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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 orbiter and 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 | |||
| 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
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| http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ |
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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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| http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/ |
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| General information on NASA and its programs is available through the NASA Home Page and the NASA Public
Affairs Home Page: |
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| http://www.nasa.gov |
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| http://www.nasa.gov/newsinfo/index.html |
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| Information on other current NASA activities is available through the Today@NASA page: |
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| http://www.nasa.gov/news/highlights/index.html |
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| The NASA TV schedule is available from the NTV Home Page: |
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| http://www.nasa.gov/ntv |
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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
may be accessed at the following address: |
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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. |
Editorial Contact Ed Campion
Technical Contact USA Web Master
