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

RELEASE: 03-048

SHUTTLE ACCIDENT BRIEIFING SET FOR HEADQUARTERS

     A press briefing is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. EST today in 
Washington at NASA Headquarters in connection with the investigation 
into the Space Shuttle Columbia accident.

Michael Kostelnik, Deputy Associate Administrator for the Space 
Shuttle and International Space Station programs, will conduct the 
briefing, which will be broadcast on NASA Television.

Reporters will be able to ask questions from participating NASA 
centers. Headquarters is located at 300 E Street, SW, Washington, 
20456.

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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