NASA'S Chief Technologist Visits Space Florida's Space Life Sciences Lab Monday

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July 27, 2012

David E. Steitz 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1730 
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Amber Philman 
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 
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Tina Lange 
Space Florida, Cape Canaveral, Fla. 
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-240

NASA'S CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST VISITS SPACE FLORIDA'S SPACE LIFE SCIENCES LAB MONDAY

WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will visit Space 
Florida's Space Life Sciences Lab, located just outside of NASA 
Kennedy Space Center's security gates, on Monday, July 30 at 12:30 
p.m. EDT. Peck will meet with Space Florida President and CEO Frank 
DiBello and small business leaders to discuss collaborative 
partnerships with NASA. 

Reporters are invited to join Peck and lab officials during the two 
and a half-hour tour of the facility, which is located on Space 
Commerce Way. The lab serves as the primary gateway for payloads 
bound for the International Space Station and is a leader in 
innovative approaches to research and development work in space. 
Research at the lab includes efforts to analyze plant growth in space 
aboard the station. 

To attend the tour, media representatives must arrive at the Space 
Life Sciences Lab by 12:15 p.m., Monday for escort into the facility. 
For more information about the lab, visit: 

http://spaceflorida.gov/r-d/space-life-sciences-lab 

For a biography of Peck and information about the Office of the Chief 
Technologist, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/oct 

	
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