NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will unveil the agency's 50th anniversary logo and participate in an X PRIZE Foundation announcement at WIRED Magazine's NextFest at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Sept. 13-16. The agency will showcase its current and future technologies, and NextFest attendees can meet the crew of the most recent space shuttle flight.

WIRED NextFest features the latest innovations in products and technologies in many areas where NASA plays a leading role.

Complete release at http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/sep/HQ_M07116_NextFest.html

Last week inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians attached the external tank to the twin solid rocket boosters. In the nearby Orbiter Processing Facility, Discovery's payload bay doors were closed as preparations continue in advance of the shuttle's move to the giant assembly building. The main payload for the mission, the U.S. Harmony Node 2 module for the International Space Station, will be loaded inside Discovery at the launch pad.

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