant and be coordinated with a sponsoring NASA scientist listed with the opportunity Applicants can communicate directly with the sponsor for the research opportunity for more specific information on research topics and available technical facilities

The NASA Postdoctoral Program is operated by the contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Detailed program and application submission information is available on the NASA Postdoctoral Program website at:

http://nasa orau org/postdoc

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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:43:39 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NEXT STATION COMMANDER SHARES TRAINING, FLIGHT ON TWITTER AND BLOG

September 17, 2009

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M09-180

NEXT STATION COMMANDER SHARES TRAINING, FLIGHT ON TWITTER AND BLOG

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, who will command the next International Space Station mission, is using Twitter, a blog and short video clips to provide a unique, behind the scenes insight into his training in Russia Once in orbit, Williams will become the first space station commander to share his experiences using Twitter

Williams Twitter username is Astro_Jeff He is in his final month of training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia He will be providing a look at his experiences in Star City and at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

Williams will launch to the space station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft with Soyuz Commander Max Suraev and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept 30 Williams will become a flight engineer for the Expedition 21 crew when he arrives at the complex and later will command Expedition 22 He will spend six months in space

Williams will be making his third trip to space He first flew on shuttle mission STS-101 in May 2000, during which he was the lead spacewalker He served as a flight engineer aboard the space station for Expedition 13 in 2006 Williams has logged more than 193 days in space, including more than 19 hours during three spacewalks

To follow Williams on Twitter, visit:

http://www twitter com/Astro_Jeff

To read Williams' blog, visit:

http://blogs nasa gov/cm/blog/2089

For Williams' complete biography, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/williamsj html

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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