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Deputy Secretary of Commerce visits Johnson Space Center

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Ted Kassinger visited the Spaceflight Meteorology Group (SMG) on October 14, 2004. Mr. Kassinger toured the SMG operations area, received a demonstration of AWIPS and MIDDS, and was briefed on the weather "problem of the day". NASA Flight Director Steve Stich described the importance of weather support to the manned space flight program, and outlined Shuttle Return-to-Flight efforts.

Mr. Kassinger also visited the NASA Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG), which advises Mission Control on space weather information supplied by the NWS Space Environment Center. Finally, Mr. Kassinger received a tour of Space Shuttle and International Space Station Mission Control Centers.

WMO Bulletin Header for Space Shuttle Landing Forecast Changed

The WMO bulletin header for the SMG issued Space Shuttle landing weather forecast has changed:
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