Space Shuttle includes key component built by Cherokee Nation Industries

0 Comments | Indian Country Today (Lakota Times), October, 2000 | by Pierpoint, Mary

Pierpoint, Mary Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 10-11-2000 Space Shuttle includes key component built by Cherokee Nation Industries By Mary Pierpoint TODAY STAFF STILWELL, Okla. - The most recent launch of the space shuttle Discovery included as part of its payload, a product built by Cherokee Nation Industries. The Zenith-1 Truss Structure is a key component of the International Space Station and will be delivered to the space station via the Discovery space shuttle. "The part is really the centerpiece of the station," explained Karen Martinez, a CNI employee, in a statement issued by the Cherokee Nation Press Office.

"It contains gyroscopes that will maintain the steadiness of the space station, the heating and cooling systems and the electrical...