NASA updates Space Shuttle return to flight activities

Allard Beutel/Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington July 12, 2005
(Phone: 321/861-6553; 321/867-2468)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-116

NASA UPDATES SPACE SHUTTLE RETURN TO FLIGHT ACTIVITIES

For the latest, detailed information about the Space Shuttle
Discovery's Return to Flight Mission (STS-114) on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight

L-1 Day - Tuesday, July 12 (ALL TIMES EDT & SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

No Earlier Than 3:00 p.m. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Q&A

Launch Day - Wednesday, July 13

5:30 a.m. NASA TV live launch programming begins/tanking activities
commentary
10 a.m. Live launch commentary begins
3:51 p.m. Launch

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

NASA TV is carried on an 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 on AMC-7, at 137 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A
Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is required
for reception. NASA TV is also available on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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