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Onderwerp: MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES WITH STS-95 CREW SET FOR NEXT WEEK AT KSC
NASA News
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
KSC Contact: For Release:
Bruce Buckingham Sept. 30, 1998
KSC RELEASE NO. 111 - 98
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES WITH STS-95 CREW SET FOR NEXT WEEK AT KSC
The crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-95 will be at Kennedy Space
Center Oct. 6-9 for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). A
number of media events will be conducted during the time the crew is at KSC,
many of which will be carried live on NASA Television.
News media needing credentials for the published activities (see
below) should call the KSC News Center. STS-95 launch credential requests
will be honored for TCDT and separate requests are not necessary. News media
with proper authorization may obtain their STS-95 mission credentials at the
Pass and Identification Building (PID) on State Road 3 on Merritt Island
during published times. The PID's schedule for TCDT is listed below.
The TCDT is held at KSC prior to each Space Shuttle flight,
providing the crew of each mission an opportunity to participate in
simulated countdown activities. The TCDT ends with a mock launch countdown
culminating in a simulated main engine cut-off. The crew also spends time
undergoing emergency egress training exercises at the pad and has an
opportunity to view and inspect the payloads in the orbiter's payload bay.
The seven-member crew of mission STS-95 is scheduled to arrive at
KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6. Media
who desire to view crew arrival should be at the KSC Press Site by 2 p.m.
for transport to the SLF.
In addition to other planned activities, on Thursday, Oct. 8, news
media representatives will have an opportunity to speak informally with and
photograph the entire crew at Pad 39B. Media interested in participating in
this question and answer session should be at the KSC Press Site by 12:15
p.m. Thursday for transport to the pad. This media opportunity will only
last for about 30 minutes and it will be carried live on NASA TV.
On Friday, Oct. 9, the crew will take part in simulated launch day
events. Full NASA TV coverage is planned with commentary beginning at 6 a.m.
Crew breakfast, suit-up and walkout events will be televised. At the pad,
the crew will enter the orbiter Discovery fully suited for the simulated
Shuttle main engine ignition and cut-off. Following TCDT, the crew is
scheduled to depart KSC for their homes in Houston for final flight
preparations.
Discovery is targeted for launch on Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. EST. Mission
STS-95 is scheduled to last 8 days, 22 hours and will feature the return to
space of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Landing of
Discovery is scheduled for mid-day Nov. 7 at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle
Landing Facility.
Crew members for mission STS-91 are: Commander Curt Brown; Pilot
Steven Lindsey; Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski, Stephen Robinson, and
Pedro Duque; and Payload Specialists Chiaki Mukai and John Glenn.
KSC News Center office hours for STS-95 TCDT
Tuesday, Oct. 6 -----------
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 7 ------
6:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 8 ----------
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 9 --------------
5 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Media must be under public affairs escort at all times while at KSC
except when driving to or from the News Center or the Complex 39 cafeteria.
Media are allowed at the KSC Press Site only when public affairs personnel
are on duty and the NASA News Center is open.
News media may obtain STS-95 mission credentials at the Pass and
Identification Building at Gate 2 on State Road 3, Merritt Island, (south of
KSC) during the following times:
Pass and Identification Hours of Operation
Tuesday, Oct. 6 ------
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 8 -----
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
TCDT timeline for Friday, Oct. 9:
6 a.m.
*Public affairs commentary begins from Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control
Center with live NASA TV coverage of the day's activities
6:05 a.m.
Crew wake up
7:05 a.m.
Weather briefing
6:35 a.m.
*Crew breakfast
7:30 a.m.
*Crew suit-up
7:45 a.m.
*Depart for pad. Crew walkout of quarters and transport to Pad B
8:15 a.m.
*Crew arrival at pad and ingress into orbiter
9:30 a.m.
*Hatch closure
11 a.m.
*Countdown test concludes with a simulated main engine cutoff (followed by
rehearsal of emergency egress activities at pad)
11:30 a.m.
*Crew egress from vehicle
* Televised events (times may vary slightly)
TCDT activities available to the media are listed below:
Oct. 6 ----
3 p.m. ------------------
(Depart Press Site at 2 p.m.)
*Crew arrival at SLF. The crew will arrive in T-38 training aircraft from
their homes in Houston, TX. They are expected to make brief statements to
the media immediately following their arrival at the Shuttle Landing
Facility. This event will be covered live on NASA TV.
Oct. 7 ----
8:15 a.m. --------------
(Depart Press Site at 7:30 a.m.)
M1-13 training. This event involves the crew being trained in a small
armored personnel carrier. The tracked vehicle could be used by the crew in
the event of an emergency at the pad during which the crew must make a quick
exit from the area. This exercise is standard for all flight crews and their
support personnel who would be on the pad surface with them prior to launch.
The event will be conducted near the launch pad.
Oct. 8 ----
10 a.m. -----------------
*Press Conference. A press conference featuring a NASA Test Director (NTD)
is planned in order to explain the purpose of the countdown test and answer
questions on launch team and crew activities. It will be carried live on
NASA TV with two-way Q&A from other NASA centers. The conference will be
held in the KSC Press Site Auditorium.
Oct. 8 ----
1:15 p.m. --------------
(Depart Press Site at 12:15 p.m.)
*Crew Q & A at Pad 39B. This event will include two-way Q&A live on NASA TV
outside at the slide wire basket drop point, or the bunker area, inside the
pad's perimeter fence. Media will be permitted to speak informally with the
crew using the pad and Shuttle Discovery as a backdrop. Due to the tightly
scheduled crew timeline, the event will only last about 30 minutes. You must
be present at the pad to ask questions.
Oct. 9 ----
7:45 a.m. --------------
(Depart Press Site at 6:45 a.m.)
*Crew walkout at O&C. This event is generally recommended for photographers
only since no dialog with the crew will occur and they are only visible for
a few moments -- from the time they walk out of the building, which houses
the crew quarters, to the time they enter the astronaut van. Once in the
van, they are driven out to the pad. Since space outside the Occupation and
Checkout Building (O&C) is limited, participants must sign-up ahead of time
at the Press Site.
Oct. 9 ----
2 p.m.-------------------
(Depart Press Site at 1 p.m.)
Crew departure from SLF. Following the simulated launch day events, the crew
will depart KSC the same way they arrived - via T-38s at the Shuttle Landing
Facility. The crew are not expected to make statements to the media. This is
generally considered a photo opportunity only.
* Live on NASA TV
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