Seal of the Department of Defense U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Press Advisories
On the Web:
http://www.defense.gov/Advisories/Advisory.aspx?AdvisoryID=1639
Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public contact:
http://www.defense.gov/landing/comment.aspx
or +1 (703) 571-3343

No. 241-98 October 22, 1998
Secretary of Defense Presents Coins to Sen. Glenn and Discovery Crew

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen will make remarks and present Secretary of Defense coins to Sen. John Glenn and crewmembers of Discovery (STS-95), at a ceremony in Building 9, Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Road One, Houston, Texas, at 9 a.m. (CST), on Monday, Oct. 26. This event is open to the media.

Crewmembers will subsequently depart Johnson Space Center for the Kennedy Space Center where Discovery will be launched on Oct. 29.

Those interested in obtaining more information may call Eileen Howley or Barbara Zelon, (281) 483-2680.