STS-121 Preflight Briefings / ESA-TV News / 8 June 2006

On 8 June 2006, NASA will hold the pre-flight briefings for the next Shuttle mission. These media briefings take place at the Johnson Spaceflight Center in Houston/Tx and are preceded by a video feed with background footage, animations and crew training images related to the mission.

ESA TV provides a live rebroadcast of the NASA-TV video feed, as follows:

12:00-12:30 GMT STS-121 Preflight Briefing Video Feed (B-roll)

13:00-14:00 GMT STS-121 Preflight Briefing – ISS and Shuttle Program Overview

14:00-15:00 GMT STS-121 Preflight Briefing – STS-121 Mission Overview

18:00-19:00 GMT STS-121 Preflight Briefing – Crew News Conference (with Th. Reiter as participant)

Please note that the line-up time for these SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

Transmission details:

Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West

Transponder F5, channel 1 (SCPC) horizontal, F=12643 MHz, SR=6.1113 Ms/sec, FEC=3/4

For further information and a daily update of the transmission schedule, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For all enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.

With kind regards,