Local Media Invited to Speak with NASA’s Marshall Center Director Robert Lightfoot Tuesday, Sept. 1

WHAT:

Robert Lightfoot, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will be available to meet with news media Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 11 a.m. CDT in the Marshall Center press room.

Lightfoot, who was named director of Marshall on Aug. 24, will take questions and discuss key activities at the center. He had served as acting director of the center beginning in March 2009, and deputy director since 2007.

WHEN:

11 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, Sept. 1

WHERE: Press Room, First Floor, Building 4200, Marshall Center

TO ATTEND:

News media interested in covering the event should contact the Marshall Public & Employee Communications Office at 256-544-0034 no later than 4 p.m., Monday, Aug. 31. Media must report to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research Park Boulevard. Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate. News media will need two photo identifications and proof of car insurance. Visitor parking is available in front of Building 4200 on the southwest side.