June 28, 2010 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Sharon Scheidhauer U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 407-237-8837 sharon.scheidhauer@dhs.gov Andrea Farmer Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318 afarmer@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M38-10 NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER HOSTS NATURALIZATION CEREMONY JULY 1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will help welcome more than 100 people as new U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla., on July 1 at 9 a.m. EDT. Media are invited to attend the ceremony and NASA will provide video and still image coverage. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will administer the Oath of Allegiance at Kennedy to a group of candidates representing 36 countries in honor of the upcoming Independence Day holiday. An estimated 3,800 candidates will become citizens at 55 special ceremonies, including the one at Kennedy, held across the country and around the world from July 1-6. This will be the first time a naturalization ceremony will be held at a NASA facility. The new citizens, some of whom are U.S. service members, will be available for media interviews. Reporters interested in covering the event should contact Andrea Farmer at 321-449-4318 or Jillian McRae at 321-449-4273. Media need to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the ceremony. For more information about Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, visit: http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com Video b-roll of the ceremony will be available on the NASA Television Video File Thursday afternoon. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv Images of the ceremony will be posted on Kennedy's Media Gallery at: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov For more information about U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, visit: http://www.uscis.gov For more information about NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
