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NASA Television is available through the GE2 satellite system which is located on
Transponder 9C, at 85 degrees west longitude, frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz. The schedule for television transmissions from the Space Shuttle for mission briefings will be available during the mission at Kennedy Space Center, FL; Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX; and NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. The television schedule will be updated to reflect changes dictated by mission operations.
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| Status reports on countdown and mission progress, on-orbit activities and landing
operations will be produced by the appropriate NASA newscenter.
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| Briefings | |||
| A mission press briefing schedule will be issued before launch. During the mission, status
briefings by a flight director or mission operations representative and when appropriate,
representatives from the payload team, will occur at least once each day. The updated
NASA television schedule will indicate when mission briefings are planned.
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| Internet Information | |||
| Information is available through several sources on the Internet. The primary source for
mission information is the NASA Shuttle Web, part of the World Wide Web. This site
contains information on the crew and its mission and will be updated regularly with status
reports, photos and video clips throughout the flight. The NASA Shuttle Web's address
is:
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| If that address is busy or unavailable, Shuttle Information is available through the Office of Space Flight
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| The International Space Station web address is: |
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| General information on NASA and its programs is available through the NASA Home Page and the NASA Public
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| Information on other current NASA activities is available through the Today@NASA page: |
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| The NASA TV schedule is available from the NTV Home Page: |
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| Status reports, TV schedules and other information also are available from the NASA headquarters FTP (File
Transfer Protocol) server, ftp.hq.nasa.gov. Log in as anonymous and go to the directory /pub/pao. Users
should log on with the user name "anonymous" (no quotes), then enter their E-mail address as the password.
Within the /pub/pao directory there will be a "readme.txt" file explaining the directory structure:
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| NASA Spacelink, a resource for educators, also provides mission information via the Internet. Spacelink
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| http://spacelink.nasa.gov |
Access by Compuserve | ||
| Users with Compuserve accounts can access NASA press releases by typing "GO NASA" (no quotes) and making
a selection from the categories offered. |
International Space Station Status Reports | ||
| International Space Station status reports will be provided daily or as events warrant and will be available
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