| May 03, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-016 NASA Invites Media to Attend 'NASA Day in Baton Rouge' Activities May 8 NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans invite media to attend NASA Day in Baton Rouge activities May 8 at Southern University Laboratory School located at 129 Swan St., Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Special guest, NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock, will speak to elementary and middle school students about life in space. Media will have the opportunity to attend the assembly at the Laboratory School Gymnasium at 9 a.m. CDT and interview Wheelock and NASA leaders following. The K-12 institution opened on the campus of Southern University Baton Rouge in 1922 as a training ground for university students enrolled in the teacher preparation program. In addition to Wheelock, available for interviews are Paul McConnaughey, deputy director of Marshall; Roslin Hicks, deputy director of Michoud; and Kevin McGhaw, deputy director of Marshall’s Office of Strategic Analysis & Communications. Throughout the day, McConnaughey, Hicks and other NASA team members will meet with state leaders, lawmakers and the public. Additionally, media are invited to view NASA exhibits -- designed to give the public a look at work underway on the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft -- displayed in the Louisiana Capitol Rotunda from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Our backbone for deep space exploration is SLS and Orion, which will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the Gateway in lunar orbit. Additionally, other NASA projects including NASA-related educational initiatives at Louisiana universities and schools will be available. NASA Day in Baton Rouge recognizes the space agency's partnerships with the State of Louisiana. NASA is tapping into the highly trained workforce at Michoud, the manufacturing center that built the external tank for the Space Shuttle Program, to build elements for SLS and Orion. Michoud provides vital support to NASA's exploration mission and plays a key role in sending humans to deep-space destinations, including Mars. Interested media should contact Shannon Segovia at shannon.segovia@xxxxxxxx or 256-541-7698. For more information about Michoud, visit: www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/michoud For more information about NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, visit: | |
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