Mike Kostelnik, Deputy Associate Administrator for
International Space Station and Space Shuttle Programs, will
brief the media about the Space Shuttle Life Extension
Program (SLEP) Summit on Monday, March 24 at 1 p.m. EST in
the James Webb Auditorium, NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street
SW, Washington.

Plans to maintain and upgrade the Space Shuttle fleet are
off to a good start, following the first Service Life
Extension Program (SLEP) Summit held this week at NASA’s
Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, La.

The briefing will be carried live on NASA Television, with
two-way question-and-answer capability for reporters at
participating NASA centers. NASA TV is broadcast on
satellite AMC-2, transponder 9C, C band, and 85 degrees west
longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is
vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz.

For more information about SLEP on the Internet, visit:

www.mafevents.com/SLEP/home.htm

For more Information about NASA and space flight on the
Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov