January 16, 2004

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

Paul Foerman
Stennis Space Center, Miss.
(Phone: 228/688-3341)

June Malone
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(Phone: 256/544-0034)
NOTE TO EDITORS: n04-007

T-PLUS ONE MILLION SECONDS AND COUNTING

The media are invited to NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. 
Louis, Miss. on Wednesday, Jan. 21 for a milestone event in the Space 
Shuttle Program, the one millionth second of Space Shuttle Main 
Engine (SSME) testing and flight operations.

Engineers plan to test fire a Space Shuttle flight engine for 520 
seconds at 4:30 p.m. EST, during which the one millionth second of 
firing will occur. The test SSME is scheduled for use on STS-121, the 
mission following the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight (STS-114). 

Media planning to attend should contact Marty Oramous at: 228/688-7842 
by 4 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 20 to arrange access.

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

http://www.nasa.gov

	
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