GREENBELT, Md. – Media representatives in the Washington Metropolitan area are invited to a sneak peak tour, check out available on-line resources and attend the upcoming Explore@NASA Goddard event set for Saturday, May 14, 2011, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. EDT.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will again open its gates to welcome the regional community for a day of fun-filled activities, hands-on demonstrations, entertainment, and food. Explore@NASA Goddard will showcase the work and people of NASA and Goddard with a focus on science, engineering, and technology.
On Friday, May 13, reporters may arrange an advance look at communication and control centers, laboratory and testing facilities along with exhibits and presentations the public will enjoy during the event. Media are also invited to cover the event as it happens on Saturday.
To arrange either the sneak peak tour and/or accreditation to cover the event, reporters should contact either Ed Campion or Rob Gutro in Goddard’s Office of Communications. They can be reached by calling the main Office of Communications line at 301-286-8955 or via e-mail at either edward.s.campion@nasa.gov or robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov.
More information, images and video about NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center’s projects, programs and activities, is available at: www.nasa.gov/goddard
