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| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 974 |
| Total number of notes: | 18843 |
466.0. "STS-26 press sked" by SMOOT::ROTH (Watching for His return!) Mon Sep 26 1988 17:20
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Barbara Selby September 19, 1988
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
STS-26 PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
Attached is a press briefing schedule for the STS-26 Space
Shuttle mission currently targeted for Sept. 29.
All briefings will be available on NASA Select TV (Satcom F-
2R, transponder 13, 72 degrees west longitude, 3960.0 MHz, audio
monaural 6.8 MHz). A detailed list of participants will be
provided at NASA news centers on each briefing day.
News media covering the mission should keep in mind that all
times and participants are subject to change.
STS-26 PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE
L-4 DAYS
TIME (EDT) BRIEFING ORIGIN
9 a.m. Launch Countdown Status KSC
Briefer: KSC Launch Team Manager
10:30 a.m. Weather Forecasting for STS-26 KSC
NASA PROGRAM BRIEFINGS
1 p.m. Opening Remarks KSC
Dr. Noel Hinners, NASA Associate
Deputy Administrator
1:15 p.m. Magellan mission to map Venus KSC
Bill Piotrowski, Magellan Program Manager
2 p.m. Galileo Mission to Explore Jupiter and Moons KSC
Richard Spehalski, Galileo Project Manager
2:45 p.m. Astro-1 Spacelab Mission to Study SN1987A KSC
Dr. Ted Gull, Project Scientist, GSFC
Jack Jones, Mission Manager, MSFC
3:30 p.m. Space Transportation Planning KSC
Darrell Branscome, Director, Advanced Program
Development, NASA HQ
L-3 DAYS
TIME (EDT) BRIEFING ORIGIN
9 a.m. Launch Countdown Status KSC
Briefer: KSC Launch Team Manager
NASA PROGRAM BRIEFINGS
9:30 a.m. Space Station Freedom Development KSC
Tom Moser, Director, Space Station Freedom Program
Ray Tanner, Project Director, MSFC
Clarke Covington, Project Director, JSC
Ron Browning, Project Director, GSFC
Ron Thomas, Project Director, LeRC
L-3 DAYS (Cont'd)
11 a.m. Space Station Freedom Utilization KSC
John David Bartoe, Program Scientist,
Space Station Office
Joe Alexander, Deputy Associate Admin., OSSA
Jim Rose, Assist. Admin. for Commercial Programs
Bob Rosen, Deputy Associate Admin., OAST
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1-2 p.m. Approximate arrival time of STS-26 crew at KSC
KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (photo opportunity)
2:30 p.m. NASA's Long Range Exploration Activities KSC
John Aaron, Assistant Admin, Office of Exploration
Joe Alexander, Deputy Associate Admin., OSSA
Bob Rosen, Deputy Associate Admin., OAST
L-2 DAYS
STS-26 MISSION BRIEFINGS
TIME (EDT) BRIEFING ORIGIN
9 a.m. Mission Countdown Status KSC
Briefer: KSC Launch Team Manager
PAYLOAD BRIEFINGS
9:30 a.m. Tracking & Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-C) KSC
Inertial Upper Stage (IUS)
10:30 a.m. Microgravity Experiments: KSC
Aggregation of Red Blood Cells
Automated Directional Solidification Furnace
Isoelectric Focusing
Mesoscale Lightning Experiment
Phase Partitioning Experiment
11:30 a.m. Commercial Payloads: KSC
Physical Vapor Transport of Organic Solids
Protein Crystal Growth
1:30 p.m. Shuttle Student Involvement Program KSC
2 p.m. Infrared Communications Flight Experiment KSC
2:30 p.m. Earth-Limb Radiance Experiment KSC
3 p.m. OASIS Instrumentation KSC
L-1 DAY
STS-26 MISSION BRIEFINGS
TIME (EDT) BRIEFING ORIGIN
9 a.m. Launch Countdown Status KSC
Briefer: KSC Launch Team Manager
1 p.m. Pre-Launch Press Conference KSC
Dr. James C. Fletcher
RADM Richard H. Truly
Other NASA officials available for Q&A
U.S. Air Force Weather Officer
LAUNCH DAY
Launch + 1 Hour Post-Launch Briefing KSC
LAUNCH THROUGH END-OF-MISSION
Times announced Flight Director Change-of-Shift JSC
on NASA Select Briefings
LANDING DAY
Landing + 1 Post-Landing Press Conference DFRF
Hours Dr. James C. Fletcher
RADM Richard H. Truly
Landing + 3-4 Post-Landing Crew Ceremony DFRF
Hours (Open press coverage; no Q&A)
LANDING + 1 DAY
2 p.m. Orbiter Status Briefing DFRF
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