Academy Award Winning Director Steven Spielberg Helps E.T. Make History At Universal Studios Florida as Famed Extra Terrestrial Places First Phone Call in 20 Years.Business & Entertainment Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 Two-Way Satellite Link With Astronauts At International Space Station is a First for NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Space Program Taking a break from filming on the set of his newest motion picture, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg will help E.T., NASA astronauts and schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school at Universal Studios Florida make history on Tuesday (3/19) as E.T. places his first phone call in 20 years to the International Space Station (ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). ) orbiting hundreds of miles above the Earth's surface Noun 1. Earth's surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" surface . Utilizing a communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. assembled to connect the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, set of the movie, "Catch Me If You Can" with Universal Studios Florida and NASA's special satellite telephone system, Spielberg will help give new meaning to the phrase "long distance call" as he's linked to the Space Station along with Orlando area school children who will gather with E.T. at the "E.T. Adventure" ride at the Universal Orlando theme park. In a rare collaboration between the earth-orbiting astronauts and an earth-bound Extraterrestrial, E.T, Spielberg, the Florida schoolchildren, NASA Astronaut Janice Voss and Chief Scientist for Human Space Flight Dr. Kathryn Clark will speak directly with the Space Station crew. The children will have the opportunity to question crew members as they float weightlessly within the Space Station cabin. Following their extraterrestrial phone call, the children will be the first to experience the new features of the "E.T. Adventure" ride, enhanced to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of director Spielberg's timeless classic. E.T., The Extra Terrestrial 20th Anniversary re-release -- with additional never-before-seen footage and digital enhancements -- will premiere at theaters nationwide on Friday, March 22nd. Originally released on June 11, 1982 the movie holds the record as Universal Pictures' highest grossing domestic film ever. Movie goers can personally re-live the classic story of the unpredictable and loving bonding of the lost Extra Terrestrial and innocent young boy in E.T. Adventure rides and featured attractions at three Universal theme parks: Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Japan Universal Studios Japan (ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン in Osaka. Universal Orlando (http://www.universalorlando.com) includes the Universal Studios theme park, the new Islands of Adventure theme park, CityWalk, a 30-acre themed entertainment complex, and world-class on-site hotel accommodations. Universal Orlando is a unit of Universal Studios, a part of CANAL+, the TV and Film division of Vivendi Universal, a new global leader in media and communications. |
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