NASA updates Shuttle return to flight implementation plan

Allard Beutel/Erica Hupp
Headquarters, Washington March 18, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-4769/1237)

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-043

NASA UPDATES SHUTTLE RETURN TO FLIGHT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

NASA's Implementation Plan for Space Shuttle Return to Flight and
Beyond will be released Tuesday, March 22. The updated plan will be
available on line Tuesday at 9 a.m. EST at:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight

A media teleconference is scheduled at 2 p.m. EST to discuss the plan, with:

- Michael Kostelnik, deputy associate administrator International Space
Station and Space Shuttle Programs
- Bryan O'Connor, Safety and Mission Assurance chief
- Bill Parsons, Space Shuttle program manager
- John Casper, Management Integration and Planning

To participate, reporters must call Allard Beutel or Erica Hupp
(202/358-4769/1237) by noon EST, Tuesday. The teleconference will be audio
streamed live on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

The implementation plan is periodically updated. The plan demonstrates the
agency's progress in safely returning Space Shuttles to flight and
implementing the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation
Board. Pervious versions of the plan are archived on NASA's Return to Flight
Web site.


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