NASA Sets News Conference With Shuttle And Space Station Crews

HOUSTON -- The 12 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the
International Space Station will hold a news conference starting at
9:48 a.m. CST on Friday, March 4. Reporters may ask questions in
person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space
Center in Florida and agency headquarters in Washington.

To participate, U.S. journalists must call the public affairs office
at one of the three venues by 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 3. Reporters
at Johnson, not already credentialed for the STS-133 mission, must
request access badges by March 3. Reporters must be in place at least
20 minutes before the news conference.

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news
conference. Part of the conference will be for European Space Agency
media outlets in native languages. An interpreted replay will air on
NASA TV at 11 a.m. For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video
information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Discovery's mission includes two spacewalks, delivery of equipment,
supplies and the final U.S. module for the station. For more
information about the mission and crews, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

and

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Source: NASA

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