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6-3-97

Contacts:
Rick Bennett, NASA, (205) 544-1422
Bill Byrd, Iowa Space Grant Consortium, (515) 294-6901
Skip Derra, News Service, (515) 294-4917

SPACE STATION EXHIBIT COMES TO IOWA

AMES, Iowa -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Station Exhibit will tour Iowa during June.

The exhibit is a full-scale mockup of the International Space Station's science laboratories and crew living quarters. Visitors can experience what it is like to be an astronaut aboard the Space Station. The fun is free.

The Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) is assisting NASA in coordinating the visits. Iowa State University is the lead institution for ISGC.

Participating cities and their contacts follow:

Sioux City

June 9-10; contact Gary Swaney, (800) 352-4649 ext.1298

Council Bluffs

June 12-13; contact Jeri Von Stein, (712) 366-7070

Des Moines,

June 15-16; contact David Marker, (515) 274-6868

Mason City

June 18-19; contact Elizabeth Gales, (515) 422-4354

Waterloo

June 21-22; contact Tamara Walenceus, (319) 233-8708

Cedar Rapids

June 24-25; contact Chuck Swore, (319) 365-8677 or Ganesh Ganpat, (319) 366-0968

Dubuque

June 27-28; contact Beverly Berna, (319) 583-6469

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