NASA Holds Media Teleconference on Upcoming Shuttle Mission

May 8, 2007

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749

Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-50

NASA HOLDS MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION

WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference Friday, May 11, no
earlier than 3 p.m. EDT to discuss the space shuttle Atlantis'
external fuel tank. The tank has been repaired after a hail storm
struck Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The teleconference follows a
meeting to schedule the shuttle's return to the launch pad for the
upcoming mission, STS-117.

The briefing participants are:
-- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Space Operations
Mission Directorate
-- Wayne Hale, manager, Space Shuttle Program
-- John Chapman, manager, External Tank Project
-- Mike Leinbach, NASA launch director

To participate, reporters must R.S.V.P. to John Yembrick at
202-358-0602 by 10 a.m. EDT Friday. NASA will stream live audio of
the event at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

Video of the repaired fuel tank will air on NASA TV's Video File. For
downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming video,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For photographs of the tank and information on the STS-117 mission,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

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