NASA News National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 AC 321-867-2468 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For Release: June 3, 2002 KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham (321) 867-2468 KSC Release No. 52 - 02 NOTICE TO EDITORS/ NEWS DIRECTORS: (REVISED) MISSION STS-111 KSC BRIEFINGS SCHEDULE News conferences have been set for the rescheduled launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-111, the 110th launch in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-111 will launch between the hours of 4 - 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5. The exact launch time will be announced 24 hours prior to the targeted liftoff time. News conferences and other events listed below will be carried live on NASA Television (unless otherwise noted) and originate from the KSC News Center. On launch day, the crew will depart their KSC living quarters and be driven to the launch pad. Due to heightened security, media will not be permitted at this event. The crew breakfast, suit-up and walkout activities will be taped and replayed during live launch commentary beginning approximately three hours prior to liftoff. Schedule of remaining briefings is as follows: L-1 Day - Tuesday, June 4 9 a.m. ------ Countdown Status Briefing * Pete Nickolenko, NASA Test Director * Glenn Chin, STS-111 Payload Mission Manager * Kathy Winters, Shuttle Weather Officer * * Launch Day - Wednesday, June 5 * NOTE: NASA Television live launch programming and commentary will begin about 3 hours prior to launch. * * Launch + 1 hour ----- Post-launch Press Conference * Jim Halsell, Shuttle Program Launch Integration Manager, KSC * Mike Leinbach, Shuttle Launch Director, KSC -- end -- ------------------------------------------------------------- For automatic email subscriptions to this KSC originated press releases, send an Internet electronic mail message to mailto:ksc-news_release-subscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov. With no subject or message. The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. To remove your name from the list at any time, send an email addressed to mailto:ksc-news_release-unsubscribe@kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov . With no subject or message. or you can (un)subscribe on the World Wide Web at: http://kscnews.ksc.nasa.gov/ Status reports and other NASA publications are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/kscpao.htm .
