ETCÕs The NASTAR¨ Center Supports the American Artist, Laurance Rassin, Prepare for Outer Space at a New York Space Art Charity Event
SOUTHAMPTON, PA, USA,
May 3, 2010– Environmental Tectonics
CorporationÕs (OTC Bulletin Board: ETCC) (ÒETCÓ or the ÒCompanyÓ) The National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR¨) Center announced today that it is partnering with Valerie Wilson
Travel, Inc., and Virtuoso, premier travel agents for Virgin Galactic, and the Durst
Organization to support artist Laurance Rassin in his goal of becoming the
first American artist to create art in space. The art exhibit titled ÒSimply
BlueÓ, will feature a public reception for the artist at the CondŽ Nast Tower at 4 Times Square on
May 6th, 2010 from 6-8 pm.
The collection for ÒSimply BlueÓ spans
a decade of the artistÕs signature color filled, large scale impasto oil
paintings, bronze sculptures, ceramics, tapestries, and textiles and reflects
his love of the modern era, space travel and romance. ÒSimply BlueÓ is open to the public and will be on exhibit
through June 4th in the lobby of 4 Times Square. Proceeds will be shared between support
for LauranceÕs flight aboard Virgin Galactic and the on-going flights of the
non-profit, ChabadÕs Children of Chernobyl
(CCOC) whose mission is to evacuate children from the Chernobyl region of
Ukraine.
Mr. Rassin will start his space training
at the NASTAR Center
facility in Pennsylvania later this year.
To date, the NASTAR Center has trained over 220 people for space flights. A video featuring Mr. RassinÕs upcoming
spaceflight instruction and personal space story will be showcased during the art
event.
In March 2010, Virgin Galactic
completed its first Òcaptive carryÓ test flight over the Mojave Desert with the
spaceship, VSS
Enterprise. Test flight programming will continue through 2011, progressing
from captive carry to independent glide and then powered flight, prior to the
start of commercial operations. ChabadÕs Children of Chernobyl (CCOC) recently
completed its 90th
flight to safety and has rescued 2,690 children to date by permanently evacuating them from the
devastated Chernobyl region.
Brienna Henwood, Director for
Space and Research at the NASTAR Center stated ÒLauranceÕs passion and artistic expression of space demonstrates that
space is now accessible to everyone – not just highly trained
astronauts. I am impressed
by the significant relationships created around this common goal and am
encouraged that together we can help others in achieving the same dream of
space.Ó
About Laurance Rassin
Laurance Rassin is a New York
artist and artistic director of The New Blue Riders. Weaving an over-arching narrative
with over 500 original works of art, Laurance interjects humor to his whimsical
characters and interior scenes allowing his fictional almost cinematic stories
to unfold. With Laurance's work, now featured regularly at Bonhams &
Butterfields, 20th Century in Manhattan, he has shown not only auction house
appeal, but also terrific pop appeal. His women's fashions continue to dazzle
on the runways in Manhattan, Miami and London where a line of "wearable
art" bearing his name, Laurance Rassin Signature, has been featured at
Saks Fifth Avenue in select stores nationwide and continues to be a great
source of inspiration. http://thenewblueriders.com/laurance/bio.html
About The NASTAR Center
The National AeroSpace
Training And Research (NASTAR¨) Center (www.nastarcenter.com)
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Environmental Tectonics Corporation. The NASTAR Center houses a variety of state-of-the-art
equipment and professional staff to support the training and research needs of
the aerospace community, including military aviation (fixed and rotary wing),
civil aviation (fixed and rotary wing), space travel (government and private)
and research support and data collection. The NASTAR¨ CenterÕs
equipment and programs are highly modular and flexible and can accommodate a
wide range of aerospace training and research requirements.
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