Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!yee From: yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition (Forwarded) Message-ID: <11378@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Date: 7 Jul 88 01:20:43 GMT Reply-To: yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA Lines: 37 Terri Sindelar July 6, 1988 Headquarters, Washington, D.C. RELEASE: 88-90 15,000 SCHOOLS RESPOND TO SHUTTLE ORBITER-NAMING COMPETITION The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced today that 15,000 schools across the nation have responded to its invitation to participate in the national competition to name the new Space Shuttle orbiter. The new orbiter, currently designated OV 105, is being built to replace the Challenger and is scheduled to be completed in 1991. To enter, U.S. students in kindergarten through 12th grade will form teams and research a name for the orbiter. The teams will prepare an interdisciplinary classroom project to support and justify the name selected. The name proposed must be of a sea vessel used in research or exploration. A team coordinator, who must be a faculty member, will be responsible for directing the team's activities. Orbiter-naming projects must be completed during the fall semester and entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 1988. Interested faculty members can obtain Orbiter-Naming Program Entry packets by contacting the Council of Chief State School Officers, which is administering the program for NASA, on (202) 783-5109 or (202) 783-5113, or by writing: NASA Orbiter-Naming Program Council of Chief State School Officers 400 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 379 Washington, D.C. 20001