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Melissa Motichek
Headquarters, Washington                      June 6, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1272)

NOTE TO EDITORS: n03-058

NEW COLUMBIA TRIBUTE ANNOUNCED 

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) is planning a special honor
for the Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven-person crew. Interior
Secretary Gale Norton will host NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe for
an event Tuesday, June 10 at 2 p.m. at the DOI in Washington. 

Media interested in attending the ceremony should contact Joan
Moody, DOI Public Affairs Office at: 202/208-6416.

Shortly after the event Tuesday, NASA Television will feed video
coverage of the ceremony on AMC-2, Transponder 9C at 85 degrees West
longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 3880 MHz, and
audio of 6.8 MHz. 

More information about the Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew is
available on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov/columbia

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