[Launch Alert] JPL Open House

Wed May 12 22:36:16 EDT 2010

                             LAUNCH ALERT

                              Brian Webb
                     Ventura County, California
                         kd6nrp at earthlink.net
                     http://www.spacearchive.info

                                 2010 May 12 (Wednesday) 19:32 PDT
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     JPL OPEN HOUSE TO FEATURE HUBBLE CAMERA, NEW VISITOR CENTER
                Jet Propulsion Laboratory News Release
                             2010 May 10

The full version of this story with accompanying images is at: 
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-154&cid=
release_2010-154

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public
to a close-up look at JPL's past, present and future at its annual
Open House on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. The event, themed "Worlds Beyond," features displays and
demonstrations from numerous space missions, and a first look at JPL's
recently renovated von Karman Visitor Center. 

On special display will be the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary
Camera 2, retrieved from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope last year by
space-walking astronauts. The instrument, affectionately known as the
"Camera that Saved Hubble," is on loan from the Smithsonian
Institution's National Air and Space Museum. The camera captured many
of Hubble's iconic space images. 

Other Open House highlights include: seeing JPL's next spacecraft
bound for Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, under construction in the
lab's largest "clean room;" life-size rover models in a "Mars" test
bed; and JPL's Microdevices Lab, where engineers and scientists use
tiny technology to revolutionize space exploration. Visitors can also
see the sun through solar-safe telescopes, and learn how NASA
instruments help scientists better understand global climate change. 

JPL Open House provides a memorable experience for adult and kids,
with plenty of hands-on activities, and opportunities to talk with
scientists and engineers. Selected locations at Open House will be
featured live online on Ustream TV at http://www.ustream.tv/channel
/nasajpl on Sat., May 15, at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Pacific
time (1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Eastern time). Each time slot will feature a
new location at the top of each hour. 

JPL is located at 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, Calif., 91109.
Admission to Open House is free. Parking is also free, but is limited.
To get to JPL, take the Berkshire Avenue/Oak Grove Drive exit from the
210 Freeway in La Canada/Flintridge. All visitors should wear
comfortable shoes -- no buses will be provided from JPL parking lots.
JPL will provide vans for mobility-challenged guests. 

Vehicles entering NASA/JPL property are subject to inspection.
Visitors cannot bring these items to NASA/JPL: weapons, explosives,
incendiary devices, dangerous instruments, alcohol, illegal drugs,
pets, all types of skates including skateboards, Segways and bicycles.
No bags, backpacks or ice chests are allowed, except small purses and
diaper bags. 

Media wishing to cover the event should RSVP to Courtney O'Connor at
Courtney.M.O'Connor at jpl.nasa.gov or at 1-818-354-2274. 

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