JPL OPEN HOUSE TO FEATURE HUBBLE CAMERA, NEW VISITOR CENTER
The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-154&cid=release_2010-154
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to a close-up look at JPL's
past, present and future at its annual Open House on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event, themed "Worlds Beyond," features displays and demonstrations from
numerous space missions, and a first look at JPL's recently renovated von Karman Visitor Center.
On special display will be the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, retrieved from
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope last year by space-walking astronauts. The instrument,
affectionately known as the "Camera that Saved Hubble," is on loan from the Smithsonian
Institution's National Air and Space Museum. The camera captured many of Hubble's iconic space
images.
Other Open House highlights include: seeing JPL's next spacecraft bound for Mars, Mars Science
Laboratory, under construction in the lab's largest "clean room;" life-size rover models in a "Mars"
test bed; and JPL's Microdevices Lab, where engineers and scientists use tiny technology to
revolutionize space exploration. Visitors can also see the sun through solar-safe telescopes, and learn
how NASA instruments help scientists better understand global climate change.
JPL Open House provides a memorable experience for adult and kids, with plenty of hands-on
activities, and opportunities to talk with scientists and engineers. Selected locations at Open House
will be featured live online on Ustream TV at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasajpl on Sat., May
15, at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Pacific time (1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Eastern time). Each time
slot will feature a new location at the top of each hour.
JPL is located at 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, Calif., 91109. Admission to Open House is
free. Parking is also free, but is limited. To get to JPL, take the Berkshire Avenue/Oak Grove Drive
exit from the 210 Freeway in La Canada/Flintridge. All visitors should wear comfortable shoes -- no
buses will be provided from JPL parking lots. JPL will provide vans for mobility-challenged guests.
Vehicles entering NASA/JPL property are subject to inspection. Visitors cannot bring these items to
NASA/JPL: weapons, explosives, incendiary devices, dangerous instruments, alcohol, illegal drugs,
pets, all types of skates including skateboards, Segways and bicycles. No bags, backpacks or ice
chests are allowed, except small purses and diaper bags.
Media wishing to cover the event should RSVP to Courtney O'Connor at
Courtney.M.O'Connor@jpl.nasa.gov or at 1-818-354-2274.
- end -
--
Good Clear Skies
--
Astrocomet
--
Colin James Watling
--
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/astrocomera
--
Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
--
Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
--
Information: http://www.clubbz.com/club/2895/LOWESTOFT---3054/Lowestoft%20And%20Great%20Yarmouth%20Regional%20Astronomers%20(Lyra
The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-154&cid=release_2010-154
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to a close-up look at JPL's
past, present and future at its annual Open House on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event, themed "Worlds Beyond," features displays and demonstrations from
numerous space missions, and a first look at JPL's recently renovated von Karman Visitor Center.
On special display will be the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, retrieved from
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope last year by space-walking astronauts. The instrument,
affectionately known as the "Camera that Saved Hubble," is on loan from the Smithsonian
Institution's National Air and Space Museum. The camera captured many of Hubble's iconic space
images.
Other Open House highlights include: seeing JPL's next spacecraft bound for Mars, Mars Science
Laboratory, under construction in the lab's largest "clean room;" life-size rover models in a "Mars"
test bed; and JPL's Microdevices Lab, where engineers and scientists use tiny technology to
revolutionize space exploration. Visitors can also see the sun through solar-safe telescopes, and learn
how NASA instruments help scientists better understand global climate change.
JPL Open House provides a memorable experience for adult and kids, with plenty of hands-on
activities, and opportunities to talk with scientists and engineers. Selected locations at Open House
will be featured live online on Ustream TV at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasajpl on Sat., May
15, at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Pacific time (1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Eastern time). Each time
slot will feature a new location at the top of each hour.
JPL is located at 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, Calif., 91109. Admission to Open House is
free. Parking is also free, but is limited. To get to JPL, take the Berkshire Avenue/Oak Grove Drive
exit from the 210 Freeway in La Canada/Flintridge. All visitors should wear comfortable shoes -- no
buses will be provided from JPL parking lots. JPL will provide vans for mobility-challenged guests.
Vehicles entering NASA/JPL property are subject to inspection. Visitors cannot bring these items to
NASA/JPL: weapons, explosives, incendiary devices, dangerous instruments, alcohol, illegal drugs,
pets, all types of skates including skateboards, Segways and bicycles. No bags, backpacks or ice
chests are allowed, except small purses and diaper bags.
Media wishing to cover the event should RSVP to Courtney O'Connor at
Courtney.M.O'Connor@jpl.nasa.gov or at 1-818-354-2274.
- end -
--
Good Clear Skies
--
Astrocomet
--
Colin James Watling
--
Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/astrocomera
--
Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
--
Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
--
Information: http://www.clubbz.com/club/2895/LOWESTOFT---3054/Lowestoft%20And%20Great%20Yarmouth%20Regional%20Astronomers%20(Lyra
No comments:
Post a Comment