May 8, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-50 NASA HOLDS MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference Friday, May 11, no earlier than 3 p.m. EDT to discuss the space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank. The tank has been repaired after a hail storm struck Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The teleconference follows a meeting to schedule the shuttle's return to the launch pad for the upcoming mission, STS-117. The briefing participants are: -- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate -- Wayne Hale, manager, Space Shuttle Program -- John Chapman, manager, External Tank Project -- Mike Leinbach, NASA launch director To participate, reporters must R.S.V.P. to John Yembrick at 202-358-0602 by 10 a.m. EDT Friday. NASA will stream live audio of the event at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio Video of the repaired fuel tank will air on NASA TV's Video File. For downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For photographs of the tank and information on the STS-117 mission, 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
