PRESS RELEASE

In honour of Canada's National Space Day, the first astronaut crew for the
Canadian Student Space Station Simulator, (CS4), will be announced.  The
crew will be available for photos and interviews at St. Peter High School,
Orleans, Ontario, on Friday afternoon, from 1:50pm to 3:00pm on October
16,1998. 

CS4: The Canadian Student Space Station Simulator initiative involves a
student built mockup of a habitat for the International Space Station.
The project features such technologies as Internet based communications,
robotics and remote control, weather data collection and analysis,
biomedical monitoring and a virtual reality 'habitat' designed for
international school cooperation.

The CS4 project is designed to provide technology students with experience
in working on a major engineering project, and to highlight career
opportunities available to them as the 21st century approaches.  Last
year's students designed and built the habitat, while this year's students
have been busy preparing it for overnight stays.  On Canada's National
Space Day,the first "astronaut" crews will be selected.  The first crew
will then bebusy preparing for the first habitations, currently scheduled
for the weekend of November 6, 1998.  The first crew is scheduled to be
filmed by a local production company for an episode in an upcoming series
on the Discovery Channel, called Life In Space.

The International Space Station, (ISS), is a multinational project
involving a decade long construction of a permanent human habitation in
space.  In November of this year, the first module of the International
Space Station will be launched from Russia.  Canadians will be major
players in this huge undertaking, providing their expertise in robotic
devices in deploying the Canadian Mobile Servicing Platform in 1999.  

The ISS is a significant and international effort that not only portends a
bright future for Canadian engineers, scientists and technologists, but
also provides a spark to light the fire of student imagination.  Not since
the days of the Apollo moon missions has the exploration of space provided
such a platform to educate students on the potential for career
opportunities in science and engineering.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is the federal government body responsible
for managing the Canadian Space Station Program and Canada's contribution
to the International Space Station.

CONTACT
Michael A. Scott	
Dept. Head, Design and Technology	
St. Peter High School	
750 Charlemagne Blvd.	
Orleans, Ontario 	
K4A 3M4
Phone: (613) 837-9377
Fax:	(613) 837-7235
Email:	mascott@igs.net


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
St. Peter's CS4 Project:	http://www.igs.net/~mascott
NASA's ISS Project:	        http://station.nasa.gov
Canadian Space Agency:	        http://www.space.gc.ca/