September 8, 2003

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-4769)

Dave Drachlis
Stafford-Covey Task Group, Houston
(Phone: 281/792-7553)

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-089

RETURN TO FLIGHT TASK GROUP LEADER MEETS WITH MEDIA

Richard O. Covey, co-chairman of the group tasked with assessing 
NASA's implementation of Columbia Accident Investigation Board 
recommendations, will speak to news media at NASA's Johnson Space 
Center (JSC) in Houston at 12:45 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 11. 

To participate, media should contact JSC Public Affairs at 
281/483-5111. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television, 
with questions taken only from reporters at JSC.

Members biographies and other information about the group is available 
on the Stafford-Covey Task Group's Web site at: 

http://returntoflight.org. 

For information about NASA on the Internet, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov. 

NASA Television is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located 
at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. 
Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For 
information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html. 

	
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