ADVISORY/Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Joins Students Near Cape Canaveral for Grand Finale of Nationwide Tour Celebrating John Glenn's Upcoming Mission to Space.

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Students From Across The Country Have Printed "Good Luck" Cards

Using the Same Epson Printer Technology to Accompany Glenn and

Six Other Astronauts on Space Shuttle Discovery Oct. 29

WHAT: "Good luck" cards for John Glenn from students nationwide

will arrive in Cape Canaveral for the finale of the Epson

"Blast Off" School Tour. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will join

nearly 700 students and teachers from Challenger 7

Elementary School in Cocoa, Fla. for the festivities.

Select Challenger 7 students, like hundreds of others

nationwide, will board a high-tech bus to make personalized

cards using computers, EPSON digital cameras and EPSON

Stylus Color ink jet printers -- the same Epson printer

technology that will be on board Space Shuttle Discovery for

Glenn's mission Oct. 29. Other cities visited by the tour

include: Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis,

Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Miami

and Glenn's hometown of New Concord, Ohio.

WHO: Buzz Aldrin, Challenger 7 Elementary children and teachers,

and Epson executives are available for interviews.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 27

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Select students make cards

(Aldrin to join in at 10:15 a.m.)

10:45 - 11:20 a.m. Grand finale ceremony

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Aldrin available for

interviews/Reception

WHERE: Challenger 7 Elementary (Principal Sandy Demmon)

6135 Rena Drive., Cocoa, Fla.

407/636-5801

NOTES: Committed to promoting technology in education, Epson has

donated five EPSON Stylus Color printers and one EPSON

digital camera to each school visited on the tour.