NASA Changes Date for Briefings on Next Space Shuttle Mission



July 29, 2009

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
katherine.trinidad@xxxxxxxx

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
james.a.hartsfield@xxxxxxxx

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-142

NASA CHANGES DATE FOR BRIEFINGS ON NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

HOUSTON -- A series of media briefings to preview NASA's STS-128
space
shuttle mission has been rescheduled for Thursday, Aug. 13.

NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage
of the mission briefings from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
beginning at 8 a.m. CDT. Questions will be taken from reporters at
participating NASA centers and journalists in Europe. A feed of video
and animation of the mission and crew training will precede the
briefings at 7 a.m.

U.S. reporters planning to attend the briefings in Houston must
contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p.m., Aug. 6, for
credentials. Journalists representing foreign news organizations,
regardless of citizenship, must contact the Johnson newsroom by 5
p.m., July 30.

Discovery's seven astronauts will be available for round-robin
interviews at Johnson on Aug. 13. Reporters must contact Gayle Frere
at 281-483-8645 by Aug. 6 to reserve an interview opportunity.

For the latest information about the STS-128 mission and its crew,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

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