Robert Mirelson Headquarters, Washington February 2, 2003 (Phone: 202/3580-1600) Eileen Hawley Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 281/483-5111) RELEASE: 03-040 SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA ACCIDENT BRIEFINGS SCHEDULED Two briefings are scheduled Monday in NASA's continuing effort to keep the public up-to-date on the latest developments involving the investigation into the tragic accident that killed the seven-member crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The first briefing is scheduled at NASA Headquarters Monday morning at 11:30 a.m. EST. A second briefing is tentatively scheduled for 4:30 p.m. EST from the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. Both briefings will feature questions from reporters at participating NASA centers and will be broadcast live on NASA Television. NASA TV is available on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees West longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz. Additional information is available on the Internet at: http://www.nasa.gov http://spaceflight.nasa.gov -end- * * * NASA press releases and other information are available automatically by sending an Internet electronic mail message to domo@hq.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type the words "subscribe press-release" (no quotes). The system will reply with a confirmation via E-mail of each subscription. A second automatic message will include additional information on the service. NASA releases also are available via CompuServe using the command GO NASA. To unsubscribe from this mailing list, address an E-mail message to domo@hq.nasa.gov, leave the subject blank, and type only "unsubscribe press-release" (no quotes) in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .