RE: Canadian Space Agency -- Canadian Experiments to be Performed In Space.SAINT-HUBERT, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1998--On June 2 at 5:12 p.m., Space Shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Discovery will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) U.S. launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562] See : Astronautics in Florida with Canadian Space Agency The Canadian Space Agency (CSA or, in French, l'Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the Canadian government space agency responsible for Canada's space program. It was established in March 1989 by the Canadian Space Agency Act and sanctioned in December 1990. experiments on board. Mission STS-91 will carry two space science experiments from the Atlantic region: MIRROR from the Centre for Cold Oceans Resources Engineering (C-CORE) in Newfoundland; and ACTORS, from the University of Moncton. Both will fly as Get Away Special (GAS) Payloads, which are fully automated payloads requiring little or no supervision on the part of the astronauts on board. The purpose of the MIRROR (Microgravity mi·cro·grav·i·ty n. 1. An environment in which there is very little net gravitational force, as of a free-falling object, an orbit, or interstellar space. 2. Industry Related Research for Oil Recovery) experiment is to use the microgravity environment of space to develop new technologies that could ultimately have an impact on the Canadian oil industry, environmental clean-up, and the world's future oil reserves. This payload is co-sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency's Space Science Program. Other partners include the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador, province, Canada Newfoundland and Labrador (ny  `fənlənd, ny , the European Space Agency European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. (ESA 1. (architecture) ESA - Enterprise Systems Architecture.2. (body) ESA - European Space Agency. ) and a number of petroleum companies; namely, Petro-Canada, Husky Oil, Mobil, Chevron, Elf Aquitaine and Murphy. The purpose of the ACTORS (Atlantic Canada Thin Organic Semiconductors) experiment is to produce more uniform thin films. Canadian scientists will be able to compare the thin films produced in microgravity with those produced on Earth. A better understanding of the Physical Vapour Transport process and the role gravity has in affecting the formation of thin films should lead to improved ground-based manufacturing. ACTORS is a project led by the University of Moncton research team and is sponsored by the CSA's Space Science Program. Canadian media wishing to cover Mission STS-91 activities from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC KSC Kennedy Space Center KSC Keene State College (New Hampshire) KSC Kagoshima Space Center KSC Karlsruher Sportclub (Karlsruhe, Germany) KSC Korean Service Corps ) in Florida must inform the Canadian Space Agency to receive proper accreditation. Fax in your name and affiliation to 514/926-4352. Contact Carole Duval, from the Communications Directorate, at 514/926-4705. Note that journalists are responsible for arranging their own transportation and accommodation. You must also consider that your schedule will have to remain flexible in case of a change in launch date.
CONTACT: Canadian Space Agency
Isabelle Hudon, 514/926-4350
http://www.space.gc.ca
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University of Moncton
Dr. Truong Vo-Van, Dean, 506/858-4310
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C-CORE
Dr. Parvez Kumar, 709/737-7579
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