Fortieth Anniversary Activities at NASA Field Centers

Ames' point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Nancy Bingham.

Dryden's point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Yvonne Kellogg, 805-258-3720.

GODDARD COMMUNITY DAY: September 27, 1998 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
"Celebrating NASA's 40th Anniversary"

The Goddard Space Flight Center and the Goddard Visitor Center are celebrating NASA's 40th Anniversary and you're invited! Join your friends and neighbors for a day of out-of-this-world fun. Activities include tours; a NASA Project Showcase featuring exhibits relating to Earth science, Space science, and Advance Technology; space suit demonstrations; musical entertainment; video presentations highlighting "NASA Through the Years"; children's programs/activities; presentations; Earth Science demonstrations; puppet shows; inflatable starlab; balloon rocket races; model rocket launches; control line model aircraft demonstrations; planet garden; our famous "Living in Space " presentation; and much more. Food and souvenirs will be available for purchase; admission and parking are free. For more information about this event, call the vistors center at 301-286-8981 (voice), or 301-286-8103 (TDD). Goddard's point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Darlene Ahalt.

November 4 -- NASA 40th Anniversary Appreciation Dinner in Houston with Walter Cronkite as MC.

Sept. 25-Oct. 8 --NASA exhibit at Texas State Fair.

Oct. 14-16 -- Inspection 98. A business and industry behind-the scenes look at NASA's facilities and activities.

Johnson's point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Ed Pritchard.

JPL's point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is George Alexander.

October 1998 Events:

1. A mural for guests to sign "Godspeed John Glenn and crew of STS-95 will be hung at KSCVC. Crew is scheduled to fly scroll photo of mural on STS-95.
2. In the Gallery of Space Flight, an exhibit "NASA is . . . History in the Making" will highlight Glenn's involvement with both the Mercury and Shuttle programs.
3. First-day issue of a block of space exploration stamps by the U.S. postal service, to be first-day issued at KSC. Astronaut Don Thomas scheduled to participate as well as Deputy Director of Business Operations James L. Jennings.
4. KSC's first annual Partners in Education & Research Conference for university faculty and students, in Cocoa Beach on October 6-8.

Year-long Events

1. Special, topical exhibits on display throughout the year.
2. Tour guests will receive a specially developed 40th anniversary commemorative poster and souvenir which highlights NASA's accomplishments over the last 40 years.
3. Walking tours of the Rocket Garden and Shuttle Plaza.

Kennedy's point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Dennis Armstrong.

September 1 Langley Colloquium: Inflatable Structures featuring

Costas Cassapakis, Reid Conference Center, 2 p.m.

Sigma Series Lecture, Virginia Air & Space Center, 7:30 p.m.

September 24- Virginia State Fair, Richmond, VA

October 4 NASA Langley showcases Agency and Center projects and programs under the banner Pioneering the Future.

October VA House of Delegates proclaims October 1998

John Glenn/NASA Langley Month

October 1 NASA 40th Anniversary Celebration

Keynote Speaker: Jim Kincaid, former ABC news anchor

Stamp Ceremony: Hampton Postmaster unveils Space Discovery stamps; stamp sale and pictorial cancellation

Employee picnic on grounds of Reid Conference Center in celebration of NASA at 40.

October 2 Researcher News historical feature highlighting defining events from 1958-1998.

October 3-4 Virginia Air and Space Center honors NASA at 40; offers free exhibit admission for Langley employees, contractors and retirees.

October 5 Sigma Series Lecture at Virginia Air & Space Center: Hyper-X: Flying at Mach 7-10 featuring Vincent L. Rausch; sponsored by Daily Press, Virginia Air Space Center, NASA Langley Research Center

October 6 Langley Colloquium: Hyper-X: Flying at Mach 7-10 featuring Vincent L. Rausch

October 8 NASA CONNECT: Plane Weather, 10 a.m.

30 minute live, interactive instructional satellite program available to educators and students via television and Internet

October 15-25 North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, NC

NASA Langley showcases Agency and Center projects and programs under the banner Pioneering the Future.

October 29 STS-95 Launch

John Glenn video -- retrospective and current -- shown at

Virginia Air & Space Center for duration of mission

November 3 Langley Colloquium: SETI: Science Fact not Fiction featuring Jill Tarter, Reid Conference Center, 2 p.m.

