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Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington               Feb. 5, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

RELEASE: 03-054

SHUTTLE ACCIDENT BRIEFINGS SET 

     A press briefing is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. EST Thursday in 
connection with the investigation into the Space Shuttle Columbia 
accident. 

Ron Dittemore, NASA's Space Shuttle Program Manager, will update the 
press on the mishap investigation from the Johnson Space Center. 
Reporters will be able to ask questions from participating NASA 
centers. There is no press conference scheduled in Washington 
Thursday. 

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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