Feb. 21, 2013
Lauren B. Worley
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1288
lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov
Jennifer Stanfield
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256-544-0034
jennifer.stanfield@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-030
NASA ADMINISTRATOR TOURS MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITY
WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will see some of the
cutting-edge techniques being used to create parts for the engines of
the Space Launch System (SLS) during a visit to the agency's Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., on Friday, Feb. 22. SLS is
America's next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle -- the most
powerful rocket ever built.
Bolden will tour the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing Rapid
Prototyping Facility in Building 4707 at Marshall at 12:30 p.m. CST
(1:30 p.m. EST). He will join John Vickers, manager of NASA's
National Center for Advanced Manufacturing, and others for a look at
the equipment used in selective laser melting, which is similar to
3-D printing. Laser melting is enabling the production of complex,
strong metal parts without welding, while reducing manufacturing time
and costs.
News media interested in attending the tour should contact Jennifer
Stanfield in Marshall's Public and Employee Communications Office at
256-544-0034 no later than 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21.
Journalists must report to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control
Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research
Park Boulevard, no later than noon Friday. Vehicles are subject to a
security search at the gate. News media representatives will need two
photo identifications and proof of car insurance.
For more information about NASA's Space Launch System, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/sls
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