While in transit in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the NPS research team had the rare opportunity to meet up with two distinguished NPS alumni who were on their way to observe Operation Ice Camp themselves – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, a Space Systems Operations graduate, and Aeronautical Engineering alumnus Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a NASA Hall of Fame astronaut. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron T. Smith)