Kermit's
world tour launches into space
NASA's
Johnson Space Center to Host Out-of-This-World Celebration to Honor
50th Anniversary of World's Most Beloved Frog
Courtesy
of Entertainment Magazine
October
19, 2005
Kermit
the Frog, the world's most beloved frog will be honored for the
50th anniversary of his meteoric rise from the swamp to international
icon.
For
that honor, Kermit the Frog is taking a world
tour to visit his fans around the globe. After kicking off his
tour in Kermit, Texas on October 14,
Kermit headed to NASA's Johnson Space Center.
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Kermit
co-pilots a space shuttle at NASA Space Center Houston. He
also participated in a special VIP tour of historical Mission
Control. |
NASA embraced
Kermit's arrival by inviting local Houston children to an anniversary
celebration for the world's most beloved frog, including a question
and answer session with Kermit and a screening of the galactic adventure,
Muppets From Space. Attendees had the opportunity to have their photo
taken with Kermit.
While
at Johnson Space Center, Kermit the Frog experienced a variety of
out-of-this-world activities typically reserved for astronauts,
including "walking" on a lunar landscape and sitting in
the pilot's seat of the Space Shuttle.

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