NASA Announces STS-133 Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours
for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for
the final scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery. Lift off is
targeted for 4:50 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, to begin the STS-133
mission to the International Space Station.

A NASA blog will provide countdown updates beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Feb. 24. Originating from Kennedy's Launch Control Center, the blog
is the definitive Internet source for information leading up to lift off.

During the mission, visitors to NASA's shuttle website can read about
the crew's progress and watch the mission's two spacewalks live. As
Discovery's flight concludes, the NASA blog will detail the
spacecraft's return to Earth. For NASA's launch blog and continuous
mission updates, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

Detailed lists of countdown milestones, news briefing times and
participants, and hours of operation for Kennedy's news center and
media credentialing office are available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news

The NASA News Twitter feed will be updated throughout the shuttle
launch countdown, mission and landing. To follow, visit:

http://www.twitter.com/nasa

Mission Specialist Nicole Stott will be tweeting about her pre-launch
preparations and is expected to provide updates to her Twitter
account during the shuttle mission. Stott can be followed at:

http://www.twitter.com/astro_nicole

Free wireless Internet access is provided at the Kennedy Press Site
news center and annex. Instructions for wireless access will be
available at the news center.

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Source: NASA

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