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NASA Administrator to Tour Space Lab, Speak at University of
Colorado-Boulder
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA
Administrator Charles Bolden will tour the Laboratory for Atmospheric
and Space Physics (LASP) and speak with students and faculty at the
University of Colorado-Boulder on Friday, Apr. 18.
Bolden will tour the LASP Space Technology Research Center at 8:45
a.m. MT, and hold a media availability at the conclusion of the tour.
The lab currently is involved with a number of NASA planetary and
solar science missions, including spacecraft now en route to Mars, as
well a $32 million instrument package flying on NASA's Solar Dynamics
Observatory to help scientists better understand and mitigate damage
from severe space weather.
Media also are invited to attend an aerospace engineering project
demonstration class with Bolden involving students, faculty and
industry representatives on campus at 1:30 p.m.
At 2:45 p.m., Bolden will give a free public talk at CU-Boulder's East
Stadium Club on America's space program and the challenges and
opportunities the space agency will encounter as it moves through the
21st century.
Media interested in covering any of these events should contact Jim
Scott in the CU-Boulder media relations office at 303-492-3114 or
jim.scott@colorado.edu.
For more information about NASA's programs and missions, visit:
For more information about the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space
Physics, visit: http://lasp.colorado.edu
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