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Jacques van Oene
May 18th 05, 10:02 PM
Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington May 18, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

June Malone
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(Phone: 256/544-0034)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-083

NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE RETURN TO FLIGHT MEDIA UPDATE

NASA's Space Shuttle Program managers will provide the status of
preparations for the Shuttle's Return to Flight mission (STS-114) during a
telephone news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Friday, May 20, from Kennedy Space
Center (KSC), Fla.

The teleconference follows Friday's planned fueling of Shuttle Discovery's
fuel tank (External Tank-120) at the launch pad. The exact time of the
teleconference is dependent on weather and real-time tanking operations.

To participate, media must contact the KSC newsroom, at: 321/867-2468, by 5
p.m. EDT May 19. Teleconference participants:

-- Bill Parsons, manager, Space Shuttle Program
-- Mike Leinbach, NASA launch director
-- Sandy Coleman, External Tank Project manager

The teleconference will be audio-streamed live on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

For information about Space Shuttle Return to Flight on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight

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