For Release: Dec. 1, 1997

John Dumoulin
Media Services Branch
(256) 544-0034
john.dumoulin@msfc.nasa.gov

Release: 97-273

News media are invited to visit a full-scale mockup of one of the International Space Station's science laboratories and the crew living quarters which will be on display at the Congress of Cities and Exposition Conference in Philadelphia, Pa. Although the exposition is not open to the general public, the exhibit will be open to the media between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., December 4-5 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

NASA staffers will be on hand to talk about the Space Station. Also, NASA managers are available for interviews via satellite or telephone to talk about Space Station research and how it could one day improve the quality of life for people on Earth.

For additional information or to arrange an interview, interested media may contact Marshall’s Office of Media Services at (256) 544-0034. Karen Sodomick can be contacted on-site by calling beeper number 1-800-732-9429.

The International Space Station is considered to be the largest cooperative scientific program in history, drawing on the resources and scientific expertise of 16 nations: The United States, Canada, Japan, 11 European countries, Russia and Brazil. The first of the space station’s 45 assembly missions is scheduled for June 1998.