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For Release: June 5, 1995

Release No. 95-049

**NASA Langley Story Opportunities - June**

**REMINDER ABOUT JUNE 6 TALK. ** Samuel Pierpont Langley, an innovative
astrophysicist and aviation pioneer during the late 1800s and early
1900s, will have his work and career featured at the NASA Langley
Colloquium Tuesday, June 6 at 2 p.m. Langley \-- after whom the center
was named \-- is credited with engineering the world\'s first successful
unmanned flights of a heavier-than-air flying machine, known as an
\"aerodrome.\" Donald L. Lansing, retired NASA Langley engineer and
lecturer on Langley\'s work, will be the speaker. Media are invited to
the talk and to a media briefing at 1:15 p.m., both at the H.J.E. Reid
Conference Center, NASA Langley.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACT: Catherine E. Watson (804) 864-6122/3

**LANGLEY WORKING ON NEXT-GENERATION SPACE VEHICLES. **Langley has been
asked to draw on its more than 20 years of experience in reusable launch
vehicle studies as part of an agency-wide program to produce a new
generation of launch vehicles. The Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) program
calls for development of one or more launch vehicles that could deliver
payloads and people to space, fly back to Earth, and be used again.
Photos are available of one RLV concept model being tested in a wind
tunnel.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACT: Michael Finneran (804) 864-8150.

**MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS AGREEMENT REACHED.** Langley has entered an
agreement intended to transfer technology to minority-owned businesses
through a consortium with member companies across the nation. The
agreement was signed with the Minority-Owned Business Technology
Transfer Consortium, a not-for-profit organization whose member firms
are at least 50-percent minority owned. Under the agreement, NASA and
the consortium will identify and work with minority firms that are
candidates for technology commercialization and partnership
opportunities.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACT: Michael Finneran (804) 864-8150.

**NEW BOOK CHRONICLES NASA LANGLEY\'S EARLY SPACE DAYS. ** \"Spaceflight
Revolution\" is the story of NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik
to Apollo. The 542-page book is expected to be available through the
Government Printing Office by the second week in June. The book, NASA
SP-4308, was written by the author of the highly-praised \"Engineer in
Charge\" which outlines Langley\'s aviation and space pioneering efforts
between 1917 and 1958.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ORDER DESK: 202-512-1800

PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACT: Keith Henry (804) 864-6124

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**TEACHERS GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL AT NASA LANGLEY. ** NASA Langley
scientists and engineers will be the teachers this summer during several
training sessions for elementary and middle school teachers. NASA
scientists and engineers, along with NASA education specialists, will
help the teachers learn more about aeronautics, engineering, atmospheric
science and space research during each of the two-week programs. Photo
opportunities, interviews with the teachers and NASA participants
available.

**o JULY EXAMPLE** - Since 1987, NASA Langley has conducted NEWEST, a
formal teacher training program funded by the National Science Teachers
Association. Short for NASA Education Workshop for Elementary School
Teachers, NEWEST is for grade K-6 teachers. This year, it will be held
July 9-22.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACT: Catherine E. Watson (804) 864-6122/3