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NASA: PLANETARY EXPLORATION FEATURED IN NEXT SATELLITE VIDEO CONFERENCE
Posting Date: 09/30/89 Copyright UNITEX Communications, 1989
UNITEX Network, USA ISSN: 1043-7932
On October 3, NASA's Educational Affairs Division, Washington,
D.C., through Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, will
transmit via satellite an educational, video conference to
discuss upcoming solar system exploration missions and the recent
Voyager encounter with Neptune.
Dr. Lennard A. Fisk, NASA's Associate Administrator of Space
Science and Applications, will discuss NASA's upcoming space
science and planetary missions. NASA has planned or already has
underway over 35 major space science missions during the next 5
years. These include: the Magellan mission, launched from the
Space Shuttle last May, will radar map Venus; the Galileo
spacecraft, scheduled for launch Oct. 12, which will study
Jupiter; the Cosmic Background Explorer, to be launched in early
November, which will examine the sun's radiation; Hubble Space
Telescope, a free-flying observatory to investigate celestial
bodies and study the history and evolution of the universe, is
scheduled for launch in March 1990. Dr. Fisk also will discuss
NASA's plans for the Craf-Cassini missions to rendezvous with a
comet and study Saturn and its moon Titan.
Dr. Edward C. Stone, Voyager Project Scientist, NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will discuss the recent
Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune and show imagery of the planet
and its recently discovered massive dark spot, rings and moons.
These live, 1-1/2 hour, interactive, video conferences are
designed to update teachers on NASA programs, demonstrate
aerospace activities for the classroom and announce new programs,
products and activities available to classroom teachers. The
nation's participating school districts will receive
transmissions from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.
NASA's education satellite, video-conference series, now in its
fourth year, have been highly praised by educators throughout
the nation. This year more than 20,000 educators in 50 states
are expected to participate.
The 1989-90 video conference schedule is:
Planetary Exploration - Oct. 3, 1989
Flight Testing - Dec. 5, 1989
Space Science in the Classroom (SEEDS) - Jan. 23, 1990
Robotics in Space - Mar. 27, 1990
The Oct. 3 conference will be transmitted on Westar IV, channel
19. There is no charge for registration or participation in the
video conference.
To register for the series, interested teachers should write to
NASA Aerospace Education Services Project, Videoconference Site,
300 North Cordell, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.,
74078-0422, or call 405/744-7015. Registration ensures that
announcements, publications and other materials for teacher-
participants are received at the school.
Media and organizations interested in participating can access
the satellite or view the event from NASA Headquarters, 400
Maryland Ave., S.W., room 6004, Washington, D.C.
FIRST GROUP OF PROSPECTIVE ASTRONAUTS TO ARRIVE AT JSC
The first of several groups of prospective astronauts will
arrive at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, on Monday, September
18, to begin a week of orientation, interviews and medical
evaluations.
Approximately 100 of the nearly 2500 total applicants are
expected to be interviewed here over the next several weeks for
an opportunity to be among the final 15 to 20 who will be named
as astronaut candidates in January 1990.
The first group of 20 will consist of Paul J. Bertsch, Johnson
Space Center, Houston; Jay C. Buckey, M.D., Dallas, Texas; Leroy
Chiao, Ph.D., Danville, Calif.; Michael R. Clifford (Maj., USA),
Seabrook, Texas; David B. Cripps (Maj., USA), Edwards, Calif.;
Steven R. Hamel (Lcdr, USN), Ft. Washington, Md; Bernard A.
Harris, Jr., M.D., Johnson Space Center; David E. Hollowell,
Ph.D., Los Alamos, N.Mexico; James A. Jones (Lcdr, USN) Virginia
Beach, Va.; Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (Lt.,USN), Waldorf, Md.;
Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D., Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.;
Thomas P. Phelan (Lt., USN), Hollywood, Md.; Kent V. Rominger
(Lt., USN), California, Md.; James C. Seat (Maj., USAF),
Edwards, Calif.; Mark D. Shackelford (Maj., USAF), Edwards,
Calif.; Richard A. Stevens (Maj. USAF), Edwards, Calif.; Keith
A. Taylor, Sc.D., Copley, Pa.; Donald A. Thomas, Ph.D., Johnson
Space Center; Carl E. Walz (Capt., USAF), Henderson, Nev.; and
Dorothy J. Zukor, Ph.D., NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Astronaut selections are conducted on a bi-annual basis. The
number of candidates selected every two years will vary based on
flight rate, program requirements and attrition.
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