Hi, I'm Bill Parsons, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
It's in our nature, as humans, to investigate the world around us.
We're explorers, always pushing farther, trying to get a better look at what is just beyond the horizon.
That's what we're all about at NASA and the Kennedy Space Center.
This is the starting point for every American human space mission,
and the last stop on Earth for the building-block components of the International Space Station.
Kennedy is also home to NASA's Launch Services Program,
which launches advanced probes and satellites on missions to tell us more about our planet and beyond.
Our heritage of achievement spans nearly 50 years,
and we build on this tradition with every successful mission and each new discovery.
Today, NASA is on the edge of a bold new challenge: the Constellation Program.
We will return human explorers to the moon, and then venture even farther.
Kennedy Space Center will play a critical role in this new chapter in exploration.
We're preparing for an exciting future as the assembly,
test and launch site for the next generation of crew and cargo vehicles.
At the same time, we must fly the remaining space shuttle missions safely, and complete the space station.
It's an honor to be a part of this work force, as we focus on the future at America's premier spaceport.
Thank you for joining us as we make this vision for the future become a reality.