Oct 29, 2008

Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center 321-867-2468 allard beutel@nasa gov

Don Savage/J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0183/5241 donald l savage@nasa gov, j d harrington@nasa gov

Susan Hendrix/Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md 301-286-7745/0697 susan m hendrix@nasa gov, edward s campion@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-219

NASA TO DISCUSS STATUS OF HUBBLE SERVICING MISSION THURSDAY

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 5 p m EDT on Thursday, Oct 30, to discuss the status of the upcoming shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope The fifth and final "house call" by astronauts to the telescope originally was planned for Oct 14 but was postponed due to an onboard computer anomaly

The briefing participants are: - Jon Morse, director of the Astrophysics Division in NASA's Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington - Preston Burch, Hubble Space Telescope manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md

To participate in the teleconference, reporters in the U S should call 1-888-469-0494 and use the passcode "Hubble " International reporters should call 1-415-228-3905

Approximately one hour after the briefing concludes, a recorded replay of the conference will be available by calling 1-888-458-8114 International callers can hear the replay by calling 1-402-998-1352

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on the Internet at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

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