Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington, DC                   February 11, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1761)



NOTE TO EDITORS:  N98-13


AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL TO PRESENT REPORT TO NASA

     The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) will present its 
annual report at a public meeting to NASA Administrator Daniel S. 
Goldin at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, 
Feb. 12, 1998, in the Program Review Center, room 9H40, NASA 
Headquarters, 
300 E Street S.W., Washington, DC.

     Each year, the panel reviews and evaluates current and future 
NASA programs and activities and reports its findings to the NASA 
Administrator.  Priority is given to programs that involve the 
safety of human flight.

     Following the Apollo spacecraft fire on Jan. 27, 1967, 
Congress enacted legislation to establish the ASAP as a senior 
advisory committee to NASA.

     The ASAP report will be available for media representatives 
at 1 p.m. Thursday in the NASA Headquarters Newsroom (202/358-
1600).  The report will be distributed at the meeting and is on 
the Code Q home page at URL: 

                    http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/


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