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Begun in 1999 by the UN, World Space Week is meant not only to encourage, educate and support space exploration, but also to celebrate at the international level the contributions of space science to the betterment of the human condition.
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NASA-Johnson Space Center Welcomes The International Space Community To Houston
NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), supporting sponsor of the World Space Congress•2002 and hub of the International Space Station, space shuttle and astronaut corps, will play a special role in welcoming thousands of visitors to Houston during the event's opening ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 14. Crewmembers Valery Korzun, Peggy Whitson, and Sergei Treschev will welcome the attendees of the Congress with a special message from the International Space Station.

Marshall Center Co-Sponsors State's First Hispanic Youth Conference Oct. 11-12
More than 160 students from Alabama high schools will participate in the first statewide Latin American Youth Conference to be held Oct. 11-12 in Huntsville, Ala.

'Cat's Eye' Images Show Cold Hole over Jupiter's North Pole
Jupiter has a cold vortex in the upper atmosphere over its north pole resembling the vortex over Earth's south pole that enables depletion of Earth's stratospheric ozone, images from two NASA telescopes show.

KSC Inventors Recognized For Technology Contributions
More than 100 inventors, including the father of the cochlear implant, received recognition at the Sixth Annual Kennedy Space Center Space Act Awards Luncheon today. 

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