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There's no telling where this will lead. It's a damned shame there's so much poverty and meaness on one extreme so much honor and valour on the other, but I know that someday we will become once again what we all were at one time!!!!
Sonja Alexander November 7, 2002
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1761)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N02-71
SPECIAL NATIVE AMERICAN SEND OFF FOR NASA'S NEXT SHUTTLE
MISSION
Media representatives are invited to attend a special
ceremony honoring astronaut John Herrington and the crew of
STS-113. Herrington is the first tribal registered Native
American astronaut.
The ceremony is scheduled to begin on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 9:00
p.m. EST at the Kennedy Space Center's Visitor ComplexRocket
Garden, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Interested media may call the Kennedy Space Center (321-867-
2468) for credentials or get them on line at: http://www-
pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/2002/110-02.htm
STS-113 will be the 16th Shuttle flight to visit the
International Space Station. The Space Shuttle Endeavour will
continue the outward expansion of the orbital outpost by
delivering the P1 (Port-One) Truss. Also, Endeavour will
deliver the Expedition Six crew to the Station and return the
Expedition Five crew to Earth. The Space Shuttle launch is
scheduled between midnight and 3 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11.
For more information about the upcoming launch:
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov
Event Schedule:
* 9:00 p.m. Pre - launch Native American Ceremony at Rocket
Garden
* Master of Ceremonies: Danny Key, Administrator, The
Chickasaw Nation
* Mandaree Native American Drum Group: Mandan/Hidatsa Tribe
* Drums Begin to Call the People
* 9:15 p.m. Presentation of Colors by Seminole Native
American Veterans
* "Star Spangled Banner:" Radmilla Cody, 2001 Miss Navajo
Nation
* Flute solo: Jerry Elliott, Osage/Cherokee, Aerospace
Technologist, Space Shuttle Program Office, NASA Johnson
Space Center
* Honor Dance: Chickasaw Dance Troupe
* 9:25 p.m. Dedication by Lee Frazier, Chickasaw Tribal Elder
* Prayer: Crystal Underwood, Chickasaw Princess; Tamela
Alexander, Chickasaw Jr. Princess; Julie Underwood, Little
Miss Chickasaw
* Song: "Up Where We Belong" Buffy Sainte-Marie
* 9:55 p.m. Launch Reception at Debus Center (next to Rocket
Garden)
* 10:30 p.m. Mission Briefing
* 11:30 p.m. Board Buses to Banana Creek Viewing Stands
-end-
* * *
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Sonja Alexander November 7, 2002
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1761)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N02-71
SPECIAL NATIVE AMERICAN SEND OFF FOR NASA'S NEXT SHUTTLE
MISSION
Media representatives are invited to attend a special
ceremony honoring astronaut John Herrington and the crew of
STS-113. Herrington is the first tribal registered Native
American astronaut.
The ceremony is scheduled to begin on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 9:00
p.m. EST at the Kennedy Space Center's Visitor ComplexRocket
Garden, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Interested media may call the Kennedy Space Center (321-867-
2468) for credentials or get them on line at: http://www-
pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/2002/110-02.htm
STS-113 will be the 16th Shuttle flight to visit the
International Space Station. The Space Shuttle Endeavour will
continue the outward expansion of the orbital outpost by
delivering the P1 (Port-One) Truss. Also, Endeavour will
deliver the Expedition Six crew to the Station and return the
Expedition Five crew to Earth. The Space Shuttle launch is
scheduled between midnight and 3 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11.
For more information about the upcoming launch:
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov
Event Schedule:
* 9:00 p.m. Pre - launch Native American Ceremony at Rocket
Garden
* Master of Ceremonies: Danny Key, Administrator, The
Chickasaw Nation
* Mandaree Native American Drum Group: Mandan/Hidatsa Tribe
* Drums Begin to Call the People
* 9:15 p.m. Presentation of Colors by Seminole Native
American Veterans
* "Star Spangled Banner:" Radmilla Cody, 2001 Miss Navajo
Nation
* Flute solo: Jerry Elliott, Osage/Cherokee, Aerospace
Technologist, Space Shuttle Program Office, NASA Johnson
Space Center
* Honor Dance: Chickasaw Dance Troupe
* 9:25 p.m. Dedication by Lee Frazier, Chickasaw Tribal Elder
* Prayer: Crystal Underwood, Chickasaw Princess; Tamela
Alexander, Chickasaw Jr. Princess; Julie Underwood, Little
Miss Chickasaw
* Song: "Up Where We Belong" Buffy Sainte-Marie
* 9:55 p.m. Launch Reception at Debus Center (next to Rocket
Garden)
* 10:30 p.m. Mission Briefing
* 11:30 p.m. Board Buses to Banana Creek Viewing Stands
-end-
* * *
NASA press releases and other information are available automatically
by sending an Internet electronic mail message to domo@hq.nasa.gov.
In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type
the words "subscribe press-release" (no quotes). The system will
reply with a confirmation via E-mail of each subscription. A second
automatic message will include additional information on the service.
NASA releases also are available via CompuServe using the command
GO NASA. To unsubscribe from this mailing list, address an E-mail
message to domo@hq.nasa.gov, leave the subject blank, and type only
"unsubscribe press-release" (no quotes) in the body of the message.
F.C.
