Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, DC                                     July 12, 1996
(Phone:  202/358-1979)

Rob Navias
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone:  713/483-5111)

RELEASE:  96-137

CAMERON TO LEAVE ASTRONAUT CORPS

	Shuttle astronaut Ken Cameron (Colonel, USMC) will leave NASA  on 
August 5 to pursue other career interests.

	Cameron, selected as an astronaut in 1984 and a three-time Shuttle
flight veteran, will join Hughes Training, Inc., as Executive Director,
Houston Operations.

	"Ken's contributions to the astronaut office and to NASA have been
valuable," said David C. Leestma, director of Flight Crew Operations.  "He
was instrumental in setting up the support system for NASA astronauts training
in Russia.  We wish him well in his new career."

	Cameron first flew as pilot on STS-37 in 1991 and served as commander
on two subsequent missions, STS-56 in 1993 and STS-74 in 1995.

	For complete biographical information on Cameron and other astronauts,
see the NASA Internet astronaut biography home page at URL: 

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/

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