Beth Schmid
Headquarters, Washington, DC                January 7, 1999
(Phone:  202/358-1760)

Claudia Feldman
National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD
(Phone:  301/496-1752)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N99-1

STS-95 CREW TO VISIT WASHINGTON

     The STS-95 Space Shuttle astronauts will visit Washington,
DC, on Friday, Jan. 8, to discuss their mission with NASA
Headquarters employees in the Headquarters auditorium, 300 E St.,
SW, from 9 - 10 a.m. EST.  Media representatives are welcome to
attend this employee event on a first-come, first-served basis.

     Mission commander Curtis L. Brown; pilot Steven W. Lindsey;
mission specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinson and
Pedro Duque; payload specialists Chiaki Mukai and Senator John
Glenn will participate in the mission discussion.

     After the presentation, the astronauts will visit the
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD, from 10:45 - 12:30
p.m. EST, where Secretary of Health & Human Services, Dr. Donna
Shalala, will host their visit.  Media representatives may attend
this employee event on a first-come, first-served basis, however,
seating will be limited.

     The crew will visit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, MD, at 2 p.m. EST.  The presentation to Goddard
employees will be in the Auditorium in Building 8.  Media
representatives may attend this employee event, however, seating
will be limited.  Due to schedule constraints, only employees will
be able to ask questions at these events.

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