PRESS
RELEASE
from
NASA
Jan. 15, 2013
David Weaver
Headquarters, Washington
RELEASE: 13-023
NASA PARTICIPATES IN PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL
ACTIVITIES JAN. 18-21
WASHINGTON -- NASA will participate in the inauguration of President
Obama with several events, including an open house, a star party and a
NASA Social; exhibits on the National Mall and at NASA Headquarters;
and with two floats and marchers in the inaugural parade.
During the events Jan. 18 - 21, members of the public will have an
opportunity to meet and mingle with several astronauts and members of
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory team responsible for the Curiosity
rover, which is five months into a two-year mission on the Red Planet.
Jan. 18:
NASA will open the doors of its headquarters at 300 E St. SW in
Washington to the general public for an open house from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. EST Friday.
Members of the public are invited to interact with NASA's leadership in
two panel discussions, from 10 a.m. to noon and 2-4 p.m., in the James
Webb Auditorium. Topics to be covered in the sessions are NASA's plans
for the future of human spaceflight; the importance of technology
innovation to our future; science on the International Space Station;
and NASA's ongoing and future missions to Mars; and a demonstration of
NASA's exoskeleton.
The panelists will include current members of NASA's astronaut corps
and senior NASA leadership.
Guests must enter the building through the West Lobby, where they will
see a variety of displays highlighting NASA's work, including
aeronautics research and NASA missions to Mars. The West Lobby is
located near the intersection of 4th and E streets SW.
In conjunction with the open house, a group of 75 social media users
who follow NASA on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ were selected to visit
NASA Headquarters for in-depth, behind-the scenes briefings from
astronauts and agency leaders. Active social media users were selected
at random from those who registered online to attend this NASA Social.
Jan. 19:
NASA will join other federal agencies for a National Day of Service on
the National Mall in Washington from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Visitors to NASA's exhibit will meet and mingle with astronauts and
learn about the numerous opportunities available for members of the
public to engage directly with NASA programs. NASA's tent will be on
the Mall between 14th St., and the 12th St., expressway underpass, in
the Education Section.
Below are the appearance times for NASA's astronauts:
10
a.m.-noon Kjell
Lindgren and Serena Aunon
12:30-2:30 p.m. Lee Morin and Kate
Rubins
3-5
p.m.
Mike
Massimino and Alvin Drew
NASA will host a Star Party at the Arlington Planetarium in Arlington,
Va., from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Saturday as part of inaugural activities.
Telescopes will be provided for the public to star gaze, and
astronomers, NASA astronauts and other experts will be on hand to talk
about current NASA missions and the future of space exploration.
Planetarium shows will also be offered, with limited, reserved seating.
The event is free and open to the public, and tickets are not required
for the star gazing part of the event.
For information on show times and ticket reservations, visit:
http://friendsoftheplanetarium.org/
The Star Party will be held at the David M. Brown Planetarium, located
at 1426 North Quincy Street, Arlington (Next to Washington Lee High
School). Parking is available in the I-66 parking garage on 15th St.
N behind the planetarium, as well as on the street. The closest metro
stations are Virginia Square and Ballston, each about a half a mile
from the planetarium.
For those not in the Washington area, you can participate in the Star
Party by posting your pictures of the night sky to the National Night
Sky Gazing Flickr group at:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/nightskygazing
In case of inclement weather, updated information about the event will
be available on NASA's inauguration activities webpage at:
http://www.nasa.gov/inauguration
Jan. 21:
NASA will participate in Monday's Inaugural Parade with full-size
models of two spacecraft that are boosting America to new heights --
the Curiosity Mars rover and Orion, the multi-purpose capsule that will
take our astronauts farther into space than ever.
Walking beside the two spacecraft and greeting spectators along the
parade route will be members of the Curiosity team from NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and several current and former astronauts. The
participating astronauts are Alvin Drew, Serena Aunon, Kate Rubins,
Mike Massimino, Lee Morin and Kjell Lindgren, as well as Leland Melvin,
NASA's associate administrator for Education, and John Grunsfeld,
NASA's associate administrator for Science.
The West Lobby of NASA Headquarters also will be available as a warming
center during daylight hours Monday.
For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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WASHINGTON, June
5,
2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Presidential
Candidate Gary Bauer congratulated Governor Scott
Walker for his win in Wisconsin's
recall
election,
calling
it
"another
sign
that
taxpayers
will
award
office
holders
ready
to
do
the
hard
work
of
reigning
in
out-of-control
government
spending."
Bauer, the chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, made
the following statement:
"I congratulate Governor Scott Walker
for his hard-fought victory tonight, and most especially for having the
courage of his convictions to fight the good fight. But the victory in Wisconsin is not Scott
Walker's alone. It is a victory for the hard-working
taxpayers of Wisconsin,
who foot the bill year after year. It is a victory for common
sense
over powerful special interests. It is a victory that taxpayers
in
every state can celebrate. It is a victory, yes, even for some
union
members.
"Since
Gov. Walker's reforms were enacted, tens of thousands of state
employees have opted to keep more of the money they earn rather than
let the public employees union siphon off their hard-earned
dollars.
In other words, once given the choice, more than half of the public
employees union's members decided that they didn't need the
union.
These reforms will pay real dividends for the taxpayers of
Wisconsin.
They are the real winners tonight.
"The recall election is a sign of good things to come. The
power of the Big Labor bosses has finally been checked, not just in Wisconsin,
but also in scores of other states across the country. More
governors,
legislators and taxpayers will be inspired to stand up against the
liberal labor unions and do what is truly in the best interests of
their communities. Wisconsin's
10
Electoral College votes are now in play, and the anti-tax, small
government movement that swept the country in 2010 is about to sweep Barack Obama out of office in 154 days!"
Source: PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1drYR)