posted 02-13-2006 02:29 PM            

The next space shuttle crew will take news media questions at 8 a.m.
EST, Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. To attend, media
must contact Kennedy's Press Site at (321) 867-2468 by 4 p.m. EST,
Thursday. Media without Kennedy credentials may request them on the
Web at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov

Six members of Space Shuttle Discovery's upcoming flight (STS-121)
will be at Kennedy for a crew equipment interface test. The
astronauts will take an up-close look at the shuttle, inspect
hardware and mission payloads. STS-121, targeted for launch no
earlier than May, will fly to the International Space Station to
evaluate flight safety procedures, including shuttle inspection and
repair techniques.

STS-121 crew: Commander Steve Lindsey; Pilot Mark Kelly; Mission
Specialists Mike Fossum, Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers
and Thomas Reiter. Reiter, from the European Space Agency, will not
attend the interface test or media availability.

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