March 11, 2003 Glenn Mahone/Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington Phone: 202/358-1600 Kelly Humphries Lufkin Command Center, Texas Phone: 936/699-1019 Traci Bowen Texas Forest Service Phone: 979/218-3035 Report #J03-12 MEDIA INVITED TO VISIT COLUMBIA RECOVERY AIR SEARCH OPERATIONS BASE News media representatives are invited to visit the Angelina County Airport operations base for Space Shuttle Columbia recovery air searches on Friday, March 14, 2003, in Lufkin, Texas. Reporters are invited to meet the Texas Forest Service's air search coordinator, visit the facilities where helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft are serviced and prepared, witness a day's pre-flight briefing and the pilots' pre-flight checkout of their aircraft. There will not be an opportunity for reporters to fly in any of the aircraft, however, a location will be designated where reporters may film air search operations from the ground. Media wishing to attend must contact the Joint Information Center (JIC) at Lufkin, Texas, no later than noon CST Thursday, March 13. Calls should be directed to the JIC at 936-699-1019 or 936-699-1094. Faxes should be sent to 936-631-3773. Media will receive specific instructions on where to meet when they call to confirm their participation. Weather could affect some of the planned opportunities. The opportunity is expected to last approximately two hours. While at the air search operations base, media representatives will be expected to follow the safety directions of the air search coordinator and stay with the escorts provided. -end- ### NASA Johnson Space Center Mission Status Reports and other information are available automatically by sending an Internet electronic mail message to majordomo@listserver.jsc.nasa.gov. In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type "subscribe hsfnews" (no quotes). This will add the e-mail address that sent the subscribe message to the news release distribution list. The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription. Once you have subscribed you will receive future news releases via e-mail. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line " unsubscribe hsfmedia " in the body of a message (without the quotes) to majordomo@listserver.jsc.nasa.gov ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .
