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DISCOVERY ASTRONAUTS TO PROVIDE PERSONAL VIEW OF FLIGHT
September 1, 2005 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston (281) 483-5111 Report #J05-032 DISCOVERY ASTRONAUTS TO PROVIDE PERSONAL VIEW OF FLIGHT The astronauts that returned the Space Shuttle to flight aboard Discovery will provide the public a personal look at their historic mission at 6:30 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 8, at Space Center Houston. Media are invited to attend the event, which also will include the flight directors that led Mission Control during mission STS-114 last month. The free briefing in Space Center Houston's Mazda Theatre will include slides, a video presentation and an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the 580-seat theater fills, guests will be seated in an adjacent area and may watch the program on closed-circuit television. The first of two Space Shuttle Return to Flight missions, STS-114 included breathtaking maneuvers in orbit, tests of new equipment and procedures, a first-of-its-kind spacewalking repair and phone calls from two world leaders. Discovery touched down Aug. 9 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Shuttle orbiter was returned Aug. 21 to Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a modified Boeing 747 aircraft. -- -------------- Jacques :-) www.spacepatches.info |
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I hope they don't yammer on again about being able to see the "environmental
damage" to the "Rainforest" again...that was pure claptrap! "Jacques van Oene" wrote in message ... DISCOVERY ASTRONAUTS TO PROVIDE PERSONAL VIEW OF FLIGHT September 1, 2005 James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston (281) 483-5111 Report #J05-032 DISCOVERY ASTRONAUTS TO PROVIDE PERSONAL VIEW OF FLIGHT The astronauts that returned the Space Shuttle to flight aboard Discovery will provide the public a personal look at their historic mission at 6:30 p.m. CDT Thursday, Sept. 8, at Space Center Houston. Media are invited to attend the event, which also will include the flight directors that led Mission Control during mission STS-114 last month. The free briefing in Space Center Houston's Mazda Theatre will include slides, a video presentation and an opportunity for the audience to ask questions. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the 580-seat theater fills, guests will be seated in an adjacent area and may watch the program on closed-circuit television. The first of two Space Shuttle Return to Flight missions, STS-114 included breathtaking maneuvers in orbit, tests of new equipment and procedures, a first-of-its-kind spacewalking repair and phone calls from two world leaders. Discovery touched down Aug. 9 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Shuttle orbiter was returned Aug. 21 to Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a modified Boeing 747 aircraft. -- -------------- Jacques :-) www.spacepatches.info |
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