[sci.space.shuttle] Briefing on status of Shuttle Columbia

yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (06/07/90)

Ed Campion                                          
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                      June 6, 1990
(Phone:  202/453-8536)                              noon EDT

Lisa Malone
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone:  407/867-2468)


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EDITORS NOTE:  BRIEFING ON STATUS OF SHUTTLE COLUMBIA

     Space Shuttle Director Robert L. Crippen will hold a press 
briefing on Thursday, June 7, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss the 
results of the investigation into the cause of a hydrogen leak on 
Space Shuttle Columbia, the repair efforts that will be made and 
the impact those repairs will have on the near-term Shuttle 
manifest.  The briefing will be held in NASA Headquarters 6th 
floor auditorium, 400 Maryland Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C.

     The briefing will be carried on NASA Select television, 
which is available on Satcom F-2R, Transponder 13, C-band located 
at 72 degrees W. longitude, frequency 3960.0 MHz, vertical 
polarization, audio monaural 6.8 MHz.