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Jacques van Oene
November 16th 05, 11:58 PM
November 16, 2005

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-4769

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

STATUS REPORT: M05-182

NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM MEDIA UPDATE

NASA will brief news media about the Space Shuttle Program at 2 p.m.
EST, Tuesday, Nov. 22. The news conference will air live on the Web
and NASA TV from the agency's Johnson Space Center, Houston.

Space Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale will discuss the program;
provide an update on processing Discovery for the next mission
(STS-121); and discuss work to complete testing and foam application
on the orbiters' external fuel tanks.

Questions will be taken from media at participating NASA locations.
NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're 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.

For digital downlink information for each NASA TV channel and access
to NASA TV's Public Channel on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program and STS-121 on the
Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle


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