As part of its Inspiration Tour, NASA will conduct a flyover at the University of Alabama versus Texas A&M football game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Saturday, 24 October. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will pilot one of three F-5 fighter jets during the flyover, highlighting NASA’s contributions to aeronautics and the agency’s continued work advancing aviation technologies.

Ahead of the game, members of the news media are invited to visit the NASA Experience Zone on Champions Lane, where Isaacman will take part in a media opportunity at 11am CDT. Supported by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the Experience Zone will be open to the public from 10.30am to 2.30pm CDT, with no game ticket required.

Visitors will be able to meet NASA team members and explore exhibits highlighting the agency’s Artemis campaign and efforts to return astronauts to the Moon, including an inflatable SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, displays featuring the Starship and Blue Moon human landing systems, information on NASA internship opportunities, and photo opportunities with NASA exhibits.

The Inspiration Tour is making stops across the country, bringing together academic, industry and public sector stakeholders to connect NASA with the people, technologies and organisations driving American leadership in space. It will culminate in MAX POWER, a public exposition of American air and space innovation on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, on and near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, held in honour of the United States’ 250th anniversary and showcasing next-generation aircraft, spacecraft, autonomous vehicles and transportation technologies.