Conference 7.286::space

659.0. "U.S/U.S.S.R. space meetings to be held" by 4347::GRIFFIN (Dave Griffin) Mon Oct 15 1990 10:58

From: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Debra J. Rahn
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                   October 12, 1990
(Phone:  202/453-8455)


RELEASE:  90-138

U.S./U.S.S.R. SPACE MEETINGS TO BE HELD


     United States and Soviet space and aeronautics officials 
will hold three separate meetings next week.  Richard H. Truly, 
NASA's Administrator, will lead a U.S. Government delegation to 
the Soviet Union for general discussions on U.S./U.S.S.R. civil 
space programs and for visits to Soviet space facilities, October 
15-19, 1990.

     In addition, the fourth U.S./U.S.S.R. Solar System 
Exploration Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting will be held 
October 15-22, in Crystal City, Virginia.  A Soviet aeronautics 
team will also visit NASA's aeronautics centers to be briefed on 
our aeronautics programs, October 15-25.

     The U.S. Government delegation's visit to Moscow is in 
response to long-standing invitations to visit senior Soviet 
space officials and installations.

     The group will visit a number of Soviet organizations and 
facilities, including, tentatively, the Ministry of General 
Machine Building; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the U.S.S.R. 
Academy of Sciences; the Space Research Institute; Star City, the 
cosmonaut training center; the Ministry of Health's Institute of 
Biomedical Problems; NPO Energia; and the Flight Control Center 
in Kaliningrad.

     In addition to Admiral Truly, members of the U.S. delegation 
are NASA officials Samuel W. Keller, Associate Deputy 
Administrator; Margaret G. Finarelli, Acting Associate 
Administrator for External Relations; and Arnauld Nicogossian, 
Director of Life Sciences; John Boright, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Science and Technology Affairs, Department of 
State; Raymond Walters, Director of Policy and International 
Coordination, National Space Council; and John Thomas, Special 
Assistant for Soviet Affairs, Defense Technology Security 
Administration.

     Discussions during the Solar System Exploration JWG will 
include the status of planned cooperation on the Mars Balloon 
Relay mission; the Antaractic Balloon Flight Program; 
coordination of the Soviet Vesta (Mars '94) and U.S. Mars 
Observer missions and the exchange of scientific data; exchange 
of U.S. and Soviet scientists on the Magellan, U.S. Mars Observer 
and Soviet Mars '94 missions; and possible cross-support of the 
Mars Observer and Mars '94 missions.

     The U.S.S.R. Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAI) hosted a 
NASA aeronautics team in Moscow last May and arranged visits to 
its facilities conducting aeronautical research.  NASA will host 
a reciprocal visit by a Soviet aeronautics team in October.  The 
Soviet team will be led by Deputy Minister V. M. Chuiko.  They 
will visit NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, 
Calif., Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif., Langley 
Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, Lewis Research Center, 
Cleveland, Ohio, and NASA Headquarters.  The exchange of visits 
will give both sides an opportunity to become acquainted with 
their ongoing aeronautical research programs.

     Space cooperation between the two nations was established by 
the U.S./U.S.S.R. Civil Space Agreement signed in Apri1 1987.