NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  Feb. 12, 1999
Media Advisory m99-031


TODAY'S SUMMARY:


COSMONAUTS NAMED TO STS-96 AND STS-101

* VIDEO FILE FOR FEB. 12, 1999

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COSMONAUTS NAMED TO STS-96 AND STS-101

     Three Russian cosmonauts, experts in the Russian Service 
Module and the Zarya module will fly on two U.S. Space 
Shuttle missions to the International Space Station later 
this year.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Debra Rahn 
202/358-1638.
Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX:  Doug 
Peterson 281/483-5111.

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-019.txt 

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VIDEO FILE FOR FEB. 12, 1999

ITEM 1. "WINGS ON AMERICA," GENERAL AVIATION IN THE FUTURE 
        (replay)

Contact at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA:  H. 
Keith Henry 757/864-6120/24.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Michael 
Braukus 202/358-1979.

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