Add to the NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: May 14, 1999
Media Advisory m99-097a

Summary:

-- Note to Editors: STS-96 Mission Press Kit Available Online
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STS-96 MISSION PRESS KIT AVAILABLE ONLINE

     The press kit for the flight of Discovery on the STS-96 mission to 
the International Space Station is now available online. The press kit 
contains more information than ever before, including updated graphics 
as well as additional facts and statistics.  Discovery is scheduled to 
launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, FL, no earlier than May 27 to 
carry seven astronauts to visit the orbiting outpost in space and 
prepare the space station for the March 2000 arrival of the first 
resident crew.  The new press kit contains detailed information about 
the planned 10-day mission, its objectives and its crew members.

Contact at Headquarters: Jennifer McCarter, 202/358-1639;
Contact at Johnson: Eileen M. Hawley, 281/483-5111.

The press kit is available at:
http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-96/

If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will 
e-mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
     http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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The NASA Video File airs at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 
p.m. and midnight Eastern Time. NASA Television is available 
on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85 degrees West longitude, with 
vertical polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0 megahertz, with 
audio on 6.8 megahertz.

Refer general questions about the video file to NASA 
Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or 
Pam Poe, 202/358-0373.

During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will 
continue to be posted at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html

For general information about NASA TV see:  
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/

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Information Service Web site:

http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html

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