Category: Aeronautics and Astronautics

Event Format: Media Opportunity

Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012

Location: NASA LARC, Hampton, VA US

Hampton, Va. - Meet an astronaut and watch a space capsule splash-tested. Check out more than a dozen NASA labs, and see where the original astronauts practiced landing on the moon.

All that and more is on the agenda for NASA Langley Research Centers pubic open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Visitors will see the latest Langley science and technology, talk with researchers and take part in hands-on activities.

The open house is in celebration of Langleys 95th anniversary as the nations first civilian aeronautics lab, opened in 1917, and later the birthplace of the U.S. space program.

Today's Langley is helping develop spacecraft to send humans beyond Earth orbit; working on technologies to make aircraft safer, more efficient and environmentally friendly, and studying Earth's atmosphere to better understand and protect our planet.

Most recently, NASA Langley engineers were on the team that landed the Curiosity rover on Mars. For more on that mission, go to http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_MSLMEDLIIRVE3.ht ml

Buses will be provided to take visitors to tour stops. For a list of facilities to visit, go to http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/events/95th-tour.html

The event is free. Visitors should enter through the main gate on Commander Shepard Boulevard in Hampton. For directions, go to http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/about/directions.html>. The GPS coordinates for NASA Langley are 37* 5' 9" N 76* 22' 50" W

NOTE: If you plan to visit, please wear comfortable, closed-toe walking shoes. Vehicles and people entering are subject to search. Not allowed are weapons, shoulder bags except for women's purses and infant diaper bags, coolers, alcoholic beverages, or computers.

For general information about Langley go to www.nasa.gov http://www.nasa.gov/langley

Web Site Address: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/events/95th-tour.html

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