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National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration John F. Kennedy
Space Center Kennedy
Space Center, Florida 32899 AC
321-867-2468 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For
Release: Sept. 27, 2002 KSC
Contact: Bruce Buckingham (321)
867-2468 KSC Release No. 90 - 02 NOTICE TO EDITORS/ NEWS
DIRECTORS: MISSION STS-112 KSC BRIEFINGS AND EVENTS SET
News conferences and
events listed below will be carried live on NASA Television (unless otherwise
noted) and originate from the KSC News Center. The
six-member STS-112 crew will arrive at KSC early next week. A taped replay of
their arrival will be broadcast on NASA TV the following day. Live media
coverage of the crew arrival will not be accommodated.
On launch day, the
crew will depart their KSC living quarters and be driven to the launch pad. A limited number of media will be permitted
to view the walkout event. (Contact Manny Virata at 321-867-7820 for details.) The crew breakfast,
suit-up and walkout activities will be taped and replayed during live launch
commentary beginning approximately three hours prior to liftoff. In
addition to daily 9 a.m. countdown status briefings, a prelaunch press
conference will be held two days before launch. The full briefing schedule is
listed below. -- end of
general release -- STS-112 BRIEFINGS & EVENTS SCHEDULE (all times are EDT) (All briefings are held inside the KSC Press Site auditorium
and will be carried live on NASA TV unless otherwise noted) L-2
Days - Monday, Sept. 30
9 a.m. ------ Countdown Status
Briefing ·
Jeff Spaulding,
Shuttle Test Director ·
Gennaro Caliendo, STS-112 Payload Mission Manager ·
Kathy Winters, Shuttle Weather
Officer (Crew arrival, taped earlier, will be replayed on NASA TV
following the briefing.) 4 p.m. ----- Prelaunch News Conference ·
Ron
Dittemore,
Shuttle Program Manager, NASA, JSC ·
Mike Suffredini,
International Space Station Operations & Integration Manager, JSC ·
Dave
King,
Director of Shuttle Processing, NASA, KSC ·
1st Lt. Tom Crenshaw, Launch Weather
Officer, 45th Space Wing L-1 Day -
Tuesday, Oct. 1
9 a.m. ------ Countdown Status
Briefing ·
Pete Nickolenko, NASA Test Director ·
Gennaro Caliendo, STS-112 Payload Mission Manager ·
Kathy Winters, Shuttle Weather
Officer Launch Day - Wednesday, Oct. 2 NOTE:
Launch will
occur between the hours of 2-6 p.m. (The exact launch time will be announced Tuesday
afternoon.) 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 -- |
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