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From: yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
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Subject: Space Shuttle exhibit "Ambassador" to be displayed at Spaceport USA (Forwarded)
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          Karl Kristofferson                                Nov. 26, 1990
          407-867-2468

          KSC RELEASE NO: 189-90

          SPACE SHUTTLE EXHIBIT "AMBASSADOR" TO BE DISPLAYED AT SPACEPORT
          USA

               Holiday visitors to the Kennedy Space Center's Spaceport USA
          visitors complex have a special treat in store -- an opportunity
          to explore the inside of a Space Shuttle Orbiter.

               The "Ambassador," a full-scale, steel and fiberglass replica
          of NASA's manned spaceplane -- measuring 56 feet high, 122 feet
          long and with a wingspan of 78 feet -- will be ready to awe and
          entertain visitors by the Christmas holidays.

               Guests entering Ambassador will have an astronaut's view of
          the cargo bay, the crew quarters and the flight deck. A video
          display of Space Shuttle operations also will be available.

               Built by an Apopka, Fla. firm for Irvin & Kenneth Feld
          Productions, Inc. of Vienna, VA, the Shuttle replica will be
          displayed at Spaceport USA under a mutual agreement between the
          latter and TW Recreational Services Inc., which manages and
          operates Spaceport USA for NASA under a concessionaire contract.

               Originally constructed for showing at the Expo '92 World's
          Fair in Seville, Spain, the owners first wanted to premiere
          Ambassador to the public at Spaceport USA. Its name is derived
          from the fact that it is destined for extensive international
          showing.

               The replica will be open to visitors during normal Spaceport
          USA operating hours, usually 9 a.m. to dark, and will be fully
          lighted for viewing after dark for extended evening operations.
          It will be on display four months, beginning in mid-December,
          with an option to extend through mid-September of 1991.

               Would-be space travelers, however, would be wise to make
          plans to visit Spaceport USA by early April of next year to be
          assured of this rare opportunity for an inside look at the
          world's only full-scale replica of a Space Shuttle.


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