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STS-95 Crew Media Opportunity Set for February 20

Jennifer McCarter
Headquarters, Washington, DC                 February 13, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1639)

Eileen M. Hawley/Ed Campion
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone:  281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N98-14

STS-95 CREW MEDIA OPPORTUNITY SET FOR FEBRUARY 20

     A press opportunity with members of the STS-95 crew will be 
held on Friday, Feb. 20, at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, 
TX, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST.

     STS-95 Mission Commander Curt Brown will introduce his crew 
and they will talk briefly with reporters about their upcoming 
mission, which is slated for a late October launch.  Joining Brown 
on the flight are Pilot Steve Lindsey, Mission Specialists Scott 
Parazynski, Steve Robinson, and European Space Agency astronaut 
Pedro Duque, along with two payload specialists -- Senator John 
Glenn and Chiaki Mukai from the Japanese Space Agency (NASDA).

     The press conference marks the completion of the crew's first 
week of training together and coincides with the 36th anniversary 
of Glenn's first space mission, a five-hour flight on-board the 
Friendship 7 capsule in 1962.

     Video background footage showing various crew training 
activities taken earlier in the week will be shown on Feb. 20 
during the NASA Television Video File broadcasts and also 
following the press conference.  NASA plans to offer periodic 
crew-training media opportunities for news media, and the agency 
also plans to document crew training in both still and video 
imagery for release on a regular basis.

     On Thursday, Feb. 19, there will be a photo opportunity with 
John Glenn in connection with a centrifuge training session at 
Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX.  For more information on 
the centrifuge photo opportunity, news media representatives 
should contact the Brooks Air Force Base Public Affairs Office at 
210/536-3234.

     NASA Television is available through the GE-2 satellite, 
transponder 9C located at 85 degrees West longitude, vertical 
polarization, with a frequency of 3880 MHz, and audio at 6.8 MHz.  
Journalists may ask questions during the press conference from 
participating NASA field centers.  The daily NASA Video File airs 
on NASA Television at 12 noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. EST each 
weekday.

Important Note:  Media wishing to attend the press conference at 
Johnson Space Center, must contact the Johnson Newsroom by noon 
Thursday, Feb. 19, for badging and registration.  The newsroom can 
be reached by phone at 281/483-5111 or by fax at 281/483-2000.

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