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Laura Brown
Columbia Accident Investigation Board     Feb. 24, 2003
(Phone: 281/283-7565)

Eileen Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

Glenn Mahone/Doc Mirelson
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1600)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-022

COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD PRESS CONFERENCE

     The Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) will conduct a 
press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. EST. The press briefing 
will be at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston.

CAIB Chairman, retired Navy Admiral Harold W. "Hal" Gehman Jr., will 
be joined by other members of his investigative team. The press 
conference will be an opportunity to review with the recent 
investigatory activities of the CAIB.

The press conference will be broadcast on NASA Television. Reporters 
may ask questions from selected NASA centers or from the NASA 
Headquarters Auditorium. NASA Television is broadcast 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 the briefing must contact JSC for 
accreditation no later than 9 a.m. CST Tuesday, February 25. 
Accreditation requests, on the letterhead of the sponsoring media 
organization, should be faxed to the JSC newsroom at: 281/483-2000.

For more information about NASA or the Columbia investigation on the 
Internet:                 www.nasa.gov

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