NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) has chosen the Strategic Air & Space Museum (SASM) to be the recipient of an X-38 Crew Return Vehicle.

The NASA X-38 is a lifting body reentry vehicle designed as emergency return spacecraft for the International Space Station crew. The X-38 was designed for indefinite in-orbit storage. It reached the stage of paraglider drop tests before NASA cancelled the program due to a lack of funding.

Nebraska's astronaut, Clayton Anderson, will be at JSC for the send-off back to his home state. Anderson is scheduled for his second space flight in March of 2010.

The X-38 will be welcomed to the state of Nebraska in Nebraska City at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday October 31, with a welcome by Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy. Formal ribbon cutting will be conducted by Nebraska City Mayor Jack Hobbie followed by a performance from the Nebraska City High School Band. All activities will take place at Orscheln Farm and Home at 2412 South 11th Street in Nebraska City. The X-38 will be on display at Orscheln's until approximately 11:45, at that time it will leave for its new home at SASM.

An unveiling ceremony and Welcome by Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy will be held Nov. 14 in Nebraska City.

Museum admission is waived to all veterans with military ID.