NASA reschedules Space Shuttle return to flight briefing

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington Dec. 3, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M04-196

NASA RESCHEDULES SPACE SHUTTLE RETURN TO FLIGHT BRIEFING

NASA changed the schedule for the next Space Shuttle
Return to Flight briefing. The latest version of "NASA's
Implementation Plan for Space Shuttle Return to Flight and
Beyond" will be released Monday afternoon, not morning,
followed by a news conference.

The updated plan will be available Monday at 2 p.m. EST online
at:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight

The news briefing will be live on NASA TV at 4 p.m. EST from
NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. Reporters will be able to
ask questions at participating NASA centers.

The plan and the media briefing outline NASA's progress in
safely returning Space Shuttles to flight. The briefing will
focus on progress in Shuttle processing, testing and training.

Briefing participants:

- Bill Parsons, Space Shuttle program manager
- Wayne Hale, deputy Space Shuttle program manager
- John Casper, manager, Space Shuttle Management
Integration and Planning

Video b-roll of NASA's Shuttle Return to Flight activities
during the past year will precede the briefing and air on NASA
TV at about 3:45 p.m. EST.




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 will be broadcast live on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA and other agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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