Karen W. Davis								May 1, 1995
Goddard Space Flight Center
Visitor Center
Greenbelt Md.  20771
(301) 286-3979

Jim Sahli
Goddard Space Flight Center
Office of Public Affairs
Greenbelt, Md.  20771
(301) 286-0697

Release No. 95 - 78 

NOTE TO THE EDITORS:

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MAY ACTIVITIES

	The Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center provides 
excellent opportunities for learning. May's activities include model 
rocket launches, a "star watch", video and lecture presentations, and 
tours of the Visitor Center and Goddard Space Flight Center facilities.


	The Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center is located in 
Greenbelt, Md., on Soil Conservation Road.  All events are free. For 
more information on these and other Goddard Visitor Center activities 
all, (301) 286-8981.  Interpreters will be provided for the hearing 
impaired with seven days' notice through TDD (301) 286-8103.

	The following are brief descriptions for inclusion in your calendar of events:

Sunday, May 7 and 21, 1 p.m.  

MODEL ROCKET LAUNCH

Model rockets will reach new heights at the Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center on Sunday, May 7 and 21, at    1 p.m. Bring your own rocket or just come out and enjoy watching the other rocket enthusiasts. All launches are monitored for safety and are held weather permitting.
Saturday, May 13, 8 to p.m.
STAR WATCH
May's warm weather provides excellent conditions for enjoying an evening of stargazing. Come enjoy the night skies at the Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center's Star Watch Program on Saturday, May 13, from 8 p.m. to 
10 p.m.  Tour the sky through the Visitor Center's telescope, or through any telescope or binoculars you bring. Rain or cloudy weather conditions will result in cancellation, with the make-up date scheduled for May 20.
	
Saturday, May 13, 1 p.m.

SATURDAY VIDEOS:  "The Atmosphere Below"

The Earth's atmosphere is continuously being bombarded by a stream of particles originating from the Sun and other objects in space. Find out more about these particles and the Earth's atmosphere at the Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center's showing of the video "The Atmosphere Below" on Saturday, May 13, at 1 p.m. This video is appropriate for all ages.

Sunday, May 28, 1 p.m.  

DISCOVER GODDARD PRESENTATION:  "How Do We Study Ozone?"

The Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS), to be launched in 1995, on board an Earth Probe Satellite (TOMS-EP), will continue NASA's long term daily mapping of the global distribution of the Earth's atmospheric ozone.  TOMS-EP will extend the high resolution measurement of ozone from space which began with NASA's Nimbus-7 satellite in 1978, and continued with the launch of TOMS instrument on board a Russian Meteor-3 satellite in 1991.  Join Philip A. Sabelhaus, Project Manager for the TOMS Project, as he discusses how studying ozone creation and depletion has helped scientists understand how man and nature are affecting the environment, the importance of ozone and steps being taken worldwide to stop ozone depletion.

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