Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Dec. 6, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

Dave Drachlis
Stafford-Covey Task Group, Houston
(Phone: 256/651-4713)

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M04-197

STAFFORD-COVEY TASK GROUP UPDATES PUBLIC MEETING & BRIEFING
PLAN

The Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group will hold
its next public meeting at 8:00 a.m. EST, Thursday, Dec. 16,
at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Institute, 14205
Cochran Road, Building 700, Huntsville, Ala.

NASA chartered the Task Group to perform an independent
assessment of the agency's implementation of the Columbia
Accident Investigation Board's recommendations
Audio of the meeting will be available on the Internet at:

http://returntoflight.org

A news conference will follow the meeting at 3 p.m. EST at
the Marshall Center Studio in Building 4207, live on NASA TV,
with questions taken from participating NASA centers. The
news conference participants are -- Task Group Co-Chairmen
retired Air Force Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford and
Richard O. Covey, Technical Panel Lead Joseph Cuzzupoli,
Management Panel Lead Dr. Daniel L. Crippen and Operations
Panel Lead Col. James C. Adamson.

Reporters who want to participate from Marshall should
contact June Malone at the Marshall Public Affairs Office at:
256/544-0034 by 5 p.m. EST, Dec. 14, for access. Media
attending the news conference must report to Gate 9, Rideout
Road exit from I-565. Vehicles are subject to security search
at the gate. News media will need two photo identifications,
proof of vehicle registration and insurance.

NASA TV is available via satellite in the continental U.S. on
AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72 degrees west longitude.
The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and
audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV
is available on AMC-7, Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137
degrees west longitude. The frequency is 4060.0 MHz.
Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz.

The news briefing also will be broadcast live on the Internet
at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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