November 13, 2003

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

Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-120

NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT SHUTTLE RETURN-TO-FLIGHT BRIEFING

NASA Space Shuttle Program officials will brief the media about 
return-to-flight issues beginning at 2 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 
NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. 

The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA Television with 
question-and-answer capability for reporters at participating NASA 
centers. The briefing will focus on Return-to-Flight Shuttle 
processing, testing, training and response to recommendations of the 
Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

Briefing participants:


Bill Parsons, Space Shuttle Program Manager

N. Wayne Hale, Deputy Space Shuttle Program Manager

Col. James Halsell, NASA Return-to-Flight Planning Team Lead

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 

For information about NASA, and agency Return-to-Flight efforts for 
the Space Shuttle, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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