1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,090 Hello, I'm Katrina Jackson, and I am here today at our open house event, 2 00:00:04,090 --> 00:00:08,140 Explore@NASAGoddard. We are opening our doors to thousands of people 3 00:00:08,140 --> 00:00:12,160 so that the public can come see our Earth science, planetary science, heliophysics, astrophysics, 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:16,260 engineering and technology, and since 2015 marks the 5 00:00:16,260 --> 00:00:20,400 25th anniversary of our Hubble Space Telescope, we are celebrating 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,580 Hubble and the Spirit of Exploration. So, in that spirit, 7 00:00:24,580 --> 00:00:28,670 let's go explore! [music] 8 00:00:28,670 --> 00:00:32,730 [music] 9 00:00:32,730 --> 00:00:36,760 [music] 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:41,060 [music] 11 00:00:41,060 --> 00:00:45,090 >>KATRINA: What is your favorite thing about space? 12 00:00:45,090 --> 00:00:49,130 >>JORDAN: The rocket ships. >>SAMUEL: The Milky Way. 13 00:00:49,130 --> 00:00:53,160 >>KATRINA: Both are definitely pretty awesome. 14 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:57,210 >>KATRINA: What are you looking forward to most today at the open house event? >>CHRIS: Well, just getting the public 15 00:00:57,210 --> 00:01:01,280 engaged in what we're doing, and understanding what we do in space, and how we support the nation 16 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:05,400 and the world with our science. >>KATRINA: So this is your first time at NASA, what do you think? 17 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,460 >>OLIVIA: It's pretty cool. >>KATRINA: So your first time at a NASA center, is it 18 00:01:09,460 --> 00:01:13,500 what you would expect to see? >>JESSICA: No, not really. 19 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:17,640 I don't really know what I expected, but it's better than I thought. 20 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,840 >>KATRINA: So this is your first time visiting a NASA center, what do you think? 21 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,870 >>TRINITY: I really like it, I would come here again. >>KATRINA: Well I hope you do! 22 00:01:25,870 --> 00:01:29,900 What is one thing that you hope the visitors take away from today? >>JIM: That we 23 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:34,000 that we as a species live in space and that studying space is a way 24 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,090 of connecting to our lives is really important, whether it be Earth, or the way the Sun 25 00:01:38,090 --> 00:01:42,140 effects us, or even extending ourselves to Mars, it's all in our DNA. 26 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:46,240 >>MICHELLE: Well I'm hoping to get a sense of involvement. That is your space program, 27 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:50,370 obviously they're paying for it, and I think they'd like to see that it's real people 28 00:01:50,370 --> 00:01:54,530 behind the missions, get a chance to talk to them, talk about their passions, 29 00:01:54,530 --> 00:01:58,570 how did you get there, how did you come to work for NASA? And we get a chance to thank them. 30 00:01:58,570 --> 00:02:02,600 We get to say, "Thank you for coming, thank you for supporting us." I think it's that personal connection 31 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,660 that I most want them to take away. >>KATRINA: The amount of stuff going on here 32 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:10,710 today has been insane - over 130 hands-on activities 33 00:02:10,710 --> 00:02:14,820 and exhibits, dozens of presentations, meet-and-greets with astronauts, and tours 34 00:02:14,820 --> 00:02:18,930 of several of our facilities. If you haven't been able to see it all in person, well, 35 00:02:18,930 --> 00:02:23,090 I hope you can come visit us someday. But in the meantime, stay tuned to 36 00:02:23,090 --> 00:02:27,110 nasa.gov/goddard and our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube channels, stay 37 00:02:27,110 --> 00:02:31,150 up-to-date on all of NASA Goddard's science and missions, and to celebrate Hubble and the 38 00:02:31,150 --> 00:02:35,160 Spirit of Exploration every day. [whoosh] 39 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:39,230 [beep beep, beep beep, beep beep] 40 00:02:39,230 --> 00:02:43,320 [music] 41 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,382 [music ends]