Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington Nov. 5, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-114

NASA RELEASES SPACE STATION PLAN

NASA's "Implementation Plan for International Space
Station Continuing Flight" will be released on Thursday,
November 6. The plan demonstrates NASA's commitment to
implementing the recommendations of the Columbia Accident
Investigation Board, where applicable, to the International
Space Station program.

The implementation plan will be posted on the Internet by 9
a.m. EST Thursday at:

http://www.nasa.gov

The media is invited to attend a roundtable with Space
Station officials about the implementation plan at 2 p.m. EST
at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street, SW, Washington.
Reporters unable to attend may listen to the roundtable by
calling: 1-888/538-9978, (passcode: "Doc".)

For more information about the International Space Station on
the Internet, visit:

www.spaceflight.nasa.gov

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