Sigma Series Lecture, Virginia Air & Space Center, 7:30 p.m.

November 6 LaRC and Lockheed Martin Ceremony recognizing partnership on C-130J -- an example of Pioneering the Future

November 10 NASA CONNECT: The Shapes of Flight, 10 a.m.

30 minute live, interactive instructional satellite program available to educators and students via television and Internet

December 1 Langley Colloquium:

Sigma Series Lecture

December 17 NASA CONNECT: Wherever You Go, There You Are, 10 a.m.

30 minute live, interactive instructional satellite program available to educators and students via television and Internet

January 8 Opening of IMAX film L-5: First City in Space at the Virginia Air and Space Center. VASC members event; keynote speaker: NASA astronaut (TBD).

January 9 NASA astronaut meets with public at Virginia Air & Space Center.

January 21 Public Science Day

Virginia Air & Space Center teams with Crittenden Middle School to showcase student projects. NASA researchers present 40th Anniversary pins to participants.

February 1 Principles of Flight Gallery -- Phase III, Up, Up and Away , opens at the Virginia Air & Space Center.

February 11 NASA CONNECT: Recipe for the Future, 10 a.m.

30 minute live, interactive instructional satellite program available to educators and students via television and Internet

March xx Off-World Festival at the Virginia Air & Space Center

Oct. 1, 1998 - Hunters of the Sky, traveling exhibit featured at the Virginia

Jan. 10, 1999 Air & Space Center

Langley's point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Marny Skora.

Lewis is planning an open house on October 10-11, 1998. For more information, please contact David DeFelice

Lewis' point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Dennis Sender.

Events:
September:

• Hispanic Heritage Month
• Safety Day (September 23)
• Alabama State Fair (Posters)
• North Alabama State Fair (Posters)

October:

• Combined Federal Campaign
• Educator's Conference
• AIAA 1998 Defense and Space Program Conference (October 28 - 30)
• Von Braun Forum (October 30)
• Annual Global Hydrology Open House
• Government Leadership (Chamber) Day at MSFC
• Technology 2008, Boston, MA

November:

• Alabama Education Week
• Alabama A&M College - High School/NASA Day
• 6^th Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference, Hanscom AFB, MA (November 2-6) sponsored by NASA/SEE

Displays:

• Huntsville International Jetport Display
• Alabama Welcome Center (I-65)
• Highlight to Science and Social Studies Fairs, Show & Tell
• Speaker's Bureau

Ongoing Activities:

• Window displays at Huntsville Public Library and Chamber of Commerce; Madison Square Mall; Parkway City Mall.

• Community speaker series on various topics including, but not limited to, technology transfer, replacement technology, emerging technology in the lab and how MSFC existence has and continues to benefit the North American community.

• Have Space Station van available to participate in specific local functions

• Local talk show to discuss anniversary and its related activities

• Chamber of Commerce collaboration

• Project LASER

• Career Days and Job Fairs

• Co-op Recruitment Material

• Involvement with the Huntsville City School SPACE Program (tours, speakers, contests/egg drop, essay, art)

• Space Camp activities at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center

• Work with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center for members of the Alumni League to provide storytellers for the month of September.

• Sponsor tours of MSFC historical sites for employees and contractors.

• Spotlight any employees (civil servant or contractor) who have been working at MSFC for all 40 years.

• Large photo displays of Center's history

• Self-Directed Oral History Interviews

Marshall's point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Patsy Fuller.

Stennis Space Center 40th Anniversary Celebratory Activities

• A Secondary Social Studies Teacher's Seminar will be carried our on September 9, 1998. The focus of this seminar is to promote the inclusion of NASA and Stennis Space Center history into the American and Mississippi history curriculum on a statewide level.
• * A daylong 40th Anniversary celebration will occur on October 1, 1998. A community leaders briefing will be presented in the morning with for 300 local businessmen and woman, elected officials and our NASA retirees. In addition, an employee picnic will be held in the afternoon and all NASA and contractor employees will be invited.

Stennis' point of contact for 40th anniversary activities is Virginia Butler.