NASA, Canadian Space Agency and Canadian Surgeons to announce crew for international underwater mission

Main Category: Public Health
Article Date: 07 Aug 2004 - 0:00 PDT


Canadian Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams, along with NASA astronauts and Canadian surgeon Dr. Anvari, will hold a media conference on Monday, August 9, 2004 at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope. The crew will announce their plans for the NEEMO 7 mission, a project to test medical and telesurgical applications during an underwater space analogue mission in October 2004.

The NEEMO 7 mission (NASA's Extreme Environment Mission Operations 7) is a joint project involving McMaster University's Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS) at St. Joseph's Healthcare, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and NASA. The mission aims to demonstrate and evaluate new medical diagnostic and therapeutic technologies to enhance the delivery of state-of-the-art medical care in remote and harsh environments.

WHEN:
Monday, August 9, 2004
TIME:
10:30 a.m.
WHO:
Dr. Mehran Anvari, Chief Scientist, Dave Williams, CSA Astronaut, Michael Barratt, NASA Astronaut, Catharine Coleman, NASA Astronaut, Dr. Craig McKinley, Canadian Surgeon
LOCATION:
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Dome Room
9280 Airport Road
Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada

For those media unable to attend the press conference, this is your toll free participant number for the teleconference, commencing 12 noon EST on August 9th: 1-800-796-7558 identified as "NEEMO 7 Crew Announcement" with astronaut Dave Williams as the chair person.

For more information contact:
Jocelyn Garrett
Director, Marketing & Community Relations
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
(905) 522-1155 ext. 3408
jgarrett@stjosham.on.ca

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