Media Advisory, Canadian Space Agency: American Astronaut John Glenn Takes Part in the Canadian Embrace Space Celebrations

SAINT-HUBERT,
QUEBEC–On
May
10
and
11,
2000,
U.S.
Senator
and
NASA
Astronaut,
John
Glenn,
and
Canadian
Space
Agency
(CSA)
Astronaut
Dave
Williams
will
visit
Ottawa
and
Saint-Hubert
as
part
of
the
Canadian
Embrace
Space
2000
celebrations.

Media representatives are invited to attend the following events:

1. Media opportunity (scrum)

Who:    John Manley, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible
        for the Canadian Space Agency
        Senator John Glenn

When:   Wednesday, May 10, 2000
        From 3:30 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.

Where:  House of Commons, Centre Block, Lobby
        Ottawa, Ontario

2. Presentation before the Standing Committee on Industry

Who:    John Manley, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible
        for the Canadian Space Agency
        Senator John Glenn

When:   Wednesday May 10, 2000
        At 3:45 p.m.

Where:  House of Commons, Centre Block, Room 112 North

Photo opportunity at start of meeting only.

3. Public presentation
   Presentation of detailed results of OSTEO experiment conducted
   during mission STS-95

Who:    Senator John Glenn and
        Canadian scientists responsible for the OSTEO experiment

When:   Wednesday, May 10, 2000
        At 8:30 p.m.

Where:  National Gallery of Canada-Auditorium
        380 Sussex Drive
        Ottawa, Ontario

4. Interactive youth presentation on space

Who:    Senator John Glenn and
        Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Dave Williams

When:   Thursday, May 11, 2000
        From 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Where:  Canadian Space Agency
        6767 Route de l'Aeroport
        Saint-Hubert, Quebec

This event will be broadcast live on CBC Newsworld in its entirety,
and partly on RDI.
It will also be broadcast via the Internet to 16, 500 Canadian
schools in partnership with Industry Canada's SchoolNet on
http://www.schoolnet.ca/embracespace.

In addition to the 200 students from schools located in the greater
Montreal area who will be visiting the Canadian Space Agency for the
occasion, students gathered in the following science centres will be
participating in the event:

Saskatchewan Science Centre           Western Space Education Network
Regina, Saskatchewan                  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Phone: 306-791-7931                   Phone: 306-374-1395

Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature     Science North
Winnipeg, Manitoba                    Sudbury, Ontario
Phone: 204-988-0621                   Phone: 705-522-3701

Newfoundland Science Centre
St. John's, Newfoundland
Phone: 709-754-6197

Contact:

Canadian Space Agency

Caroline Lavallée

Senior Communications Officer

(450) 926-4370

Email: caroline.lavallee@space.gc.ca