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For Release: Oct. 9, 1998 Steve Roy NOTE TO EDITORS: 98-199 |
Marshall Researchers Discuss Science Experiments on October Space Shuttle Mission |
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Media representatives are invited to attend a special briefing highlighting the science and commercial product experiments scheduled to fly aboard the next Space Shuttle mission. Many of these Marshall-managed experiments will be operated during the mission by John Glenn. The briefing will be held at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 2:30 p.m. in Building 4203, Room 5002. Joel Kearns, NASA's Microgravity Research Program manager, will conduct the briefing. Kearns leads NASA research that uses the unique, near-weightless environment of space to unlock secrets important to the manufacturing of new drugs and many household products that greatly affect the quality of our lives on Earth. Among the experiments scheduled for the Oct. 29 Space Shuttle Discovery mission are investigations important in the fight against cancer -- a disease that affects half of all men and one-third of all women. Research in the unique environment of space may lead to better cancer-fighting drugs, drug-delivery techniques and better understanding of how the disease functions in the human body. Among those available for interviews will be Kearns, mission scientists and managers of many experiments slated to fly on the mission. Video and photographs also will be available. For Directions to Briefing or for More Information: Please contact Steve Roy of the Marshall Center Media Relations Office at (256) 544-6535. More information about NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the Microgravity Research Program experiments planned for the upcoming Space Shuttle mission can be found at: /centers/msfc/NEWSROOM/ and http://microgravity.msfc.nasa.gov/ |
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