What:
More than 150 Girl Scouts from across Alabama will converge in Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 6-7, to visit NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Nearly two-dozen cadets and senior-level scouts will visit the Marshall Center Nov. 6 to discuss career opportunities in science, engineering and aerospace with NASA engineers. They’ll also tour Marshall’s key engineering facilities, including the East and West test areas, where the Scouts will view a liquid nitrogen demonstration. The group also will visit the Huntsville Operations Support Center at Marshall — a mission support facility that distributes secure voice communications, video and science and spaceflight data anywhere in the world.
The scouts will join the rest of their troop members that night at the Space & Rocket Center for a viewing of the animated feature “Aliens in the Attic.” On Nov. 7, the Scouts will take part in space-themed and rocketry workshops.
When:
Members of the news media are invited to meet with the Scouts and their engineer-mentors at the Marshall Center Nov. 6 from 1:30-2 p.m. CST; and at the Space & Rocket Center from 6-9 p.m. Media opportunities also will be available at the Space & Rocket Center Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
To attend:
News media interested in covering the Marshall Center event should contact Angela Storey in the Public & Employee Communications Office at 256-544-0034 no later than 4 p.m. Nov. 5. To attend activities at the Space & Rocket Center, call Al Whitaker, media relations manager, at 256-721-7160 no later than 4 p.m. Nov. 5.
Media visiting the Marshall Center must report to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research Park Boulevard. Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate. News media will need two photo identifications and proof of car insurance. Visitor parking is available in front of Bldg. 4200 on the southwest side.
