Debra Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, DC             April 19, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-1638)

Bruce Buckingham 
Kennedy Space Center, FL
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-24 

NASA ADMINISTRATOR GOLDIN AND ASI PRESIDENT DEJULIO TO SIGN
FRAMEWORK FOR COOPERATION

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and Italian Space 
Agency (ASI) President Sergio DeJulio will sign a Framework 
for Cooperation to build the Habitation Module for the 
International Space Station. 

The agreement will be signed Thursday, April 19 at 11:45 a.m. 
EDT at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, FL. 

News representatives will have an opportunity to photograph 
the signing ceremony at the IMAX Theater at the Kennedy Space 
Center's (KSC) Visitor Complex. A bus will leave the KSC 
Press Site for this event at 11:15 a.m. EDT. Reporters 
interested in attending this event  must sign up at the tour 
desk at the KSC Press Site.

NASA and ASI will hold a briefing on the Framework for 
Cooperation at the KSC Press Site at 4:30 p.m. EDT, following 
the STS-100 post-launch press conference. Briefing 
participants will be Administrator Goldin, ASI President 
DeJulio, and Michael W. Hawes, NASA Deputy Associate 
Administrator for Space Station, NASA Headquarters, 
Washington, DC. 

The briefing will be carried live on NASA Television with 
question and answer capability from participating NASA 
centers. NASA TV is available on satellite GE-2, transponder 
9C, located at 85 degrees West longitude, with vertical 
polarization. Frequency is 3880 MHz and audio is located on 
6.8 MHz.

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