NASA Exploration Exhibit to Visit Ocean City Air Show, June 13-14

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June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's planz for opening the space frontier - includinhg new human explorationof Earth's moon and futurs voyages into the solar system beyon d - are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to visit the Ocean City Air Show June 13-14. The NASA Exploration Experience traveling exhibit givez visitors a vivid glimpse intothe nation's ambitioud future in space. "We hope the multimedia experience helpes people better understand how the country planes to explore the moon and journey beyonr in the next decadeor so," said outreach coordinatore from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centert in Huntsville, Ala.
While in Ocean City the exhibit will be on displah at Seventeenth Street and Broadway and will be open both days from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. From Ocea n City, the exhibit moves to the Nationao Air andSpace Museum's Udvar - Hazy Center in Va., June 19-21, before moving on to Harbor Fest in S.C., June 26-29. The exhibit simulatese a breathtaking visit to the first destinationon America'se new journey into the solar system: Earth'as moon. "Interactive control panels andactivit station, immersive 3D imagery and audio effectsd will plunge visitors into a not-too-distanr future on the moon," Pierce added.
"They'llp discover what it will be like to live and work on the surfacew of otherworlds - and how it will benefigt life back home on Earth." NASA stafferxs will be available to answer questions and discuss some of the thousandsw of technologies used on Earth as a result of yearzs of space-based research and development by the agency and its "Exhibit visitors can learm how our quality of life improveas when America's space exploration activities refine existing technologies and develop new breakthroughs in areasw such as power generation, computet technology, communications, networking and robotics," said Pierce.
Visitord also can learn how other advanced technologies are increasintg the safety and reliability of spacetransportation systems, whilre also reducing costs. Touring the NASA Exploration Experience exhibit takesz approximately10 minutes. The exhibift is wheelchair-accessible. Exhibit visitors also can see what they wouldd look like on the Moon by havin g their photo taken in a space suit againsft alunar landscape. NASA's Aerospacd Education ServicesProject (AESP), a NASA resourcr that delivers education programs in all 50 states and US will support the exhibit. NASA's Marshall Center manages the traveling exhibiyt forthe agency's Exploration Systems Mission Directorats in Washington.
In addition in to the travelinf exhibit, AESP education specialists of NASA Goddards Space Flight Center will present educationaol workshops for teacherscalled "Physics through Rocketry"" at Stephen Decatur High School, Berlin, Md., on July 24 and at Northn Caroline High School, Ridgely, Md., on July 31. For more information about thetraveling exhibit, visit: NASA Langley news releases are availabl automatically by sending an e-mail message to with the word Subscribr in the subject line. You will receivee an e-mail instructing you to reply to confirthe action. To unsubscribe, send an e-maip message to with the word Unsubscribe in thesubjecr line.