NASA News National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 AC 321-867-2468 ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________ For Release: Sept. 17, 2002 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 KSC Release No. 85-02 Note to Editors: MEDIA PHOTO OPPORTUNITY SET WITH STS-112 CREW AT KSC <<...OLE_Obj...>> The crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-112, the 111th mission in the history of Shuttle flight, is at Kennedy Space Center this week for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). Crew members for mission STS-112 are Commander Jeffrey Ashby, Pilot Pamela Melroy, and Mission Specialists David Wolf, Piers Sellers, Sandra Magnus, and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Space Agency. The TCDT is held at KSC prior to each Space Shuttle flight providing flight crews with an opportunity to participate in simulated launch countdown activities. At the conclusion of TCDT activities and prior to departure for their homes in Houston, Texas, media representatives will have an opportunity to speak informally with and photograph the STS-112 crew. Media interested in participating in this question-and-answer session should be at the KSC Press Site by 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. This is a local media event only. No live NASA TV coverage is planned. Mission STS-112 is targeted for launch from Kennedy Space Center Oct. 2. The flight is scheduled to last about 11 days and will feature Shuttle Atlantis docking with the International Space Station (ISS) for the delivery and attachment of the S1 Truss to the S0 Truss. For photos and information on TCDT and other activities at KSC visit http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/ NOTE: Media are reminded that previously issued annual badges are no longer valid. Media without newly issued credentials should contact the KSC Press Site for instructions -- 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 .