yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (01/07/89)
Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 4, 1989
Jeffrey E. Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
NOTE TO EDITORS:
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 29 BACKGROUND BRIEFINGS SCHEDULED
A series of pre-flight background briefings and a press
conference with the astronaut crew for the upcoming STS-29 Space
Shuttle mission are scheduled for January 11 at the NASA Johnson
Space Center, Houston.
Background briefings will include an overview of the flight
given by Lead Flight Director Charles W. Shaw as well as
briefings on the primary payload, TDRS-D satellite, secondary
payloads and other mission objectives.
The briefings will begin at 9 a.m. EST and should be
completed by 5 p.m. The crew press conference will begin at
11:30 a.m.
Round robin interviews with the flight crew will be
conducted the following day. News media who wish to participate
in these interviews should contact Jeffrey Carr at 713/483-5111.
The briefings and astronaut press conference will be carried
live on NASA Select television which can be accessed via Satcom
F2R, transponder 13, 72 degrees west longitude. Two-way question
and answer capability with other NASA centers will be provided.