yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (03/17/90)
Mark Hess Headquarters, Washington, D.C. March 16, 1990 Jeffrey E. Carr Johnson Space Center, Houston N90-16 NOTE TO EDITORS: STS-31 BRIEFING DATE CHANGE Due to a change of date in the terminal countdown demonstration test (TCDT), the STS-31 briefings and crew press conference, originally scheduled for March 19 at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, have been postponed until Thursday, March 22. T-0 for the TCDT, orginally set for Thursday, was moved to Tuesday because of a revision in launch pad activities at the Kennedy Space Center. TCDT is the crew's traditional dress rehearsal for launch day. The briefings will begin at 9:30 a.m. EST, Thursday, with Flight Director Bill Reeves. A briefing regarding the secondary payloads and the student experiment is set for 10:30 a.m., followed by the crew press conference and round robin interviews beginning at 11:30 a.m. All briefings will be carried on NASA Select television with two-way Q and A capability.