Brian Welch
Headquarters, Washington, DC                                                                June 8, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1600)


MEDIA ADVISORY

NASA TECHNOLOGY TO BE EXHIBITED ON CAPITOL HILL JUNE 10

     NASA will be displaying cutting edge aerospace technologies at the House Rayburn 
Office Building foyer from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10.  The NASA exhibits 
are being displayed at the invitation of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, (R-CA), 
Chairman, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science.

     Exhibits from each of NASA's four strategic enterprises will be on hand, including a 
working model of the Mars Pathfinder Rover, Sojourner; technologies being developed for 
a NASA mission to an asteroid; information on the International Space Station; global 
climate prediction technologies used to monitor such weather events as El Nino, and 
advanced NASA research in aeronautics to make air travel safer and more economical.

     NASA scientists, engineers and an astronaut will be present to answer any questions 
media and the public may have concerning NASA's commitment to maintaining America's 
leadership in research and technology development.

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