Jan 8, 2008

Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 grey hautaluoma-1@nasa gov

Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore 410-338-4514 villard@stsci edu

Chris Danielson National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore 410-659-9314 ext 2330 cdanielson@nfb org

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-04

NASA TO UNVEIL BRAILLE BOOK WITH COSMIC IMAGES

BALTIMORE - NASA will debut a new book for blind readers at a media event and reception Jan 15 The agency will unveil "Touch the Invisible Sky," which gives blind readers the ability to experience cosmic images from the agency's space-based observatories and other telescopes on the ground The event begins at 10 a m EST at the National Federation of the Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore Media will have the opportunity to ask the authors questions and view science experiments related to NASA's Great Observatories

"Touch the Invisible Sky" is accessible to both blind and sighted readers The book presents celestial objects as they appear through visible-light telescopes and in different spectral regions that are invisible to the naked eye It uses a combination of Braille and traditional text A variety of tactile textures and symbols were chosen to represent different physical features and characteristics of the images

To participate in the event, media must R S V P by 2 p m Monday, Jan 14, to Grey Hautaluoma at NASA Headquarters, 202-358-0668, or Chris Danielson at the National Federation of the Blind, 410-659-9314, ext 2330

For information about NASA's Great Observatories, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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