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Laura Brown/LTC Woody Woodyard
Columbia Accident Investigation Board, Houston   March 3, 2003
(Phone: 281/283-7565/7520)

Glenn Mahone/Doc Mirelson
NASA Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N03-024

COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD PRESS BRIEFING

     The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) will hold a 
press briefing on Tuesday, March 4 at 1 p.m. CST (2 p.m. EST) at the 
Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston.

CAIB chairman, retired Navy Admiral Harold W. "Hal" Gehman Jr., will 
be joined by a member from each of the three board teams to review 
ongoing investigatory activities and to provide an update about CAIB 
activities. For information about attending the press briefing, or for 
information about how to dial in to the press briefing by telephone, 
contact the CAIB public affairs office at: (281/283-7565 or 281/467-
8657).

For information about the CAIB on the Internet, visit: 

http://www.caib.us


NASA TV will carry the press briefing live, courtesy of the network 
news pool feed. NASA Television is available on GE- 2, Transponder 9C, 
at 85 degrees west longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency 
of 3880 MHz and audio of 6.8 MHz.

For more information about NASA on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov

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