07.22.05 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) RELEASE: 64-05 STS-114 EVENTS, BRIEFINGS AND KSC NEWS CENTER OPERATING HOURS SET News conferences, events and operating hours for NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) News Center are set for the targeted July 26 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the Return to Flight (RTF) mission, STS-114. The news conferences and events will be carried live on NASA Television unless otherwise indicated. Beginning tomorrow, news media representatives who have been accredited for this mission may pick up their mission credentials from KARS Park on Hall Road (off State Road 3, south of KSC) during published times. Credential and badging hours are listed below. The days before launch, countdown status briefings and a prelaunch press conference are scheduled. A listing of these briefings and other key launch events follows. -- end of general release -- STS-114 BRIEFING & EVENTS SCHEDULE (all times are EDT) (All briefings are held inside the KSC Press Site TV auditorium. Briefings and events will be carried live on NASA TV unless otherwise noted.) L-3 Days - Saturday, July 23 10 a.m. ---- Countdown Status Briefing Pete Nickolenko, NASA test director Kathy Winters, Shuttle weather officer 12 noon - Launch countdown officially begins L-2 Days - Sunday, July 24 10 a.m. ---- Countdown Status Briefing Jeff Spalding, NASA test director Kathy Winters, Shuttle weather officer NET 4:30 p.m. ----- STS-114 Launch Readiness Press Conference Wayne Hale, Space Shuttle deputy program manager Bill Gerstenmaier, International Space Station program manager Mike Wetmore, director, Shuttle Processing 1st Lt. Mindy Chavez, launch weather officer, USAF 45th Weather Squadron L-1 Day - Monday, July 25 10 a.m. ---- Countdown Status Briefing Jeff Spaulding, NASA test director Scott Higginbotham, STS-114 payload mission manager Kathy Winters, Shuttle weather officer Launch Day - Tuesday, July 26 12:01 a.m. --- NASA Television live launch programming begins 12:01 a.m. - Live tanking activities commentary 4:45 a.m. - Live launch commentary begins Launch Day Crew activities: (*live on NASA TV) 12:30 a.m. -- Crew wake up *5:00 a.m. -- Crew photo *6:20 a.m. -- Suit up 6:30 a.m. -- Weather briefing *6:49 a.m. -- Walkout *7:19 a.m. -- Arrive at pad *8:34 a.m. -- Close hatch *10:39 a.m. -- LIFTOFF!! Launch+1 hour --- Post-launch Press Conference Mike Griffin, NASA administrator William Readdy, associate administrator for Space Operations Bill Parsons, Space Shuttle program manager Mike Leinbach, Shuttle launch director KSC News Center office hours for STS-114 (hours may be adjusted for in-flight events) Saturday, July 23 --- (Launch minus 3 days) --- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday, July 24 --- (Launch minus 2 days) --- 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday, July 25 --- (Launch minus 1 day) --- 7 a.m. - round the clock Tuesday, July 26 --- (Launch) Flight day 1 --- 24-hours Wednesday, July 27 --- Flight day 2 --- 8 p.m. July 28 - Aug. 5 --- Flight days 3 - 11 --- 12 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 --- Flight Day 12 --- 12 a.m. - round the clock Sunday, Aug. 7 --- (Landing) Flight day 13 --- 8 p.m. (Times may be adjusted in real time depending on mission events and timelines.) News media who have not already obtained their STS-114 mission credentials may do so during the following times from KARS Park located on Hall Road which is a turn off of State Road 3, about five miles south of the KSC entrance. KARS Park Hours (Media Badging Schedule) Saturday, July 23 -------- L-3 -------------- 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. Sunday, July 24 ---------- L-2 -------------- 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. Monday, July 25 ---------- L-1 -------------- 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 26 --------- Launch Day --- 12 midnight - 6 a.m. MEDIA ARE REMINDED THEY MUST CAR POOL OR RIDE A BUS FROM KARS PARK WHEN TRAVELING TO THE PRESS SITE ON LAUNCH DAY. FOREIGN NATIONAL MEDIA ARE REQUIRED TO BE ESCORTED AT ALL TIMES WHILE AT KSC AND THEREFORE MUST RIDE A BUS TO AND FROM THE PRESS SITE. NEWS MEDIA ARE REQUIRED TO BE UNDER PUBLIC AFFAIRS ESCORT AT ALL TIMES WHILE AT KSC EXCEPT WHEN AT THE NEWS CENTER OR THE COMPLEX 39 CAFETERIA. NASA TV is carried by MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. It's available in Alaska and Hawaii in analog through Return to Flight on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18, at 4060 MHz, vertical polarization, audio at 6.8 MHz. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. NASA TV is also available on the Internet at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
