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

RELEASE: 64-05

STS-114 EVENTS, BRIEFINGS AND KSC NEWS CENTER OPERATING HOURS SET

News conferences, events and operating hours for NASA's Kennedy Space
Center (KSC) News Center are set for the targeted July 26 launch of
the Space Shuttle Discovery on the Return to Flight (RTF) mission,
STS-114. The news conferences and events will be carried live on NASA
Television unless otherwise indicated.

Beginning tomorrow, news media representatives who have been
accredited for this mission may pick up their mission credentials
from KARS Park on Hall Road (off State Road 3, south of KSC) during
published times. Credential and badging hours are listed below.

The days before launch, countdown status briefings and a prelaunch
press conference are scheduled. A listing of these briefings and
other key launch events follows.

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STS-114 BRIEFING & EVENTS SCHEDULE (all times are EDT)
(All briefings are held inside the KSC Press Site TV auditorium.
Briefings and events will be carried live on NASA TV unless otherwise
noted.)

L-3 Days - Saturday, July 23

10 a.m. ---- Countdown Status Briefing
Pete Nickolenko, NASA test director
Kathy Winters, Shuttle weather officer

12 noon - Launch countdown officially begins

L-2 Days - Sunday, July 24

10 a.m. ---- Countdown Status Briefing
Jeff Spalding, NASA test director
Kathy Winters, Shuttle weather officer

NET 4:30 p.m. ----- STS-114 Launch Readiness Press Conference
Wayne Hale, Space Shuttle deputy program manager
Bill Gerstenmaier, International Space Station program manager
Mike Wetmore, director, Shuttle Processing
1st Lt. Mindy Chavez, launch weather officer, USAF 45th Weather
Squadron

L-1 Day - Monday, July 25

10 a.m. ---- Countdown Status Briefing
Jeff Spaulding, NASA test director
Scott Higginbotham, STS-114 payload mission manager
Kathy Winters, Shuttle weather officer

Launch Day - Tuesday, July 26

12:01 a.m. --- NASA Television live launch programming begins

12:01 a.m. - Live tanking activities commentary
4:45 a.m. - Live launch commentary begins

Launch Day Crew activities: (*live on NASA TV)
12:30 a.m. -- Crew wake up
*5:00 a.m. -- Crew photo
*6:20 a.m. -- Suit up
6:30 a.m. -- Weather briefing
*6:49 a.m. -- Walkout
*7:19 a.m. -- Arrive at pad
*8:34 a.m. -- Close hatch
*10:39 a.m. -- LIFTOFF!!

Launch+1 hour --- Post-launch Press Conference
Mike Griffin, NASA administrator
William Readdy, associate administrator for Space Operations
Bill Parsons, Space Shuttle program manager
Mike Leinbach, Shuttle launch director

KSC News Center office hours for STS-114
(hours may be adjusted for in-flight events)

Saturday, July 23 --- (Launch minus 3 days) --- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 24 --- (Launch minus 2 days) --- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday, July 25 --- (Launch minus 1 day) --- 7 a.m. - round the clock
Tuesday, July 26 --- (Launch) Flight day 1 --- 24-hours
Wednesday, July 27 --- Flight day 2 --- 8 p.m.
July 28 - Aug. 5 --- Flight days 3 - 11 --- 12 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 6 --- Flight Day 12 --- 12 a.m. - round the clock
Sunday, Aug. 7 --- (Landing) Flight day 13 --- 8 p.m.

(Times may be adjusted in real time depending on mission events and
timelines.)

News media who have not already obtained their STS-114 mission
credentials may do so during the following times from KARS Park
located on Hall Road which is a turn off of State Road 3, about five
miles south of the KSC entrance.

KARS Park Hours (Media Badging Schedule)

Saturday, July 23 -------- L-3 -------------- 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Sunday, July 24 ---------- L-2 -------------- 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Monday, July 25 ---------- L-1 -------------- 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 26 --------- Launch Day --- 12 midnight - 6 a.m.

MEDIA ARE REMINDED THEY MUST CAR POOL OR RIDE A BUS FROM KARS PARK
WHEN TRAVELING TO THE PRESS SITE ON LAUNCH DAY.

FOREIGN NATIONAL MEDIA ARE REQUIRED TO BE ESCORTED AT ALL TIMES WHILE
AT KSC AND THEREFORE MUST RIDE A BUS TO AND FROM THE PRESS SITE.

NEWS MEDIA ARE REQUIRED TO BE UNDER PUBLIC AFFAIRS ESCORT AT ALL TIMES
WHILE AT KSC EXCEPT WHEN AT THE NEWS CENTER OR THE COMPLEX 39
CAFETERIA.

NASA TV is carried by MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite
AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz,
vertical polarization. It's available in Alaska and Hawaii in analog
through Return to Flight on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude,
transponder 18, at 4060 MHz, vertical polarization, audio at 6.8 MHz.
A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is
required for reception. NASA TV is also available on the Internet at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


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