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Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington
Feb. 4, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 03-050

SHUTTLE ACCIDENT BRIEFINGS SET 

     A press briefing is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. EST Wednesday in 
Washington at NASA Headquarters in connection with the investigation 
into the Space Shuttle Columbia accident.

NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy, Michael 
Kostelnik, Deputy Associate Administrator for the Space Shuttle and 
International Space Station programs, and Dr. Howard Ross, NASA's 
Acting Associate Deputy Administrator for Science for the Office of 
Biological and Physical Research, will discuss the status of the 
accident investigation and the research that was the focus of 
Columbia's last mission. Reporters will be able to ask questions from 
participating NASA centers. Headquarters is located at 300 E Street, 
SW, Washington, 20456.

Ron Dittemore, NASA's Space Shuttle Program Manager, will update the 
press on the mishap investigation at 4:30 p.m. EST from the Johnson 
Space Center. Reporters will be able to ask questions from 
participating NASA centers

The press conferences will be broadcast on NASA Television. NASA 
Television is available 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 is on the Internet at

                            www.nasa.gov

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