The 16-day flight of NASA Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-
107), on the multi-faceted science research mission, will be
previewed in a series of briefings at the Johnson Space
Center, Houston on Jan. 3, 2003.
The briefings, featuring multi-center question and answer
capability for reporters at NASA centers, will be broadcast
on NASA Television.
Seven astronauts, led by Commander Rick Husband, are
scheduled to be launched no earlier than Jan. 16, 2003. The
astronauts are participating in a dual-shift mission, during
which dozens of experiments will be conducted round-the-
clock, for more than 70 international investigators in areas
of astronaut health and safety, advanced technology
development, Earth and space sciences.
The briefings, which were first conducted in June before the
flight was postponed, will include a Mission Overview
beginning at 2 p.m. EST, and the Crew News Conference at
3:30 p.m. EST. There will be no individual round-robin
interviews with the crewmembers.
The science briefings associated with the STS-107 mission,
which were broadcast in June, will be replayed on NASA TV
during the day.
The lineup includes:
STS-107 MISSION OVERVIEW BRIEFING, JSC, 2 p.m. EST
- Kelly Beck, STS-107 Lead Flight Director
- John Charles, STS-107 Mission Scientist
- Dr. Roger Crouch, Senior Scientist, NASA Headquarters
STS-107 CREW NEWS CONFERENCE, JSC, 3:30 p.m. EST
- Rick Husband, Commander
- Willie McCool, Pilot
- Dave Brown, Mission Specialist 1
- Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist 2
- Mike Anderson, Mission Specialist 3, Payload Commander
- Laurel Clark, Mission Specialist 4
- Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist 1 (Israeli Space Agency)
