U.S. Honor Flag To Be Presented To NASA For Shuttle Atlantis Flight

[KSC News Center <ksc@mediaservices.nasa.gov>]

May 23, 2011

Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
tracy.g.young@nasa.gov 

Jillian McRae
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla.
321-449-4273
jmcrae@dncinc.com 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M19-11

U.S. HONOR FLAG TO BE PRESENTED TO NASA FOR SHUTTLE ATLANTIS FLIGHT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of the news media are invited to 
attend a presentation ceremony of the U.S. Honor Flag to NASA on 
Thursday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m. at the Astronaut Memorial Mirror at 
the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The flag will be presented 
by James Loftus, director, Miami-Dade Police Department, to Robert 
Cabana, Kennedy Space Center director, to be transferred for 
preparation to fly aboard shuttle Atlantis on its final mission.

The U.S. Honor Flag has traveled throughout the world honoring heroes 
who lost their lives while serving their community and country to 
include police officers, firefighters, members of the Armed Forces 
and astronauts. More than 100 honor guard members will travel to the 
Space Coast to take part in the ceremony.

Media interested in covering the event should contact Jillian McRae at 
321-449-4273 for access to the Visitor Complex.

For more information on the U.S. Honor Flag, visit:

http://www.ushonorflag.org

For information about the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, visit:

http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com

For information on the Astronaut Memorial Foundation, visit:

http://www.amfcse.org

For more information on NASA and Atlantis' final mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle  

	
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