HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 18 AL-Pratt-Whitney
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a
United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, recently pledged $400,000 to
help create an interactive exhibit at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center
(USSRC). "The Force" will allow guests to experience virtual visits to NASA
and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to explore innovations and confront the
challenges of creating engines of massive size and thrust.
"The Force" will be in the new 68,200-square-foot Davidson Center for
Space Exploration facility, which houses Alabama's own Saturn V rocket
vehicle. It will be one of many displays in the USSRC, which serves as the
official visitor center for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
"Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has proudly been a part of the nation's space
program since its inception, and many of our successes have been possible
through our relationship with Huntsville and NASA's Marshall Space Flight
Center," said Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne President Jim Maser. "We want to
share these successes with this community, which has meant so much to us over
these many years, and will continue to do so in the years ahead."
"There is much elation in our community and with our employees about this
excellent educational and tourist setting in northern Alabama," said Pratt &
Whitney Rocketdyne Alabama Operations General Manager Rick Bachtel. "We are
excited to be a partner in this venture."
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne tested many of the country's most powerful
liquid rocket engines at Marshall and is currently supporting the development
of new engines for the Constellation Program.
"We are delighted to help guests appreciate the crucial importance of
propulsion and its impact on the Rocket City here in Huntsville," added
Bachtel.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., a part of Pratt & Whitney, is a
preferred provider of high-value propulsion, power, energy and innovative
system solutions used in a wide variety of government and commercial
applications, including the main engines for the space shuttle, Atlas and
Delta launch vehicles, missile defense systems and advanced hypersonic
engines.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service
of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.
United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company
providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and
building industries.
Bryan Kidder
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
818 586-2213
bryan.kidder@pwr.utc.com
Carri Karuhn
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
818 586-4963
carri.karuhn@pwr.utc.com
Tracy Lamm
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
256 971-4531
Tracy.lamm@pwr.utc.com
SOURCE Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
