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From: yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
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Subject: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition (Forwarded)
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Date: 7 Jul 88 01:20:43 GMT
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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