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Houston-area communities excited about NASA launch
For the first time in nearly a decade, NASA astronauts are launching into space. Communities in the Houston area are excited to witness this moment in history.
TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE, Texas - "NASA has been in Taylor Lake Village since the beginning of the space program," said Taylor Lake Village Mayor Jon Kenny.
This tree in the Taylor Village Park illustrates how much this community loves NASA.
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The carved tree sculpture represents the Saturn program.
"We have Mars stuck up there and a reserve flag ready to go on Mars when humans set foot on Mars," Kenny said.
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"I'm just excited for the whole nation that we now control our astronauts going to our space station even though it's an international space station we are the ones who really formed the basis for that," the mayor said.
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Take a look at the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft
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