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Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington                Feb. 11, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 03-065

COLUMBIA ACCIDENT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING 
CARRIED ON NASA TELEVISION

     A joint congressional hearing into the Space Shuttle Columbia 
accident will be carried live on NASA Television tomorrow, Feb. 12, 
beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST. The hearing is in the Russell Caucus Room 
(SR-325), Russell Senate Office Building, Washington.

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Deputy Administrator Frederick 
Gregory, and Associate Administrator of Space Flight William Readdy 
will provide testimony about the accident and the investigation being 
carried out by the Space Shuttle Accident Investigation Board.

The joint hearing will be co-chaired by U.S. Senator John McCain, who 
is a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and 
Transportation and U.S. Representative Sherwood Boehlert, who chairs 
the House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.

NASA Television is broadcast on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C- Band, 
located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. 
Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz

Additional information about NASA and the accident is available on the 
Internet at:                www.nasa.gov

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