June 17, 2004

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

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

NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-093

NASA PRESENTS RETURN TO FLIGHT UPDATE

The Space Shuttle Program is making solid progress in meeting the 
milestones required for Return to Flight. NASA remains confident 
March 2005, is a reasonable planning window for resuming Space 
Shuttle missions. 

NASA will provide a Return to Flight media teleconference update 
Friday at 3 p.m. EDT. To participate, reporters should contact Allard 
Beutel or Melissa Mathews at: 202/358-4769/1272 no later than noon 
EDT Friday.

Participants:

– – Michael Kostelnik, NASA's Deputy Associate 
Administrator for International Space Station and Space Shuttle 
Programs 
– –Space Shuttle Program Manager, Bill Parsons 
– – Space Shuttle Program Deputy Manager, Wayne Hale

Media who do not want to ask questions can listen to the 
teleconference by calling: 321/867-1220/1240/1260.

For information about NASA's Return to Flight work on the Internet, 
visit: 

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

	
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