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1. Astronaut Gregory H Johnson Leaves NASA
2. Touch the Moon at the Utah State Fair

Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:06:37 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Astronaut Gregory H Johnson Leaves NASA

August 26, 2013

Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #13-264

Astronaut Gregory H Johnson Leaves NASA

NASA astronaut Gregory H Johnson has left the agency, after a 15-year career that included more than 31 days in space, for a position with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space

A veteran of two space shuttle flights, Johnson served in 2008 as the pilot of STS-123, a mission vital to the construction of the International Space Station He followed that up two years later as the pilot of STS-134, the penultimate space shuttle mission

"Greg contributed greatly to the construction of the International Space Station, and I very much enjoyed my time in orbit with him," said Bob Behnken, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston "We are grateful for his service to NASA and wish him well in his new career "

Johnson earned an undergraduate degree in aeronautical engineering from the U S Air Force Academy He later earned graduate degrees from Columbia University and the University of Texas, and served in the U S Air Force as a pilot Johnson flew combat missions during Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch

Johnson joined NASA as an astronaut in 1998, and filled many technical roles including capsule communicator for the STS-126, 119, 125 and 127 missions; deputy chief and then chief of the Astronaut Safety Branch; and associate director of external programs at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland Johnson recently led the Astronaut Office's Visiting Vehicle Working Group, which helped plan and execute missions with NASA's commercial partners

Johnson retired from the Air Force as a colonel in 2009, after more than 25 years of service He has logged more than 5,000 flight hours in more than 50 different aircraft

For Johnson's complete biography, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/johnson-gh html

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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:04:38 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Touch the Moon at the Utah State Fair

August 26, 2013

Ciandra Jackson Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Report #JO13-022

Touch the Moon at the Utah State Fair

Utahans will have a rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA�s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA

The exhibit will be in Salt Lake City at the Utah State Fair from 10 a m to 10 p m MDT on Thursday, Sept 5, and from 10 a m to 11 p m Friday, Sept 6, through Sunday, Sept 8

The centerpiece of Driven to Explore is the opportunity to touch a lunar rock sample brought to Earth by the astronauts of Apollo 17 in 1972, America's last human mission to the moon The rock is one of only eight lunar samples made available for the public to touch

Driven to Explore allows visitors to learn why we explore, discover the challenges of human space exploration and understand how NASA provides critical technological advances to improve life on Earth The exhibit also details the accomplishments of the space shuttles and the International Space Station

NASA is investing in the building blocks of a more capable approach to space exploration, including research and development aimed at increasing space travel capabilities In addition to learning to live and work in space on board the International Space Station, where there has been a continuous human presence since 2000, NASA is building a new vehicle, the Orion spacecraft, to send humans farther than they�ve ever been before

For more information about NASA exploration, visit:

http://www nasa gov/exploration

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