yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (08/01/88)
Dick Young
KSC Release No. 57 - 88
NEWS CONFERENCES SCHEDULED FOR STS-26 FLIGHT READINESS FIRING
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Flight Readiness Firing (FRF) of
the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery's three main engines in
preparation for the launch of the STS-26 mission will be preceded
and followed by news conferences.
The FRF is now tentatively scheduled for no earlier than
7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4, with the exact date contingent
upon the results of a review of the data from the Wet Countdown
Demonstration Test over this past weekend.
The pre-FRF news conference will be held at the KSC News
Center at 2 p.m. EDT on the day prior to the firing. Journalists
are responsible for tracking with the News Center the exact date
and time of the FRF. Participants will be:
Robert B. Sieck, launch director, Kennedy Space Center
William R. Marshall, manager, Shuttle Projects, Marshall
Space Flight Center
Maj. Norman E. Buss, USAF, officer-in-charge, Cape Canaveral
Forecast Facility
The post-FRF news conference will be held at the KSC News
Center to discuss test results approximately four hours following
the engine firing. The participants will include:
Robert L. Crippen (Captain - USN), deputy director, NSTS
Operations and chairman of the Mission Management Team
Thomas E. Utsman, director, Shuttle Management and
Operations and deputy director, Kennedy Space Center
Both news conferences will be carried on NASA Select
Television (Satcom F2R, transponder 13, 72 degrees west
longitude) with two-way question and answer capability.