ABILENE, Kan. - Visitors will have the rare opportunity to touch a nearly 4-billion-year-old piece of moon rock at the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene, Kan., on Wednesday, Sept. 14. The touchstone will be on display all day in the "Eisenhower: Agent of Change" temporary exhibit.    

In addition to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) bringing the touchstone to the Museum, several presentations by NASA employees are scheduled throughout the day. A video conference is set for 10 a.m. in the Library building auditorium with Dr. Carlton Allen, Astromaterials Curator for NASA. Dr. Allen will give a 30 to 45 minute presentation titled "Rocks from Space." 

At 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., NASA representatives Richard Watson and Lisa Spence will be present to take audiences on a journey through the history of spacewalking and exploration. The interactive event highlights past, present, and future spacesuit technologies. Also, audiences will learn how astronauts are trained to live and work in space at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL). These presentations will be held in the Museum building classroom, located midway through the "Eisenhower: Agent of Change" temporary exhibit.

The video conference at 10 a.m. in the Library building is free and open to the public. The presentations in the Museum classroom are open to the public. There is a charge for Museum admission.   

The planned activities will remind our visitors that NASA had its beginning during the Eisenhower administration noted Karl Weissenbach, director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.

Visitors will be encouraged to tweet about their experiences during the visit using #NASAatIke. You can follow the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum on Twitter @EisenhowerNews. For more information about NASA exploration, visit www.nasa.gov/exploration.