Beth Schmid
Headquarters, Washington, DC                October 22, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1760)

RELEASE:  98-194

STUDENTS WILL TALK TO JOHN GLENN ABOARD DISCOVERY

     Students at two museums and a high school will have the 
opportunity to ask questions of STS-95 mission commander Curtis L. 
Brown Jr. and payload specialist John H. Glenn Jr. aboard the 
Space Shuttle Discovery.  The audio-only education event is 
tentatively scheduled to begin at 12:25 PM EST on Saturday, Oct. 
31, and last for 30 minutes.

     Groups of students will be located at the John H. Glenn High 
School in New Concord, OH; the Center of Science and Industry 
(COSI) in Columbus, OH; and the Newseum in Arlington, VA.  
Students at COSI will be at the middle and high school level, 
while students at the Newseum and John H. Glenn High School will 
be at the high school level.  The 
30-minute event will be divided equally among the three sites.  

     For those interested in listening to the audio-only exchange, 
NASA Television will broadcast it on GE-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, 
located at 85 degrees West longitude.  The frequency is 3880.0 
Mhz.  Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz.  
NASA TV will show still pictures of the crew, the students, and 
the three participating facilities during the student-crewmember 
exchange.  The time and date of this event are subject to change.

     A transcript of the questions and answers will be placed on 
the NASA Spacelink website following the event:  
        http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Spacelink.Hot.Topics

     NASA TV coverage of this educational exchange will be 
simulcast on the Internet.  By using free software, computers made 
within the last 2-3 years can be used to receive television-like 
programs.  Another online program about STS-95 is scheduled just 
before the launch on Oct. 29.  The topics will include vehicle 
preparation and  information about the science payload.  Remote 
students will be able to interact with NASA experts online.  Both 
events can be found online at:  
       http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/sto/launch/sts95/

     To follow John Glenn more closely, go to this Spacelink site 
and click on "Next Shuttle Mission":  
   http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Spacelink.Hot.Topics/.index.html

     More information on the overall STS-95 mission and John Glenn 
in particular can be found at this website:  
         http://shuttle.nasa.gov/future/sts95/glenn.html
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