Status Report

Media Briefing to Preview Crew Exchange to Orbiting Space Station

By SpaceRef Editor

July 20, 2001

Filed under International Space Station, NASA HQ, US

The next space shuttle mission — to feature the second
rotation of astronauts and cosmonauts and the third flight of
an Italian-built module delivering materials to the
International Space Station — will be the subject of
briefings on Thursday, July 26, from NASA’s Johnson Space
Center, Houston.

Designated STS-105, the mission on Space Shuttle Discovery,
scheduled for launch no earlier than Aug. 9, will involve
three crews. They are the four-member crew of Discovery, the
three members of the Expedition Three crew to be launched to
the space station, and the three members of the Expedition
Two crew returning to Earth aboard the shuttle.

The crew exchange is the second for the permanently inhabited
outpost, and the logistical module, Leonardo, is making its
second flight carrying additional scientific racks, equipment
and supplies. An identical module named Raffaello has flown
once.

The briefings will begin with an overview of the space
station program at 9 a.m. EDT, concluding with a joint STS-
105/Expedition Three crew news conference beginning at
3 p.m. EDT.

Round-robin interviews with the STS-105 and Expedition Three
crewmembers will follow the joint crew conference, for
reporters in attendance at Johnson, and by phone for those
who make advance arrangements. The round-robin interviews
will not be televised, and space may be limited. Reporters
planning to attend the briefings and participate in the
round-robin interviews must contact the Johnson newsroom at
281/483-5111 by 5 p.m. Central time Tuesday, July 24.

NASA Television is available on GE-2, Transponder 9C, at 85
degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a
frequency of 3880 MHz, and audio of 6.8 MHz.

STS-105/EXPEDITION THREE PREFLIGHT BRIEFINGS JULY 26, 2001
(all times are EDT)

9 a.m. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) OVERVIEW
Tommy Holloway, ISS Program Manager

10 a.m. STS-105 MISSION OVERVIEW

Paul Dye, STS-105 Lead Flight Director

Mark Ferrring, STS-105 ISS Lead Flight Director

Sharon Castle, STS-105 Launch Package Manager

11 a.m. EXPEDITION THREE MISSION OVERVIEW

Missy Gard, Expedition Three Increment Manager

John Uri, Lead Increment Scientist

Raymond Echols, Expedition Three Lead Payload
Operations Director,
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

Noon NASA TELEVISION VIDEO FILE (from NASA Headquarters)

1 p.m. STS-105 SPACEWALK OVERVIEW