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N° 17–1996: International STS-75 Shuttle crew visits ESA centers

5 April 1996

After their 15-day flight on the Columbia space shuttle from 22 February to 9 March 1996, European Space Agency astronauts Claude Nicollier and Maurizio Cheli and Italian Space Agency payload specialist Umberto Guidoni will accompany NASA astronauts Andrew Allen, Scott Horowitz, Franklin Chang-Diaz and Jeffrey Hoffman to various ESA and national Centres for public conferences, debriefings and encounters with the press.

The programme for the crew trip is as follows:

Tuesday 09 April 1996
ASI, Rome- Italy:
10:00-12:00 hrs Press conference.
Contact person: Carla Rosini, ASI Public Relations, Rome.
Tel. + 39 6 856 7411/ Fax. +39 6 4404 212

Tuesday April 16 1996
ESA Headquarters, Paris- France:
09:00- 10:30 hrs Press breakfast.
Contact: ESA Public Relations Division.
Tel. + 33 1 5369 7155/ Fax. + 5369 7690

Tuesday 16 April 1996
Federal Council, Bern- Switzerland:
17:00-18:00 hrs Public conference.
Contact person: Stephane Berthet, Federal Bureau of Education and Sciences,Bern.
Tel.+41 31.3229967/Fax.+ 41 31 322 7854

Wednesday 17 April 1996
Technical School of Trevano/Lugano- Switzerland:
17:00-18:00 hrs Public conference.
Contact person: Stephane Berthet, Federal Bureau of Education and Sciences, Bern.
Tel.+4131 3229967/Fax. + 41 31 322 7854

Friday 19 April 1996
College des Crousets, Sion- Switzerland:
17:00-18:00 hrs Public conference.
Contact person: Stephane Berthet, Federal Bureau of Education and Sciences, Bern.
Tel.+41 31 3229967/Fax.+ 41 31 322 7854

Monday 22 April 1996
ESA/EAC, Cologne- Germany:
14:00- 16:00 hrs Presentation to the media.
Contact: EAC Public Relations Office.
Tel.+49 22 0360010/Fax.+492203 60 01 66

Tuesday 23 April 1996
ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk- The Netherlands:
10:00-12:00 hrs Presentation to the media.
Contact: ESTEC Public Relations Office.
Tel.+31715653006/ Fax. + 31 71 565 6040

Media representatives wishing to attend a presentation and to meet the crew are requested to confirm their attendance to one of the Public Relations offices or Contact Persons listed above, who can also provide further information on the local programmes.