08.22.06 Grey Nautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 RELEASE: 54-06 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE WEB AND TELEVISION COVERAGE NASA Television and the agency's home on the Internet, 'http://www.nasa.gov', will provide extensive prelaunch and launch day coverage of the Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-115 to the International Space Station, currently scheduled for an Aug. 27 launch. A prelaunch webcast is set for 11 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from NASA Kennedy Space Center. It will feature a mission overview hosted by Jon N. Cowart, Orbiter Project Office manager at Kennedy Space Center. Highlights will include an interview with STS-114 astronaut Steve Robinson, who will discuss the STS-115 mission and astronaut training. Live countdown coverage from NASA's Launch Blog begins at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 27. Coverage features real-time updates as countdown milestones occur, as well as streaming video clips highlighting launch preparations and liftoff. A panel of experts has answered questions about NASA's preparation for the STS-115 mission. Those responses are available online and in podcasts. To access these interactive features and more, go to NASA's Space Shuttle main page at 'http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle', and follow the links provided in the right column under the "Mission Information" section. For more information about mission STS-115 online events, contact Dennis Armstrong at 321-867-4493. On launch day, NASA TV will begin broadcasting mission commentary at 10:30 a.m. For detailed television scheduling information, visit the Web 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
