Rescheduled Shuttle Flight

 

News Topics & Resources For Covering Penn Stater James Pawelczyk's Flight Aboard The Space Shuttle April 17

3-30-98
On Thursday, April 17 at 2:19 p.m. Dr. James A. Pawelczyk, assistant professor of kinesiology and physiology, is scheduled to become the first Penn State faculty member to fly aboard the Space Shuttle. Some resources for covering the mission are below.

Penn State contact: Barbara Hale, 865-9481

To hear Dr. Pawelczyk before he goes to the launch site Tune in to Penn State President Graham Spanier's radio show, To the Best of My Knowledge, on Monday, April 6, at 7 p.m. WPSU-FM (90.1, 91.5 and 106.7).

To observe the launch at Kennedy Space Station Press credentials can be obtained from Selena Scorah at the Kennedy Space Station. For directions, call her at (407) 867-2468 or Barbara Hale at Penn State, 865-9481

To interview President Spanier at the launch site Sign up at the Kennedy Space Center Press Dome for the Banana Creek site bus. For more information, contact Barbara Hale at Penn State, 865-9481

To follow up on Park Forest Middle School students who will participate in shuttle-related experiments Call Debra Latta, assistant principal, Park Forest Middle School, 237-5301, and/or Katie O'Toole at WPSX, 865-3333 or http://witn.psu.edu or http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/neuron/video/index.html See Intercom: http://www.psu.edu/ur/Intercomarch/1997/Dec4/news2.html#anchor109334

To cover Pawelczyk's Shuttle-based Q&Awith Penn State students at University Park and the College of Medicine Call Barbara Hale, 865-948. Seating is limited.

For info on Penn State grass seed in the Official Flight Kit Call Dr. David Huff, assistant professor of turfgrass and genetics, 863-9805.

To receive daily bulletins about the mission's progress call Vicki Fong or Andrea Messer at Penn State, 814-865-9481 or call Kennedy Space Center for tape-recorded bulletins, at 407-867-2525. On line, see http://www.psu.edu/nasa/

To access launch and daily televison feed from NASA Coordinates for NASA-TV are GE2, transponder 9C, 85 degrees West Longitude, vertical polarization, frequency 3880Mhz, audio 6.8 Mhz

To obtain an STS-90 flight patch for use as a visual with the story Call Bill Mahon, director of Public Information, at 814-865-7517.

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Contacts:
Barbara Hale (814) 865-9481 (office) (814) 238-0997 (home) bah@psu.edu
Vicki Fong (814) 865-9481 (office) (814) 238-1221 (home) vyf1@psu.edu