April 27, 2006

Katherine Trinidad/Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-3749/4769

Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-079

NASA ADMINISTRATOR PRESENTS SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM UPDATE

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Associate Administrator for
Space Operations William Gerstenmaier will brief the media about the
space shuttle program and processing for the next mission (STS-121)
Friday, April 28, at 11 a.m. EDT. The briefing will be in the NASA
headquarters auditorium, 300 E. St. S.W., Washington.

Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale will join them electronically
from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. NASA TV
will air the briefing live. Journalists at NASA headquarters and
participating agency locations may ask questions.

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. For digital downlink information and links to streaming
video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program, STS-121 and its
crew, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle


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