LOCKHEED MARTIN TO HOST U.S. SENATORS BARBARA MIKULSKI AND MARY LANDRIEU

NEW ORLEANS, LA., 08-NOV-01 -- U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) will tour the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where Lockheed Martin builds the Space Shuttle External Tank at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, November 10.

Sen. Mikulski chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the NASA budget. Sen. Landrieu is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Reporters and photographers are invited to cover the tour from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. Please call Harry Wadsworth at 257-0094 or beeper 572-8233 or Marion LaNasa at 257-1307 or beeper (800) 341-2162 to arrange for credentials on the weekend.

Media Contacts:

Harry Wadsworth, 504-257-0094 or harry.wadsworth@maf.nasa.gov