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Space Shuttle Mission STS-93:
Students' papers launched in space
Biographies
Students papers onboard
Photos
www.nasa.gov
www.cnes.fr
On July 20, 1999 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA
will launch space shuttle Flight STS-93. Among technical material and flight logs, the
shuttle will also be carrying four newspapers, entirely designed and written by
French-speaking schools across America, stowed away among his personal belongings by crew
member Michel Tognini.
The newspapers are the product of a nation-wide contest entitled, Space
Research, What is it For? Sponsored by North American Milan Presse, the French Embassy in
Washington, D.C. and CNES (the French national space program), the competition invited
students aged 10 to 12 to create newspapers on science and space research. The contest had
two requirements: students needed to write articles about outer space and space
exploration, and they were required to model the layout for their newspapers after Milan
Presse publications.
Scientists and journalists visited students to help them gather information for
their articles. Schools around the country submitted over 30 newspapers. The winner was
selected by a five-person jury representing the disciplines of education, pedagogy,
linguistics and astronomy. Milan Presse published the winning entry and distribute it to
thousands of people. The jury chose a newspaper submitted by AWTY School in Houston,
Texas. Earlier this year, the 13 students who created the newspaper were invited to a
birthday celebration for Tognini where they also met Flight STS-93’s commander and
pilot. In addition, the students have been invited to the shuttle’s launch. Honorable
mentions went to the Lycée Rochambeau in Bethesda, MD, l’Ecole franco-américaine in
New York and l’Ecole française in Portland, their papers will also be onboard./.
Embassy of France in the US - July 12, 1999
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