NASA Participates In United Nations Outreach Seminar On The
International Space Station WASHINGTON -- NASA participated
today in a seminar to create awareness among United Nations
member states on potential uses of the International Space
Station. At the request of the U.N.'s Office for Outer Space
Affairs, NASA and its international partner agencies attended
the outreach seminar in Vienna. Representatives from NASA; the
Canadian Space Agency; the European Space Agency; the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency; and the Russian Federal Space
Agency presented information on their respective capabilities
available on the orbiting outpost. They discussed the station's
management structure, research facilities, research
accomplishments, education outreach activities and mechanisms
for cooperation. "This was an opportunity for NASA and our
international partners to share the capabilities of the space
station with the international community," said International
Space Station Program Scientist Julie Robinson, who pres