Flat David:
Visits Marshall Space Flight Center

Flat David stayed busy during his short visit to Marshall.

On Saturday, he attended the Great Moon Buggy Race at the Space and Rocket Center. He got to help a team from the University of Tennessee practice for their heat. Then, he walked over to check out the space campers at Space Camp.

After resting on Sunday, Flat David went to Marshall. First, he checked out Melissa Botero's work on the new NASA Kids site.

Then, he visited with one of the new NASA Kids mascots, Millicent Kaye Way. She talked about her job working for NASA's Office of Space Flight. Even though she is busy getting ready for the launch of a new site in June of 2004, she was not too busy to visit with her hero, Flat David. She congratulated him for the work he did saving NASA.

Flat David then worked with JoCasta Green, a writer for NASAexplores. He helped her with her latest story on hypersonic flight. He knew JoCasta must be a big fan of Millie; her desk was crowded with space cows!

After finishing the story, JoCasta and Flat David decided to take a walk over to the Space Shuttle. It had been a while since Flat David had flown. He eagerly jumped up toward the crew's quarters to have his picture made. After posing for a few pictures on the Shuttle and the Apollo capsule, Flat David knew his time at Marshall was ending, and it was time to return to second grade at Hopedale Memorial in Mendon, MA. He didn't know which he would miss the most, the exciting things going on at NASA, or the warm weather in Huntsville, Alabama!

Flat David's visit was enjoyed by all. His heroic work at NASA will always be remembered, and the crew at NASAexplores was honored to have been chosen to sponsor his visit.