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This Week At NASA...* HQ NASA is teaming with Univision Communications Inc, the Department of Education and other organizations to support Univision's initiative to improve Hispanic students high school graduation rates, prepare for college and encourage them to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. * READY, SET, GOES-P â KSC The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P -- GOES-P is ready for launch. GOES-P is the last in the GOES N series of geostationary weather and environmental satellites, and like its companions will improve overall weather service quality. * VALENTINE'S DAY RENDEZVOUS â JPL It'll be a match made in the heavens. A recent adjustment has put the Stardust spacecraft on a path through space that will result in an encounter with the comet Tempel 1 on February 14, 2011 â Valentine's Day and allow Stardust to see areas of interest previously imaged by NASA's Deep Impact mission in 2005. * RIDE THE WIND â ARC The National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex wind tunnel at Ames Research Center is normally used to test aircraft. But, in support of the Department of Energy's effort to reduce the nation's dependency on fossil fuels, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and truck manufacturer Navistar Inc. of Warrenville, Ill., brought this semi to Ames to test devices developed by the Livermore Lab to reduce aerodynamic drag on tractor-trailers. Tractor-trailers account for about 12 percent of the United States petroleum…
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