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John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
AC 321-867-2468
____________________________________For Release: Feb. 5, 2003

KSC Contact: George Diller				
(321) 867-2468						
	
KSC Release No. 16 - 03

NOTE TO EDITORS:  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TO HOLD EMPLOYEE MEMORIAL 
SERVICE FOR THE CREW OF COLUMBIA ON FEB. 7

A ceremony to honor the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia -- NASA 
astronauts Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, David 
Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, and Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon 
-- is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 7, at 8:15 a.m. EST at the Kennedy 
Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) in Florida.

This is a private ceremony for NASA employees, contractors, and 
invited guests.  The ceremony will be carried live on NASA Television 
and available on the Internet at http://www.ksc.nasa.gov.

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.

Media wishing to attend this event should be at the KSC Press Site no 
later than 7:15 a.m. EST for transportation to the Shuttle Landing 
Facility.  Media access to KSC will begin at 6 a.m. EST.  Bus 
transportation for those media who must be escorted will also begin at 
6 a.m. from Gate 3.  Television live trucks will not be permitted at 
the SLF.  Unilateral hookups for this event will be available at the 
Press Site.  Media requiring accreditation should contact the KSC 
Newsroom at (321) 867-2468 for instructions.

Additional information about the STS-107 crew and the Space Shuttle 
Columbia is available on the Internet at 
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/.

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