yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (06/25/91)
Ed Campion Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 24, 1991 (Phone: 202/453-8536) Barbara Schwartz Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas (Phone: 713/483-5111) N91-47 NOTE TO EDITORS REVISED DATES AND TIMES FOR STS-40 & STS-43 BRIEFINGS The pre-flight briefing schedule for Shuttle mission STS-43 has been revised. The STS-43 crew press conference is still scheduled for Wednesday, June 26th, but the time has changed. The new time is 1:00 p.m. EDT. News media who wish to attend should contact Barbara Schwartz by 6:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 25. All payload briefings are now scheduled for Thursday, June 27 and the times have been adjusted from what was announced last week. A revised schedule with correct times is shown below. The post-flight press conference with the STS-40/Spacelab Life Sciences crew remains scheduled for Friday, June 28, but will now start at 2:00 p.m. EDT. All of the above briefings will still take place at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, and will be carried on NASA Select television, Satcom F2R, transponder 13, located at 72 degrees West longitude; frequency 3960 MHz, audio 6.8 Mhz. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991 1:00 p.m. STS-43 Crew Briefing THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1991 9:00 a.m. Flight Director 10:00 a.m. Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 11:00 a.m. Inertial Upper Stage 11:30 a.m. Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element 12:00 p.m. Bioserve ITA Materials Dispersion Apparatus 12:30 p.m. Protein Crystal Growth FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1991 2:00 p.m. STS-40 Crew Post-Flight Press Conference