May 8, 2007

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749

Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-50

NASA HOLDS MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON UPCOMING SHUTTLE MISSION

WASHINGTON - NASA will hold a media teleconference Friday, May 11, no earlier than 3 p m EDT to discuss the space shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank The tank has been repaired after a hail storm struck Kennedy Space Center, Fla The teleconference follows a meeting to schedule the shuttle's return to the launch pad for the upcoming mission, STS-117

The briefing participants are: -- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate -- Wayne Hale, manager, Space Shuttle Program -- John Chapman, manager, External Tank Project -- Mike Leinbach, NASA launch director

To participate, reporters must R S V P to John Yembrick at 202-358-0602 by 10 a m EDT Friday NASA will stream live audio of the event at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

Video of the repaired fuel tank will air on NASA TV's Video File For downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For photographs of the tank and information on the STS-117 mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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