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My name is Sharon Conover.
I'm the Manager of the NASA Research Office in Houston,
Texas at the Johnson Space Center.
I'm at the Glenn Research Center today for a review,
but what's really profoundly impressive
at Glenn is the Combustion Integrated Rack
and the Fluids Integrated Rack
that were basically the first initial racks to fly
to the International Space Station.
And so it's a great honor to be here
in the Telescience Support Center and be visiting Glenn
where there are experts in combustion, fluids,
colloids, you name it.
The guys here at Glenn really know how to do research on ISS.
What's really important about research
on ISS is the unique microgravity environment that's
provided there.
And so it's really exciting to see a lot
of new investigators especially in the universities want
to study microgravity research, space science if you will.
We've been doing research
on space station for about 15 years.
And the crew, we have a crew of six crew members.
Three are internationals, three are U.S. And it is
like operating a lab in your home almost.
Everything is provided for you.
We have launch vehicles ranging from progress vehicles
that launch out of Kazakhstan and Russia
to the U.S. commercial launch vehicles that launch
out of Cape Canaveral.
So, there's lots of opportunities
to get your science to orbit.
And then we have a very profound five-bedroom house, if you will,
equivalent space station capability on ISS.
We have both external
and internal capabilities to do science.
So, it's a very profound and unique laboratory.
We're hoping to operate until 2024 or 2028 depending
on what Congress decides.
But it's a one of a kind unique opportunity.
So, I encourage everyone to study hard in school.
When you go to graduate school, you know,
there are unique opportunities to do post-grad work with NASA.
And then you can apply for grants and become part
of the NASA integrated ISS team.
So, we look forward to having you guys on board.
Thanks a lot and have a great day.