NASA Reveals New Batch Of Space Program Artifacts
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WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting eligible education institutions,
museums and other organizations to examine and request space program
artifacts online. The items represent significant human space flight
technologies, processes and accomplishments from NASA's past and
present space exploration programs.
NASA partnered with the General Services Administration to provide a
first-of-its-kind, Web-based, electronic artifacts prescreening
capability last year. On Oct. 1, 2009, the GSA launched a Web
initiative for screening and requesting NASA's space shuttle
artifacts. The first round ended Nov. 30, and all 913 artifacts were
allocated.
A second Web-based screening opportunity begins Tuesday. It includes
approximately 2,500 potential artifacts from NASA programs that
include the space shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, Apollo, Mercury,
and Gemini. It is available at:
http://gsaxcess.gov/NASAWel.
Each artifact will be screened for 90 days. After the screening period
closes, and at the completion of the allocation process, requestors
will be notified about the status of their request.
Museums and schools will be screened for eligibility through an online
registration process or through their state agency for surplus
property. Eligible recipients may view the available artifacts and
request specific items at the Web site. Prescreening allows potential
recipients to identify specific items and provides the time to plan
to transport, preserve and properly display artifacts.
Requesting an artifact through the prescreening process does not
guarantee the item will be available. Nor does it provide a specific
time when it will become available. Allocated artifacts will be
incrementally released as they are no longer needed by NASA and in
accordance with export control laws and regulations.
Although the artifacts are provided without charge, eligible
recipients must cover shipping and any special handling costs.
Shipping fees on smaller items will be relatively inexpensive, while
larger items may involve extensive disassembly, preparation, shipping
and reassembly costs. NASA will work closely with potential
recipients, on a case-by-case basis, to address any unique special
handling costs.
For information about NASA's space shuttle transition and artifacts,
visit
http://www.nasa.gov/transition
For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
Source: NASA
