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Va. Residents Have Opportunity to View NASA Launch By Mitra Zolfaghari ATLANTIC, Va.

- Residents and visitors in the area will have an opportunity to watch one of NASA s current ro!otic "issions ta#e off into space and to the "oon. $he %unar At"osphere and &ust 'nviron"ent '(plorer, is scheduled to lift-off at ))*+, p.". '&$ on Sept. - fro" the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the .allops /light /acility on the 'astern Shore of Virginia. 0n partnership with the 1.S. /ish and .ildlife Service, the Acco"ac# 2ounty Board of Supervisors and the $own of 2hincoteague, area residents and visitors can view the launch fro" Ro!ert Reed 3ar# on 2hincoteague or Beach road spanning !etween 2hincoteague and Assateague islands. $he sites feature the %A&'' launch countdown live. NASA personnel will !e availa!le to discuss the %A&'' "ission. A live !roadcast of the launch will !e shown on a !igscreen pro4ector in Ro!ert Reed 3ar# !eginning at 5*67 p.". 8ere"y 'ggers, pu!lic infor"ation officer for .allops, said that the flight facility is e(cited a!out the partnership with the co""unity to infor" others a!out the launch. 9$he live countdown and launch !roadcast will place people in "ission control on launch night for what is already a historic "ission for .allops and the 'astern Shore,9 'ggers said. $he %A&'' "ission has "any firsts. 0t is the first spacecraft designed, developed, !uilt, integrated and tested at NASA s A"es Research 2enter in Moffett /ield, 2alif. 0t also will include the first flight of the Minotaur V roc#et, testing of a high-data-rate laser co""unication syste" and the first lunar launch fro" .allops. &ue to the %A&'' launch, the !each on Assateague 0sland, Va., will close at , p.". on the day of the launch and will not !e open for launch viewing. 0t is e(pected that NASA s Visitors 2enter will reach capacity early and close.

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