Elementary Students & Their Families are Invited to Gear up for NASA Technology

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Jan 13, 2012, 04:09 ET

GREENBELT, Md., Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md. will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Sunday, January 15 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST. It's a free afternoon with an intriguing look inside NASA technology.

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Students will partake in hands-on activities and learn about NASA's revolutionary technology and how it propels NASA's launches and missions. This month's Sunday Experiment promises to be an educational experience that will have your little one excited about all things science and engineering.

As always, the Visitor's Center Science on a Sphere theater will offer insight to Goddard's cutting edge science and research.

The Sunday Experiment, held the third Sunday of each month, spotlights Goddard's world-renowned science and engineering research and technological developments. Families leave inspired by the activities, wowed by the scientists and engineers, and excited about Goddard's revolutionary research and technology. In addition to celebrating all things science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the Sunday Experiment celebrates major science missions that are managed by NASA Goddard and set to launch in the near future.

For more information on the Sunday Experiment, visit Goddard's Visitor Center Web page:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/events/index.html

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