NASA Ames Research Center to host first open house in 17 years

MOFFETT FIELD (KGO) -- For the first time in 17 years the NASA Ames Research Center is hosting an open house at Moffett Field.

It's part of the center's 75th anniversary celebration and a rare opportunity for visitors to check out the wind tunnels and simulated Martian landscape.

You can meet with Ames scientists and engineers and go a two-mile self-guided tour of the grounds. It's happening for one day only on Saturday, October 18. Tickets and backstage passes are free.

NASA Ames Open House Information:

Date: Oct. 18, 2014, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Cost: Free general admissions tickets are available now at: https://nasaamesopenhouse.eventbrite.com/. They provide access to the grounds, a walking tour which goes around the wind tunnels and a simulated Martian landscape, and the opportunity to chat with Ames scientists and engineers at booths. Visitors can choose what time to be admitted to the center, on the hour, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free backstage passes provide access to specialized labs. Available at noon each Thursday.

http://www.nasa.gov/ames/openhouse2014/#backstage for information on which tickets will be available each Thursday.

Parking: No parking is available at the center. Shuttle buses to the event will run from the VTA Lightrail BayShore/NASA Station and VTA/CalTrain Mountain View Transit Station.