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Glenn Mahone/Robert Mirelson
Headquarters, Washington                Feb. 7, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-012

NASA UPDATES COLUMBIA INVESTIGATION

     NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Space Shuttle & 
International Space Station, Mike Kostelnik, will provide a press 
update today at 11:30 a.m. EST.

The press conference is in the NASA Headquarters' main auditorium at 
300 E Street SW, Washington. 

Ron Dittemore, NASA's Space Shuttle Program Manager, will conduct a 
press conference at 4:30 p.m. EST from the Johnson Space Center, 
Houston. 

The press conferences will be carried live on NASA Television. 
Reporters will be able to ask questions during the press conferences 
from participating NASA centers. 

NASA TV is broadcast on GE-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.

Information about the Columbia Accident Investigation and NASA 
programs is available on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov

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