Aug. 6, 2012
Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
jbuck@nasa.gov
Michael Hernandez / Jay Bolden
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-792-7457 / 281-483-6270
michael.hernandez@nasa.gov / jay.e.bolden@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 12-266
SMOKEY BEAR TO CELEBRATE 68TH BIRTHDAY AT MISSION CONTROL
HOUSTON -- NASA, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the Texas Forest
Service and Smokey Bear are teaming up to celebrate Smokey's 68th
birthday Aug. 9 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The
popular mascot will tour the center and record a promotional
announcement for NASA Television that will air later this month.
Smokey Bear is the USFS symbol for wildland fire prevention and
represents the Advertising Council Inc.'s longest-running public
service announcement campaign.
On May 14, Smokey went where no bear had gone before. NASA astronaut
Joe Acaba and the Expedition 31 crew chose a plush Smokey doll to be
the team's launch mascot, celebrating their trip to the International
Space Station. During his tour about 250 miles above Earth, Smokey
will turn 68 years old, sparking the celebrations back on the ground
Thursday.
NASA's collaboration with the USFS began in 1971 when Stuart Roosa, an
Apollo 14 astronaut and former Forest Service smokejumper, orbited
the moon with a pack of seeds as part of a joint NASA/USFS project.
Those "moon trees" were planted around the country (many for the
nation's bicentennial in 1976) and around the world. Today, the trees
stand as a tribute to Roosa and the Apollo program.
This year, NASA and the USFS signed a Space Act Agreement that unites
the two agencies in raising awareness about the importance of fire
prevention and fire safety. For more about the International Space
Station and the NASA-USFS connection, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station/
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