07.21.06

Lindsay Crouch
(757) 864-3189, 870-6912 (mobile)

RELEASE: 06-053

NASA FINISHES SUMMER TOUR IN NEWPORT, SHARES EXPLORATION



NASA will join a team of Jamestown explorers in Newport, R.I., July 
25-30, to give a glimpse into future exploration, tying it to 
adventures 400 years ago.



NASA is partnering with Jamestown 2007 in a number of signature events 
to promote exploration - past and present. NASA's interactive exhibit 
will be set up near a newly-built replica of the Godspeed, the ship 
that brought the first English colonists to the New World. The 
Godspeed "floating museum" will be docked at Newport from July 25-30.



On the pier will be the NASA tent and the rest of the "Landing Party 
Festival," a 40,000 square-foot area featuring live music, family 
entertainment, and historical displays that are free to the public. 
NASA's exhibit gives visitors the chance to make a personalized 
"Space Postcard;" take photographs as an astronaut or settler; and 
win prizes for participating in a NASA trivia game. The exhibit 
highlights the connections between the adventurous men and women who 
settled in Virginia almost 400 years ago and NASA's plans to explore 
space and establish a presence on other worlds.



NASA's Vision for Space Exploration is working to return humans to the 
moon and develop the tools needed to further explore Earth, the moon, 
Mars and beyond. The road to discovery, much like the path to 
Jamestown, involves searching for water, accommodating human needs, 
developing new forms of transportation and establishing a settlement 
or space colony.



Newport is the final stop of six major port calls for the Godspeed and 
its landing party along the East Coast. The seventeenth century 
replica spent the summer sailing to Alexandria, Va., Baltimore, 
Philadelphia, New York and Boston.



For information about NASA research and exploration, visit:



www.nasa.gov



For information about Jamestown 2007 events, visit:



www.americas400thanniversary.com

	
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