A Piece of the Past Hitches a Ride on Next Space Shuttle Mission

U.S. Newswire, June, 2007

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

Contact: Allard Beutel, of Headquarters, Washington, 1-202-3458- 4769, or Kathy Barnstorff of Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., 1-757-864-9886, both of NASA; or Kevin Crossett of Jamestown 2007, Jamestown, Va., 1-757-253- 4534; or Elizabeth S. Kostelny of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Richmond, Va., 1-804-648-1889, ext. 306

HAMPTON, Va., June 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A small piece of early American history will become the latest space traveler with the liftoff of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis is scheduled to launch Friday, June 8 at 7:38 p.m. EDT for the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station.

A nearly 400-year-old metal cargo tag bearing the words "Yames Towne" and some...

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