Paula Cleggett
Headquarters, Washington                 April 15, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1400)

Diane Murphy
Federal City Communications Corporation, Washington
(Phone: 202/662-1280)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N02-27

MEDIA INVITED TO TAKE IMAX 3D SPACE STATION TOUR

     Media representatives are invited to attend an advance 
screening of SPACE STATION 3D, the first ever IMAX 3D movie 
made in space, on Tuesday, April 16, at 9 a.m. EDT at 
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. 

A breakfast is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. EDT and immediately 
following the screening of the 47-minute film, there will be 
a press conference at 10 a.m. EDT in the museum's Space Hall. 
The Director of the National Air and Space Museum, General 
John R. Dailey, will moderate the press briefing.

Other participants include:
*  William Readdy, Deputy Associate Administrator for Office 
of Space Flight, NASA Headquarters
*  Toni Myers, IMAX Producer, Space Station 3D
*  Mary Pat Ryan, Executive Vice President, Worldwide 
Marketing, IMAX Corporation
*  Dennis Boxx, Vice President, Communications, Lockheed 
Martin Corporation
*  Bill Shepherd, NASA Commander, Expedition One
*  Brian Duffy, NASA Commander, STS-92
*  Robert Curbeam, NASA Astronaut, STS-98

IMAX's SPACE STATION 3D makes its world premiere at the 
museum April 17, and opens to the public in select IMAX 
theatres worldwide beginning April 19. The film is made 
possible by NASA and is presented by Lockheed Martin and 
narrated by Academy Award nominee Tom Cruise.

Additional information about the movie is available on the 
Internet at:
http://www.imax.com/spacestation
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