DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN TO VISIT JSC, MEET WITH STS-95 CREW



October 22, 1998



Eileen Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Phone: 281/483-5111

<h4>Release: J98-49</h4> <h3>Defense Secretary William Cohen to Visit 
JSC, Meet With STS-95 Crew</h3> 

United States Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen will meet the 
STS-95 astronauts on Monday, Oct. 26 as part of a visit to the 
Johnson Space Center. The event will begin at 9 a.m. CDT and will be 
open to the news media as a photo opportunity only. The astronauts 
are in quarantine as part of routine pre-launch preparations and will 
not be available to speak with reporters.



Cohen was named Secretary of Defense in January 1997 following a 
distinguished public service career, including seven years as a U.S. 
Representative from Maine and 18 years as a United States Senator.



Following a brief meeting with Mr. Cohen, the STS-95 astronauts will 
leave for Ellington Field, for their departure to the Kennedy Space 
Center. Media are invited to join in a brief photo opportunity at 
Ellington Field at 10:30 a.m. as the astronauts climb aboard their 
T-38 training jets for their flight to Florida.



Media representatives wishing to attend Monday&rsquo;s events should 
call the Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281/483-5111 no later than 
noon Friday, Oct. 23.

	
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