Engineers and researchers in the Space Technology 5 (ST5) Project office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are putting the finishing touches on three very small satellites that are out to prove that big science and engineering results can come in much smaller packaging.
News representatives are invited to a Goddard media day event to see and learn about how the ST5 team shrunk a bus size satellite down to the size of a 13 inch Television. The ST5 Project is an instrumental part of NASA’s New Millennium Program which was created to develop and validate in space critical and revolutionary technologies needed to enable future science missions in space.
WHAT: ST5 project media day at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Photo, video and interview opportunities with ST5 scientists and engineers. Media will have the opportunity to see these spacecraft in testing and checkout facilities, as well as learn about NASA’s television programming, Internet resources and briefings that will be available during the mission.
WHEN: Monday, November 28, 2005 at 10 a.m. EST
WHO: Various researchers and engineers associated with NASA’s ST 5 Project.
WHERE: Meet at Goddard Visitor Center, Explorer Drive (near intersection of Greenbelt and Soil Conservation Roads), Greenbelt, Md. 20771
Reporters planning to attend the event should confirm their participation before close of business on Friday, November 25 by contacting either contact Lynn Chandler at (301) 286-2806 or Rani Chohan at (301) 286-2483. They will provide attendees with details for getting accreditation and access to the Goddard campus.
