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Houston Texans’ star JJ Watt surprises Ellen Ochoa

2018-05-08
If pictures are worth a thousand words, the expression we didn’t get to see on NASA Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa’s face when JJ Watt came to call is easily an infinite number more.

JJ Watt surprises Ellen Ochoa
Image courtesy of the NASA Johnson Instagram account.
 
The star Texans player surprised Ochoa for her birthday and upcoming retirement, and also took in the sights—and some of the activities—Johnson has at its disposal in advancing human space exploration. While Watt may never be able to shrink down to the size necessary to ride in compact spacecraft, he did an admirable impression of someone training for a space-faring mission. (ARGOS, anyone?)

Scan some of the social media posts from the day below, or see posts on your platform of choice:

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/991791379427840000
https://twitter.com/JJWatt/status/991099504014385152
https://twitter.com/NASA_Johnson/status/991083321697370112
https://twitter.com/Astro_Ellen/status/991049136647606275


Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiSmBukBHgS/?taken-by=nasajohnson
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiNjMtNhP5u/?taken-by=nasajohnson

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/NASAJSC/posts/1752319808123488
https://www.facebook.com/NASAJSC/posts/1752319018123567
https://www.facebook.com/NASAJSC/posts/1750390811649721

 
Ellen Ochoa tweet

JJ Watt tweet


NASA johnson tweet

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