November 21, 2003

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: n03-126

LATEST UPDATE TO SHUTTLE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BE RELEASED NOV. 24

The latest version of "NASA's Implementation Plan for Space Shuttle 
Return to Flight and Beyond" will be released publicly Monday Nov. 
24. 

The plan is a periodically updated document. It demonstrates the 
agency's progress in safely returning Space Shuttles to flight and 
implementing the recommendations of the Columbia Accident 
Investigation Board (CAIB). 

Updates in the latest version of the plan include the Space Shuttle 
Program's initial response to Volume II, Appendix D of the CAIB 
report; NASA's process for handling Return to Flight suggestions; and 
preliminary cost estimates for Return to Flight. 

The updated Space Shuttle Implementation Plan will be available Nov. 
24 at 9 a.m. EST on the Internet at:

http://www.nasa.gov  

For more information about NASA's Return to Flight efforts, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/news/highlights/returntoflight.html 

	
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