Sarah Keegan

Headquarters, Washington, DC July 15, 1999

(Phone: 202/358-1600)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N99-41

REPORTERS INVITED TO APOLLO 11 30th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first landing of

humans on the moon, NASA will be participating in several events
around the country; some will be open for press coverage. The
most current schedule can be found on the Internet at:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/events.htm

* Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot

Buzz Aldrin, along with other Apollo-era astronauts, will be
available to the press on Friday, July 16, at 5:30 p.m. EDT at
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, FL. For press credentials, call the
Kennedy Space Center newsroom at 407/867-2468. The event will be
carried live on NASA Television, but there will be no question-
and-answer capability from other NASA centers.

* NASA, in cooperation with the Apollo 11 Commemoration

Association, will host a dinner at 8 p.m. EDT Friday, July 16, at
the Kennedy Space Center's Apollo Saturn V Facility to highlight
the contributions of aerospace workers who made the Apollo program
possible. For press credentials, call the Kennedy Space Center
newsroom at 407/867-2468.

* The Apollo 11 crew -- Armstrong, Aldrin and Command Module

Pilot Michael Collins -- will receive the prestigious Langley
Medal from the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents at the
National Air and Space Museum on Tuesday, July 20, at 8:30 a.m.
EDT. This will be a photo opportunity only. The crew will not be
available for interviews or to answer questions. For press
reservations, call Amy Dyson at the museum's public affairs office
on 202/357-1552. Space is extremely limited and reservations are
required to attend. More information has been posted to the
Internet at:

http://www.nasm.edu/apollo30th/

* Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins will participate in the

taping of a special television broadcast during which they will
discuss their historic mission and answer questions from young
students in the studio of the Newseum in Arlington, VA, at 1 p.m.
EDT on Tuesday, July 20. This program will be carried live on
NASA Television. For press information and reservations, call
Kelli Dumas at the Newseum on 703/284-3752. More information has
been posted to the Internet at:

http://www.newseum.org/

* A special exhibition from the NASA art collection,

"Artistry of Space," premieres Tuesday, July 20, on Artrain USA,
in Union Station, Washington, DC, with a special guest reception.
A press preview will be held on Monday, July 19, at 10 a.m. EDT on
Track 10 in Union Station. Press confirmation is required and can
be obtained by contacting Laura Drew at Artrain on 734/747-8300
x222. More information has been posted to the Internet at:

http://www.diamondbullet.com/Artrain/

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