Date: August 25th 2007

Aug 24, 2007

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james a hartsfield@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-109

NASA SETS BRIEFINGS TO PREVIEW NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

HOUSTON - NASA will discuss the next space shuttle mission during a daylong series of media briefings from the Johnson Space Center on Friday, Sept 14 Space shuttle Discovery's 13-day mission, designated STS-120, is targeted for launch on Oct 23 The mission will continue construction of the International Space Station

The briefing schedule is (all times CDT):

8:00 a m -- Space Shuttle and Space Station Program overview 9:30 a m -- STS-120 mission overview 11:00 a m -- NASA TV Video File 11:30 a m -- STS-120 spacewalk overview 1:00 p m -- STS-120 crew news conference (photo opportunity follows) 2:00 p m -- Round-robin crew interviews

All briefings except the round-robin crew interviews will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the Web at:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

Discovery's crew members are Commander Pam Melroy, Pilot George Zamka and mission specialists Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Douglas Wheelock, Dan Tani and Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency Tani will remain aboard the station for several months and return with the STS-122 crew Current station Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson will return to Earth aboard Discovery

Discovery's crew will add a module that will serve as a port for installing additional international laboratories The Harmony module will be the first expansion of the living and working space on the complex since the Russian Pirs airlock was installed in 2001 The mission also will move the first set of solar arrays installed on the station to a permanent location on the complex and redeploy them

Media planning to attend the Sept 14 briefings must contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p m on Sept 12 Briefers also will take questions from participating NASA sites Non-U S media planning to attend the briefings, regardless of citizenship, must contact the Johnson newsroom by 5 p m on Thursday, Aug 30, to obtain credentials Media planning to participate, either in person or by phone, for the round-robin interviews with the crew members must contact the Johnson newsroom by 5 p m on Tuesday, Sept 11

For the latest information about the STS-120 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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