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NOTICE TO I_,ISY_N J_/NE 1_ 1970
SKYLab PRESS BRIEFING
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will have a
"Skylab and Beyond" press briefing June 15-16_ 19707 at the Marshall
Space Flight Center_ buntsville_ Ala.
The program will start at 1:30 p.m. June 15 and end at 4:30 p.m.
June 16. Officials fro_ NASA Headquarters_ the Marshall Center_ Manned
Spacecraft Center_ Houston, anm the Kennedy Space Center_ Fla._ will
provide information on all aspects of the Skylab program.
Prominent on the agenda will be the inspection of the recentlycompleted
Saturn Workshop mockup. This is the final design of the
workshop_ a major part of the country's first suace station, which is
to be launched in 1972. A tour of the assembly building where Apollo
Telescope Mount (ATM) solar observatories are being assembled is also
on the schedule_ as well as Sky!_ simulations in a large underwater
zero-gravity simulator. The final session will be devoted to a status
report on the "integrated program" -- recent work on the proposed space
station_ space shuttle_ nuclear shuttle and tug.
Mockups and hardware will be available for photographs as will
demonstrations by astronauts and technicians.
Correspondents planning to attend this briefing should notify the
MSFC Public Affairs Office, 205-453-0034 or 453-0035. A block o_ rooms
has been reserved at the Sheraton Motor Inn_ Huntsville. To make a
reservation_ call the Sheraton, 205-837-3250, and identify yourself
with the Skylab press briefing_ before June 14.
Transportation will be provided from the motel to the Center.