[sci.space.shuttle] STS-41 Media Briefings

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.