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NASA Honors Belmont Man for Space Flight Efforts

Paul Espinosa has been recognized by NASA's Space Flight Awareness Program for outstanding support of human space flight.

Belmont resident Paul Espinosa, a NASA senior project manager at Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, has been honored by NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program for outstanding support of human space flight.

Espinosa was recognized for his contributions in developing hardware and procedures needed to enable life science experiments and biological research aboard the space shuttle and International Space Station, according NASA news chief Rebecca Strecker.

As part of Espinosa's recognition, Espinosa traveled to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a tour of the center and to participate in the rollout of space shuttle Atlantis to Launch Pad 39A for the scheduled STS-135 mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Program recognizes outstanding job performances and contributions by civil service and contract employees throughout the year and focuses on excellence in quality and safety in support of human space flight.

The Honoree Award is one of the greatest honors presented to employees for their dedication to quality work and flight safety. Recipients must have contributed beyond their normal work requirements toward achieving a particular human space flight program goal; contributed to a major cost savings; been instrumental in developing material that increases reliability, efficiency or performance; assisted in operational improvements; or been a key player in developing a beneficial process improvement.

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