FROM:
INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
West 46th Street and 12th Avenue at Hudson River Park
www.intrepidmuseum.org
CONTACT:
Rubenstein Communications, Inc., Public Relations
Brady Littlefield – 212-843-9220 /
blittlefield@rubenstein.com
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Luke Sacks – 646-381-5282 /
lsacks@intrepidmuseum.org
MEDIA ADVISORY
SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER, REPRESENTATIVE JERROLD NADLER AND
ADDITIONAL NYC CIVIC LEADERS TO JOIN
NASA OFFICIALS FOR PRESENTATION OF TITLE BESTOWING SPACE SHUTTLE ‘ENTERPRISE’
TO THE INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
United States Senator Charles Schumer, Representative Jerrold Nadler, NYS Assembly Member Michael DenDekker and other New York City elected officials and civic leaders will join NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver at a ceremony presenting the title for the Space Shuttle ‘Enterprise’ to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Sunday, December 11th from 1:00 PM-1:30 PM at Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue) in Manhattan. Media check-in begins at 12:30 PM.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Co-Chairman Charles de Gunzburg, President Susan Marenoff-Zausner and former crew members of the USS Intrepid will accept the title on behalf of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Several local Boy Scouts of America groups will also attend the ceremony.
In April 2011, NASA announced the names of the institutions that would be home to the retiring Shuttle Orbiters. Enterprise, which currently resides at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, will be transferred to New York in the spring of 2012.
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is proudly supported by Bank of America.
DATE: Sunday, December 11
TIME: 12:30 PM: Media check-in
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Ceremony
PLACE: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue)
Manhattan
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