Oct 24 2011
From The Space Library
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-218 MEDIA INVITED TO ORION SPACECRAFT WATER LANDING TEST AT LANGLEY HAMPTON, Va. --
Reporters are invited to attend a water impact test of an 18,000-pound Orion test article at NASA's Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin in Hampton, Va., on Thursday, Oct. 27. Due to the nature of the testing; an exact drop time cannot be given. Journalists also will have the opportunity to interview subject matter experts and take a tour of the facility prior to the test. If the drop test date changes due to weather or technical reasons, NASA will issue an advisory to journalists of the change. Testing began this summer at Langley at the Hydro Impact Basin to certify the Orion spacecraft for water landings. The Orion will carry astronauts into space, providing emergency abort capability, sustaining the crew during space travel, and ensuring safe re-entry and landing. The Hydro Impact Basin is 115 feet long, 90 feet wide and 20 feet deep. It is located at the west end of Langley's historic Landing and Impact Research Facility, or Gantry, where Apollo astronauts trained for moon walks.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-220 NASA'S NEXT-GENERATION SPACE OBSERVATORY COMES TO BALTIMORE
WASHINGTON -- Journalists are invited to an up-close look at a full-size model of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at the Maryland Science Center, located at 601 Light Street in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The model is on display through Oct. 26 as part of the recent Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) annual conference that was held in Baltimore. ASTC is a nonprofit organization of science centers and museums dedicated to furthering public engagement with science among increasingly diverse audiences. A press conference will culminate the 13-day public display on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 9:45 a.m. EDT, at the Maryland Science Center. Participants will include: - U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) - NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver - John Mather, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics and Webb telescope senior project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. - Adam Riess, recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, professor of astronomy and physics at the Johns Hopkins University, and a senior member of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore - Riccardo Giacconi, recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics and university professor at the Johns Hopkins University - John Grunsfeld, deputy director of the Space Telescope Science Institute and a former astronaut who participated in three spaceflights to service the Hubble telescope
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