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Media Invited to New Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Tribute

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Anna C. Heiney

Jan 25, 2017
MEDIA ADVISORYM02-17
Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee
The prime crew of the Apollo 1 mission are pictured during training in Florida. Left to right are astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee. Credits: NASA

News media are invited to a ceremony and the opening of a new tribute to the pioneering crew of Apollo 1 entitled “Ad Astra Per Aspera. A Rough Road Leads to the Stars” at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Apollo/Saturn V Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017.

The ceremony at 11 a.m. EST will be hosted by Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana and air live on NASA Television. Media will have the opportunity to participate in the ceremony and visit the new tribute, which will open to the public at 11:30 a.m. EST.

Media requesting access should contact Lauren Walbert at lwalbert@hillmanpr.com or Andrea Farmer at afarmer@delawarenorth.com.

For information about Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, visit:

http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com

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Michael Curie
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
michael.curie@nasa.gov
Andrea Farmer
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla.
321-223-1091
afarmer@delawarenorth.com