August 10, 2011

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

Luke Sacks Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York 646-381-5282 lsacks@intrepidmuseum org

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-167

NASA ASTRONAUTS TO VISIT INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM

WASHINGTON -- The last crew to fly aboard a space shuttle will visit New York City's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum from 10 a m to 2:30 p m EDT on Thursday, Aug 18

Commander Christopher Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim completed a 13-day mission to the International Space Station in July The STS-135 flight marked the end of NASA's 30-year-old shuttle program

The STS-135 crew's events are open to news media representatives -- 10 to 11:30 a m : Presentation to more than 200 students from Intrepid's educational programs (ages 7 - 15) inside the museum's Allison & Howard Lutnick Theater -- 12:30 to 2:30 p m : Meeting with public at two museum exhibits: - Journey to Tomorrow traveling exhibit, a 53-foot long, walk-through trailer packed with exciting interactive learning stations on the museum's pier - Project Kewl exhibit located in the museum's Exploreum Hall Project Kewl is an interactive educational game using the Xbox 360 and Kinect sensor that allows visitors to explore the space station, walk on Mars and take control of NASA's coolest robots

In April, NASA selected the Intrepid as one of four museums to receive a space shuttle It will be the new home for the Enterprise, currently on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia

During the STS-135 mission, the crew delivered more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, spare equipment and other supplies in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module --including 2,677 pounds of food -- that will sustain station operations for the next year

For more information about the STS-135 mission and crew, visit:

http://go nasa gov/STS-135

For more information about the Intrepid Museum, visit:

http://www intrepidmuseum org

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