STS-95 CREW MEDIA OPPORTUNITY SET FOR FEBRUARY 20



February 13, 1998



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



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

<h4>Release: N98-14</h4> <h4>NOTE TO EDITORS:</h4> <h3>STS-95 Crew 
Media Opportunity Set for February 20</h3> 

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 2 
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CST.



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&rsquo;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 11 
a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. CST 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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