Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington, DC
Phone: 202/358-1726
Eileen Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Phone: 281/483-5111
NOTE TO EDITORS: N00-043
Members of the news media are invited to attend a
series of briefings on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at NASA’s
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, regarding the next
Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
As part of the STS-92 mission, astronauts will install
the first permanent latticework truss, the
“backbone” of the International Space Station,
setting the stage for future Station construction. Launch
is currently scheduled for Oct. 5.
During this mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery,
astronauts will connect the Z1 segment of the Integrated
Truss Structure. The truss provides a framework structure
to house communications and motion control equipment. In
addition, the astronauts will install the Pressurized
Mating Adapter-3, which will provide a Shuttle docking
port for solar array installation on the next Shuttle
mission, as well as the Ku-band Communications System and
the Control Moment Gyroscopes, which provide attitude
(orientation) control.
Veteran Astronaut Brian Duffy (Col., USAF) is
commander of the mission and Pamela Melroy (Lt. Col.,
USAF) is pilot. They will be accompanied by Mission
Specialists Koichi Wakata (NASDA), Leroy Chiao (Ph.D.),
Peter “Jeff” Wisoff (Ph.D.), Michael
Lopez-Alegria (Cmdr., USN), and William McArthur (Col.,
USA).
The briefings will begin at 9 a.m. EDT with an
overview of the International Space Station, followed at
10 a.m. by an overview of the STS-92 mission. An overview
briefing on the Z1 truss will be held at 11 a.m.,
followed by the Video File on NASA Television at 12 noon
EDT. Following a break, the briefings will continue at 1
p.m. with a briefing detailing the four space walks to be
conducted during the mission. The briefings will conclude
with the Crew News Conference beginning at 2 p.m. All
briefings will be broadcast live on NASA Television, and
questions will be taken from media at participating NASA
centers.
NASA Television is available on the GE-2 satellite,
transponder 9C, located at 85 degrees W. longitude,
vertical polarization, with a frequency of 3880 MHz and
audio at 6.8 MHz.
Limited interview opportunities with members of the
flight crew will immediately follow the crew press
conference for reporters at the Johnson Space Center and
for those reporters who make advance arrangements to
participate by telephone. Media wishing to participate in
the crew interviews must fax their request to the JSC
newsroom at (281) 483-2000 byclose of business, Friday,
Sept. 22.
STS-92 Preflight Briefings
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000
(all times EDT) 9:00 a.m. International Space Station Overview Tommy Holloway, Manager, International Space Station Program Robert Cabana, ISS Manager for International Operations 10:00 a.m. STS-92 Mission Overview Chuck Shaw, STS-92 Lead Flight Director Sally Davis, ISS Lead Flight Director 11:00 a.m. Z1 Truss Overview Robert Galvez, Launch Package Manager 12:00 p.m. NASA Television Video File 1:00 p.m. STS-92 Extravehicular Activity Overview Briefing Daryl Schuck, STS-92 Lead EVA Officer 2:00 p.m. STS-92 Crew Press Conference Brian Duffy, Commander Pamela A. Melroy, Pilot Koichi Wakata, Mission Specialist (NASDA) Leroy Chiao, Mission Specialist Peter J.K. Wisoff, Mission Specialist Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Mission Specialist William S. McArthur, Jr., Mission Specialist 3:00 p.m. STS-92 Crew Round-Robin Interviews (Note: These interviews will not be carried on NASA TV.)
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