Date: October 19th 2007

Oct 18, 2007

David E Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david steitz@nasa gov

Steve Vinik/Scott Medvin Broward County Libraries, Fort Lauderdale, Fla 954-357-5589/6015 svinik@broward org, smedvin@broward org

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NASA HONORS APOLLO ASTRONAUT DONN EISELE

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla - NASA will honor the late astronaut retired Air Force Col Donn F Eisele with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his involvement in the U S space program Eisele's wife Susan Eisele-Black will accept the award at 4 p m EDT on Tuesday, Oct 23 at the Broward County Library, 100 South Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale Eisele-Black chose the library as the location to display the award

NASA is giving the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the first generation of explorers in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs for realizing America's vision of going to the moon NASA also is recognizing several other key individuals who played significant roles in the early space programs

The award is a moon rock encased in Lucite and mounted for public display as inspiration to a new generation of explorers who will help us return humans to the moon and eventually on to Mars and beyond The award is part of the 842 pounds of samples collected during the six Apollo lunar expeditions from 1969 to 1972

In 1968, Eisele was the command module pilot for the 11-day flight of Apollo VII with fellow astronauts Walter M Schirra, Jr , and Walter Cunningham Cunningham is expected to attend Tuesday's ceremony For Eisele's complete biography, visit:

http://www11 jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/eisele-df html

For more information about the Broward County libraries, visit:

http://www broward org/library/welcome htm

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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