yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (09/12/90)
Mark Hess Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 10, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-4164) Steve Nesbitt Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone: 713/483-5111) N90-70 NOTE TO EDITORS: STS-41 MEDIA BRIEFINGS A series of preflight briefings for Space Shuttle mission STS-41, the deployment of the Ulysses spacecraft, will be held Wednesday and Thursday of this week at the Johnson Space Center, Houston and NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. From Houston, Lead Flight Director Milt Heflin will present an overview of the mission beginning at 10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. The astronaut crew of STS-41 will hold a press conference beginning at 11 a.m., followed in the afternoon by round-robin interviews. Media representatives wishing to participate in the interviews should notify the JSC Newsroom by Tuesday afternoon. Thursday's briefing from Headquarters begins at 1 p.m. EDT with the Ulysses spacecraft and science objectives, followed by briefings on other payloads and mission objectives from Houston. All briefings will be carried on NASA Select television (Satcom F2R, transponder 13, 72 degrees west longitude frequency 3960.0 MHz, and audio 6.8MHz) with two-way question and answer capability.