HOUSTON – Residents attending Maifest 2013 the weekend of May 17-19 in Covington, Ky., will have the rare chance to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at NASA’s Driven to Explore traveling exhibit, a multimedia experience that immerses visitors in the story of NASA.
The exhibit will be open from 5 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 17; from noon to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, and from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, May 19.
The centerpiece of Driven to Explore is the opportunity to touch a lunar rock sample brought to Earth by the astronauts of Apollo 17 in 1972, America’s last human mission to the moon. The rock is one of only eight lunar samples made available for the public to touch.
Driven to Explore allows visitors to learn why we explore, discover the challenges of human space exploration and how NASA provides critical technological advances to improve life on Earth. The exhibit also details the accomplishments of the space shuttle and the International Space Station.
Interested media should contact Donna Kremer at dkremer@mainstrasse.org or Kim Blank at kblank@mainstrasse.org or call 859-491-0458.
NASA is investing in the building blocks of a more capable approach to space exploration, including research and development to increase space travel capabilities. In support of these efforts, NASA is performing field tests, designing surface systems and conducting advanced human research to ensure that future missions are safe, sustainable and affordable.
For more information about NASA exploration, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/exploration
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Ashlé Robinson
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111