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Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.             January 26, 1993
(Phone:  202/453-1134)

Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone:  713/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N93-4

STS-55 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION BRIEFINGS SET

        The STS-55 preflight briefings will be held Feb. 3 and 4 at the
Johnson Space Center, Houston, building 2, room 135.

        A briefing agenda is attached.  All briefings will be carried on
NASA Select television with two-way audio for questions from NASA
Headquarters and other centers.  NASA Select programming is carried
on SATCOM F2R, transponder 13, located at 72 degrees west longitude.

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AGENDA
February 3-4, 1993
All Times EST
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3

9:30 a.m.     Mission Overview
                  Gary Coen, Lead Flight Director, JSC
                  Dr. H. Dodeck, D-2 Mission Manager,
                  German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR)

10:30 a.m.  DLR Science Overview
                  Materials Science - Dr. P. R. Sahm, D-2 Program Scientist
                  University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
                  Technology Astronomy - Dr. M. Keller, D-2 Project
Scientist,
                  DLR, Cologne, Germany
                  Human Physiology - Dr. J. Stegemann,
                  University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
                  Fluid Physics - Dr. D. Langbein, Battelle-Institute,
Frankfurt
                  Biology - Dr. H. D. Mennigmann, University of Frankfurt

12:00noon  NASA Science Overview
                  Enhanced Hybridoma Production Under Microgravity
                  - Dr. David W. Sammons, PI, University of Arizona, Tucson
                  Influence of Weightlessness upon Autonomic
Cardiovascular Controls
                  - Dr. Dwain L. Eckberg, PI, Medical College of Va.,
Richmond
                  Cardiovascular Regulation at Microgravity
                  - Dr. C. G. Blomqvist, PI, University of Texas
                    Health Science Center, Dallas
2 p.m.         Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX)
                  -Louis McFadin, JSC, Principal Investigator

THURSDAY, Feb. 4

9:00 a.m.     STS-55 Crew Briefing
                  Steven R. Nagel, Commander
                  Terence T. Henricks, Pilot
                  Jerry L. Ross, Mission Specialist
                  Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr., Mission Specialist
                  Charles J. Precourt, Mission Specialist
                  Hans Schlegel, Payload Specialist
                  Dr. Ulrich Walter, Payload Specialist
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