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
321-861-0370
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Tina Lange
Space Florida, Cape Canaveral, Fla.
321-223-1013
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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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