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For Release:  April 4, 2000
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NASA, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE CELEBRATE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE 
10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH STAMP UNVEILING AND OTHER EVENTS

     On Monday, April 10, 2000, five new commemorative postage 
stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service will be unveiled in a 
ceremony at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, to 
celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 10th anniversary.  The day-
long celebration begins at 9 a.m. EDT with remarks from members 
from the Maryland Congressional delegation, NASA Administrator 
Daniel Goldin, Goddard Center Director Al Diaz and others.  The 
stamp unveiling will begin at approximately 11 a.m., EDT.  
Postmaster General William J. Henderson will unveil the new 
stamps.  The five stamps feature images of the Eagle Nebula, the 
Ring Nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, the Egg Nebula and Galaxy NGC 
1316, all taken by Hubble over the past 10 years.  There will also 
be two afternoon programs, "Hubble Space Telescope and Beyond," 
and "Servicing Hubble Space Telescope." 

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Donald Savage 
(Phone 202/358-1547).
Contact at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD:  Nancy 
Neal (Phone 301/286-0039).
Contact at U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC:  Don Smeraldi
(Phone:  202/268-6524)

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-014.txt 



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