Thursday, August 23, 2012

WHO:

Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll
XCOR CEO Jeff Greason
Space Florida President Frank DiBello
NASA-KSC Director Robert Cabana
NASA Chief of Staff David Radzanowski
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson
EDC of Florida’s Space Coast President Lynda Weatherman
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex COO Bill Moore
Jacksonville Aviation Authority Sr. Manager of Aviation Planning & Spaceport Development Todd Lindner

WHAT:

XCOR Aerospace will announce details regarding its intent to establish a manufacturing and assembly center for XCOR Lynx Mark II suborbital reusable launch vehicles on Florida’s Space Coast.

WHEN:

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon
Thursday, August 23, 2012

WHERE:

Astronaut Encounter Theater
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

MEDIA RSVP:
Media are required to RSVP by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, by emailing tina@tntcommgroup.com and providing names and affiliations of those planning to attend. On the day of the event, media should arrive no later than 9:45 a.m.

MEDIA PARKING:

Media should park in the KSC Visitor Complex administration parking lot. Once you turn into the Visitor Complex, make your first right at the traffic signal. Stop and check in at the security booth. Proceed around to the right and park in the administration parking lot. Enter the main doors of the administrative building and a staff member will escort media to the event location for check-in.

CONTACTS:

Bryan Campen, XCOR Aerospace, 630-877-0225, press@xcor.com
Tina Lange, Space Florida, 321-223-1013, tina@tntcommgroup.com
Stuart Doyle, Enterprise Florida, 407-956-5689, sdoyle@eflorida.com
Dina Reider-Hicks, EDC of Florida’s Space Coast, 321-537-4273, dreider-hicks@spacecoastedc.org