Hi all - It's the last lines of this that are of the most interest.
Good luck, E.P. --- On Sat, 8/13/11, NASA News <hqn...@mediaservices.nasa.gov> wrote: > From: NASA News <hqn...@mediaservices.nasa.gov> > Subject: NASA Unveils New Batch Of Space Shuttle Program Artifacts > To: "NASA News" <hqn...@mediaservices.nasa.gov> > Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 12:47 PM > August 12, 2011 > > Michael Curie > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-1100 > michael.cu...@nasa.gov > RELEASE: 11-259 > > NASA UNVEILS NEW BATCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ARTIFACTS > > WASHINGTON -- The final space shuttle landing July 21 > opened new prospects for eligible education institutions, museums and > other organizations to receive a piece of spaceflight history. On > Monday, Aug. 15, the eighth batch of artifacts from NASA's space > programs will be available on a website that the agency and the > General Services Administration (GSA) developed. > > The artifacts are not only from the shuttle era, but also > from the Apollo, Mercury, Hubble Space Telescope programs. The > approximately 2,000 items include: > -- the Scott Carpenter Space Analog Station, an underwater > habitat that was used to demonstrate space life support system > ideas for use on space stations > -- shuttle heat shield tiles used to test problems experienced during > missions > -- parts of Apollo and shuttle era spacesuits, including > hard upper torso garments to protect astronauts from extreme > temperatures > > To view and request space artifacts, visit: > http://gsaxcess.gov/NASAWel.htm > > > Each artifact will be available for 42 days. For the first > 21 days, internal organizations such as NASA visitor centers, agency > exhibit managers and the Smithsonian Institution may request > artifacts. > External organizations, including museums, schools, universities, > libraries, and planetariums may request artifacts during > the following 21 days. > > After the screening period and completion of the request > process, organizations will be notified about the status of their > application. Artifacts are released incrementally when NASA no longer > needs them, in accordance with export control laws and regulations. > They are provided free of charge, but requesting organizations must > pay for shipping and any special handling costs. > > To date, approximately 29,000 items of historic significance have been > offered, mainly from the shuttle, with contributions from the Hubble, > Apollo, Mercury, Gemini, and International Space Station programs. > Approximately 3,000 artifacts have been requested. >>>The remainder will be considered for federal and state reuse and then >>>>>>offered to the general public for sale. > > For information about NASA's space shuttle transition and > artifacts, > visit: > http://www.nasa.gov/transition > http://artifacts.nasa.gov > In addition to artifacts, NASA also is offering a Shuttle > Training Aircraft (STA) through another GSA hosted web-based site: > http://gsaxcess.gov/ > > The STA is a modified Gulfstream II that allowed pilots to > simulate orbiter landings under controlled conditions. Other STAs > will be displayed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Dryden > Flight Research Center in California, and the U.S. Space and > Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. > > -end- > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
