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N° 3-1999: crew visits Spain and ESA Centers.

11 January 1999
Following his 9-day flight on Space Shuttle Discovery in late October last year, ESA astronaut Pedro Duque will accompany NASA astronauts Curt Brown, Steve Lindsey, Steve Robinson and John Glenn to Spain and to various ESA centers in Europe for meetings with State officials, public conferences and press conferences.

The programme for the crew trip is the following:

11 January, Madrid, Spain:

18:30 hrs: Press Conference at Palacio de Congresos
19:00 hrs: Mission Presentation at Palacio de Congresos

13 January, Granada, Spain.

14 January, Barcelona, Spain.

15 January, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Contact person: Emilio Jarillo, Press Office of MINER Tel: + 34 91 349 4169, Fax. + 34 91 349 4548

18 January, Frascati, Italy:
10:30 hrs: Press Conference at ESA/ESRIN
Contact Person: Franca Morgia, Public Relations Tel. + 39 06 94

18 09 50/ Fax. + 39 06 94 18 09 52

19 January, Cologne, Germany:
12:00 hrs: Press Conference and presentation to students at ESA/EAC
Contact Person: Martine Caparros, Public Relations Tel. + 49 2203 60 010/ Fax. + 49 2203 60 01 66

20 January, Paris, France
10:00 hrs: Press Conference at ESA Head Office
Contact Person: Anne-Marie Rémondin, Public Relations Tel. + 33 1 5369 7155/ Fax. + 33 1 5369 7690

Media representatives wishing to attend a press conference and to meet the crew are requested to confirm their attendance calling one of the contact persons listed above, who can also provide further information on the local programmes.