08.11.11

Rob Wyman
Langley Research Center
757-864-6120/757-912-2973
rob.wyman@nasa.gov

Erica Cohen / Aik Wye Ng
Eventi Hotel
212-754-6500
erica@msilver-pr.com / aikwye@msilver-pr-com

Alicia Durand
Sesame Street
212-875-6223
alicia.durand@sesame.orgRELEASE: 11-072

ELMO JOINS SPACE SHUTTLE CREW AT NEW YORK CITY EVENT

NEW YORK -- Elmo, Sesame Street's furry red monster, will appear at 
NASA's free public event at 10:15 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 
the Eventi Plaza located behind the hotel on the Avenue of the 
Americas between 29th and 30th Streets in New York City.

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Blair (left) and Chris from NASA EDGE interview Elmo before the launch 
of the STS-135 space shuttle mission.

</div> There, Elmo will join the crew of space shuttle Atlantis. Elmo 
was recently a special guest at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 
July 8 where he saw the liftoff of the final space shuttle mission. 
NASA is pleased to be working with Sesame Street and focusing on STEM 
education, encouraging children to think critically about science, 
technology, engineering and math.

The New York event, titled "What's Your Favorite Space?," will be held 
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Eventi Plaza will be transformed into a 
miniature space outpost filled with displays including: an inflatable 
Mars rover; demonstrations; interactive exhibits; video segments; 
children's activities and more.

NASA has begun a reinvigorated exploration, innovation and technology 
development program that promises to lead humans and robots to an 
array of challenging destinations. Preview those destinations at the 
Eventi Hotel through the eyes of the Hubble Space Telescope and the 
scientific satellites that are the precursors to journeys beyond 
low-Earth orbit and into deep space.

For more information on NASA's future exploration efforts, visit:



www.nasa.gov/next


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