NASA Chief Technologist Visits Emergent Space Tech In Maryland Oct. 15

Oct. 1, 2012

David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730
david.steitz@nasa.gov

Rob Gutro
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-4044
robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov

George Davis
Emergent Space, Greenbelt, Md.
301-345-1535
est_info@emergentspace.com

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NASA CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST VISITS EMERGENT SPACE TECH IN MARYLAND OCT. 15



WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will visit Emergent
Space Technologies Inc. of Greenbelt, Md., at 3:30 p.m. EDT Monday,
Oct. 15. The visit is part of NASA's ongoing recognition of American
small businesses, which create new technologies that enable future
missions while also creating new products, services and jobs.

Journalists are invited to join Peck and Emergent President George
Davis during the one-hour tour of Emergent Space Technology's
offices, located at 6411 Ivy Lane, Suite 303, in Greenbelt. Officials
will be available to speak with reporters and take part in a photo
opportunity during the tour. To attend, reporters must arrive by 3
p.m., for clearance into the facility.

Emergent Space Technologies provides consulting and engineering
services to the civil, commercial, and military space industries
around ITS core competencies of systems engineering; guidance,
navigation and control; software development, and space mission
automation. A recipient of numerous NASA Small Business Innovation
Research awards, the company is a provider of advanced technology to
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt as well as other NASA
centers around the country.

For more information about Emergent Space, visit:

http://www.emergentspace.com

For more information about NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist and
a biography of Peck, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/oct


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