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June Malone
Media Relations Department
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Karen Sodomick
Media Relations Department
(256) 544-0034
karen.sodomick@msfc.nasa.gov

Media Advisory: 01-056

ATTN: News Department
NASA's Starship 2040 on display Feb. 21-22 in Huntsville
Interviews, photo opportunities available
NASA's futuristic traveling exhibit may not escape Earth's gravity — but it's sending visitors straight into orbit

• Wrapping up its maiden tour across Alabama, NASA's Starship 2040 -- a full-sized mock-up of a commercial passenger spacecraft as it might look in the year 2040 -- comes home to Huntsville for a public exhibition Feb. 21-22.

• The free exhibit allows visitors to walk through a 48-foot simulation of the spacecraft's control, passenger and engineering compartments.

• The exhibit, which will be on display in front of the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Engineering Building, will be open to the public from noon - 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Feb 22.

• Starship 2040 isn't just science fiction. It illustrates how NASA and its partners are building "the highway to space" -- turning futuristic space transportation and propulsion technologies into a near-term reality.

• The preceding tour stops included Alabama universities, government institutions and communities around the state which have partnership roles in NASA's space transportation, propulsion and science research programs.

• In coming months, the Starship exhibit will begin a series of nationwide public tours and visits to national-level conferences.

Live interviews available

with key NASA Marshall Center and exhibit personnel

Contact: June Malone, Marshall Media Relations

For more information, call (256) 544-0034