Terri Sindelar
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                            
March 17, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1977)

Catherine G. Schauer
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
(Phone:  804/864-6122)



RELEASE:  94-46

NASA HOSTS NATIONAL AEROSPACE EDUCATION CONFERENCE


     The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will host, 
in cooperation with the Civil Air Patrol and the Federal Aviation 
Administration, the nation's premier conference for educators in 
the fields of aviation and space on April 6-9 in Norfolk, Va.

     More than 1,000 educators and leaders in the aerospace 
industry are expected to attend the 27th annual National Congress 
on Aviation and Space Education (NCASE).  This year's theme is 
"Aviation and Space Education:  America's Leading Edge."

     The conference is designed to capture the interest of young 
people in the wonders of aviation, science, mathematics and 
advanced technology, while individual sessions are developed to 
challenge, guide and stimulate the abilities of the educators and 
their students.  

     NCASE provides attenders with an opportunity to hear experts 
from the aerospace industry and the U.S. government and to meet 
with their peers and share what they are doing in their 
classrooms.  Sessions are geared to cover all grade levels from 
kindergarten through university.

     Paul Holloway, Director of NASA's Langley Research Center, 
Hampton, Va., will open the conference proceedings on April 7.  
Featured NASA speakers will include Capt. Robert L."Hoot" Gibson, 
astronaut; Dr. Wesley L. Harris, Associate Administrator for 
Aeronautics; and Frederick D. Gregory, Associate Administrator 
For Safety And mission assurance.


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     Other speakers from government and industry include USAF 
Brig. General Marcelite J. Harris; James W. Kohlmoos, U.S. 
Department of Education; USAF Lt. General Jay W. Kelly; Scott 
Siansburg, mathematician; Dr. Guion S. Bluford, a former NASA 
astronaut and currently Vice President and general manager of 
Engineering Services Division at Nyma, Inc; Dr. William C. 
Bosher, Jr., superintendent for the Virginia Department of Public 
Instruction; Ed Fitzsimmons, Office of Science and Technology 
Policy at The White House; and William M. Bower, USAF (Ret.)

     The conference will be held at the Norfolk Waterside 
Convention Center, 215 E. Main St., Norfolk, Va.  For more 
information or to register for the conference, call 
1-800/789-7887.

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