NEWS RELEASE
John Bluck
Information Systems Liaison (Public Affairs)
NASA Ames Office of External Affairs
Moffett Field, CA, USA 94035-1000
March 25, 1999
(Phone: 650-604-5026)

SPACE SHUTTLE SIMULATION- LIVE ON THE INTERNET
The Exodus has been on orbit for: 4 Hours and 57 minutes
(http://www.graham.com/broadcasts/westmont_shuttle/)

MARCH 25, 26, AND 27, 1999- WESTMONT HIGH SCHOOL STS-7

Westmont High School (San Jose / Campbell, CA) will have their seventh
annual Space Shuttle Simulation March 25-27, 1999.  The Exodus will blast
off at 9:30 AM March 25, 1999, carrying six student astronauts.  The
students will be in the simulator for two and on half days, landing on
Saturday, March 27, 1999, at about 5:30 PM.  While in the shuttle, the
students will communicate with the outside world only through computer,
radio, and World Wide Web video connections.  During the flight the
students will conduct scientific experiments, monitor health conditions
of the crew, and do research on the Internet.  A simulated satellite
repair will be done during the mission.

Five of the astronauts and the mission control personnel were recruited
from the Westmont student body and are members of Westmontâs Science
Club.  One of the student astronauts is a guest astronaut from San Lorenzo
High School in the East Bay. Some of the experiments the astronauts
conduct during the flight were produced by students from a chemistry
class. Experiments from the Shuttle-Mir project at Lockheed are being
conducted also.  Boeing Corporation has donated a Bio-Isolation Filter, as
used on NASA's space shuttle missions, which will be used as part of an
experiment on Exodus.  Graham Technology Solutions (GTS) has provided four
video cameras and software, which will feed real-time images to the
Internet.  The URL to watch the action is www.westmont.cuhsd.org (Use the
"Go Shuttle" button.)

Student astronauts are Mike Leyden, Commander;  Grace Chung, Pilot; Ricky
Salas, Payload Specialist; Mandi Seeds, Computer Specialist; Michael
Yohannes, Communications Specialist; and Billy Jackson, Medical
Specialist. Cap-Com (Mission Control Director) is Megan Shpiel.

Visitors are welcome throughout the duration of the flight.

Contact: Randy Hain		  	  Joan H. Carter
Technical Contact			  Teacher of Earth Science at;
Graham Technology Solutions (GTS)	  Westmont High School
(408) 366-8001; FAX (408) 366-8004	   (408)-378-1500, FAX
(408)-379-1720
Randy@Graham.com