08.30.07

Marny Skora
757-864-3315/344-6111
marny.skora@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-041

NASA RETURNS ITEMS AFTER SIX-MILLION-MILE SHUTTLE JOURNEY



HAMPTON, Va.– Space Shuttle Atlantis delivered essential items to the 
International Space Station during a 14-day flight in June. Next 
week, Astronaut Patrick Forrester, University of Virginia graduate 
and mission specialist on STS-117, will deliver items with Hampton 
Roads significance that flew aboard that flight.



Thursday, Sept. 6
10 a.m., Historic Jamestowne
Forrester will return to AVPA Preservation Virginia for display in 
their new Archaearium a nearly 400-year-old luggage tag artifact 
entrusted to NASA for the history-making flight.
He will also deliver one set of commemorative coins to the National 
Park Service.



11:15 a.m., Jamestown Settlement
Forrester will deliver the second set of commemorative coins marking 
the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first permanent 
settlement in America.



Friday, Sept. 7
10:30 a.m., Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton
Forrester will return to representatives of the Hampton Roads 
Partnership a banner bearing the words "Hampton Roads, America's 
First Region" for permanent display at the Air & Space Center. Area 
students and community leaders will participate.



Saturday, Sept. 8
10 a.m., Historic Jamestowne
Forrester will help welcome home a replica of the 28-foot shallop used 
by John Smith that has been retracing Smith's 121-day expedition of 
the Chesapeake Bay. He will also speak with the public about his 
recent mission and its parallels with early exploration.



A veteran of two shuttle flights, Forrester has logged over 620 hours 
in space including four spacewalks, totaling more than 25 hours.



Learn more at NASA's Jamestown 2007 page.

+ NASA Jamestown 2007 Page

	
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