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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:

http://www.nasa.gov

For more information about the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space

Physics, visit: http://lasp.colorado.edu

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/CONTACT: Lauren B. Worley, Headquarters, Washington, 202-358-1600, lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov; Jim Scott, University of Colorado- Boulder, 303-492-3114, jim.scott@colorado.edu

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