July 12, 2005

Allard Beutel/Melissa Mathews
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 321/861-6553; 321/867-2468)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-116

NASA UPDATES SPACE SHUTTLE RETURN TO FLIGHT ACTIVITIES

For the latest, detailed information about the Space Shuttle 
Discovery's Return to Flight Mission (STS-114) on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight 

<u>L-1 Day - Tuesday, July 12 (ALL TIMES EDT and SUBJECT TO 
CHANGE)</u> 

No Earlier Than 3:00 p.m. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Q&#38;A

<u>Launch Day - Wednesday, July 13</u>

5:30 a.m. NASA TV live launch programming begins/tanking activities 
commentary
10 a.m. Live launch commentary begins
3:51 p.m. Launch

Launch + 1 hour 
Press Conference: Michael Griffin, NASA administrator; William Readdy, 
associate administrator, Space Operations; Bill Parsons, Shuttle 
program manager; Mike Leinbach, Shuttle launch director

NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite 
AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, 
vertical polarization. It's available in Alaska and Hawaii on AMC-7, 
at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, 
horizontal polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant 
Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. NASA TV is 
also available on the Web at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

	
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