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Yuri’s Night Recognizes Pete Worden With Award

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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Yuri’s Night Announces Pete Worden As Recipient of 2012 Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award

“Yuri’s Night, the World Space Party, today announced that NASA Ames Research Center Director S. Pete Worden is the 2012 recipient of the Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award. The Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award, chosen each year by the Yuri’s Night Board of Directors, recognizes “a person or persons that embody the Yuri’s Night mission of using space and art to contribute to the future of humanity, both in space and on Earth.” The Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award will be presented to Dr. Worden at the NewSpace 2012 Awards Gala, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara on July 28, 2012.”

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