NASA Marshall to Officially Open Newest 'Green' Building April 22; Media Invited

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Apr 18, 2019, 13:24 ET

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will officially open its newest, state-of-the-art office building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 22. Members of the Huntsville-area media are invited.

The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. CDT. Scheduled to take part are Marshall Director Jody Singer; U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama; Col. Joly Sebastien, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District; and Roy Malone, director of Marshall's Office of Center Operations. A brief media availability will follow at 1:25 p.m.

Building 4221 is situated on the north side of the 4200 Marshall office complex. The facility provides offices and workspace for some 440 team members supporting Marshall's Human Exploration Development & Operations Office, its Science & Technology Office and the NASA Engineering & Safety Center.

News media interested in covering the grand opening should contact Shannon Segovia in the Office of Communications at 256-544-0034 no later than 10 a.m. CDT Monday, April 22. Attending media must arrive at Gate 9 of the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center at the Interstate 565 interchange of Rideout Road and Research Park Boulevard no later than noon on Monday for badging and security clearance. Media must provide one form of government-issued photo identification for badging. Access to Redstone Arsenal requires proof of vehicle insurance.

For more information about Marshall, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall

SOURCE NASA