NASA News National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 AC 321 867-2468 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ NASA Contact: For Release: June 26, 2002 Bill Johnson Kennedy Space Center 321/867/2468 KSC Release No: 63-03 NOTE TO EDITORS: NASA TO RECEIVE HAND OVER OF NEW CONVOY COMMAND VEHICLE FROM UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE DURING COMMISSIONING CEREMONY KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (June 25, 2002) -- United Space Alliance Chief Operating Officer Mike McCulley will host a commissioning ceremony to hand over a new, state-of-the-art convoy command vehicle to KSC Center Director Roy Bridges on Thursday, June 27 at 1 p.m. at the Landing Operations Facility. The new 40-foot vehicle is replacing a 15-year old model, and will be used following Shuttle landings as the prime vehicle to control critical communications between the orbiter, the crew and the Launch Control Center, to monitor the health of the Shuttle Orbiter systems and to direct convoy operations at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Many upgrades and high-tech features were incorporated into the design and development of this vehicle making it more reliable and efficient for the convoy crew. Seating capacity was increased from four to twelve, video recorders and television monitors were added to provide the convoy team with the maximum amount of visual information. Media wishing to attend the ceremony and tour the vehicle should report to the KSC press site at 12 p.m. for transportation to the Shuttle Landing Facility. -- 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 .
