April 6, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-37 NASA HOLDS TELECONFERENCE UPDATE ON SHUTTLE REPAIR WORK WASHINGTON - NASA will host a media teleconference Tuesday, April 10 no earlier than 6 p.m. EDT to discuss the space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank, which was damaged during a Feb. 26 hail storm. The teleconference follows a meeting to decide whether the tank will be used for the shuttle's upcoming mission, STS-117. The briefing participants are: -- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Space Operations -- Wayne Hale, manager, Space Shuttle Program -- John Honeycutt, deputy manager, External Tank Project To participate, reporters must R.S.V.P. to the newsroom at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, at 281-483-5111. The deadline is 4 p.m. EDT Tuesday, April 10. NASA will stream live audio of the event at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For STS-117 crew and mission information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
