Journey to Tomorrow to appear at open house

Published May 10, 2007

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- NASA's Journey to Tomorrow is scheduled to appear at Ellsworth's Open House event June 23.

Journey to Tomorrow is a 53-foot trailer that contains interactive exhibits and computer kiosks featuring varies subjects covering the history of flight, space travel and a lunar landing simulator.

The trailer also houses display cases that house such items as NASA X-planes, the new Ares rockets and an actual moon rock.

As visitors exit the Journey to Tomorrow trailer, they may have their picture taken as astronauts on either the moon or Mars.

Gates open to visitors at 9 a.m. June 23. The Open House will also feature vintage aircraft displays, a low-altitude airfield attack and a flyover by the B-2 Spirit.

More information on the NASA exhibit can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/events/visitorcenter/journey_to_tomorrow.html.

Other open house information is available at http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/openhouse.asp.