KSC OFFERS MEDIA VIEW OF FUTURE IN SPACE THROUGH TOUR OF SLS LAB

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John F. Kennedy Space Center

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AC 321 867-2468

For Release: Nov. 30, 2004

 

Tracy Young

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.                                                            Nov. 29, 2004

 

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KSC RELEASE: 95-04  MEDIA ADVISORY: (DRAFT)

 

Media Advisory:

 

KSC OFFERS MEDIA VIEW OF FUTURE IN SPACE THROUGH TOUR OF SLS LAB SPACE LIFE SCIENCES LAB, GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE

 

            Media are invited to tourvisit the Space Life Sciences (SLS) Lab at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, for an exciting a tour and update on current research activities supporting the Vision for Space Exploration on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. . Transportation to the SLS Lab will depart at 9:45 a.m. from the Gate 3 Pass and Identification Building, located on State Road 405 will depart at 9:45 a.m. 

 

Scientists will discuss The 100,000+square-foot, state-of-the-art facility officially opened in Nov. 2003 and is home to researchers of NASA, the Univesity of Florida, NASA’s Life Sciences Services contractor Dynamac Corporation, Bionetics Corporation, and academia affiliated with the Florida Space Research Institute.

 

Media will have the opportunity to talk with scientists about on-going research being performed in support of future space exploration initiatives. Topics will include .  Topics to be covered include space agriculture, biotechnology, microgravity, biomedicine and conservation biology, among others. 

 

The more than 100,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility officially opened in November 2003 and is home to researchers of NASA, the University of Florida, NASA’s Life Sciences Services contractor Dynamac Corporation, Bionetics Corporation, and academia affiliated with the Florida Space Research Institute.

 

Media who do not currently possess KSC credentials should submit their request via the online accreditation Web site at:

 

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov/

 

For information on NASA programs at KSC on the Internet, visit:

 

http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/

 

For information on NASA and Agency programs on the Internet, visit:

 

http://www.nasa.gov

 

 

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