March 26, 2010

Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 candrea k thomas@nasa gov

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-046

NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla , are set for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Discovery

Shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to lift off at 6:21 a m EDT on Monday, April 5 Detailed lists of countdown milestones, news briefing times and participants, and hours of operation for Kennedy's news center and media credentialing office are available at:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news

A NASA blog will update the countdown beginning April 5 at 1:15 a m Originating from Kennedy, the blog is the definitive Internet source for information leading up to launch During the mission, visitors to NASA's shuttle Web site can read about the crew's progress and watch the mission's three spacewalks live

As Discovery's flight concludes, the NASA blog will detail the spacecraft's return to Earth For NASA's launch blog and continuous mission updates, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

The NASA News Twitter feed will be updated throughout the shuttle launch countdown, mission and landing To follow, visit:

http://www twitter com/nasa

Mission Specialists Clayton Anderson and Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are sending updates about their training to their Twitter accounts and plan to tweet from orbit during the mission They can be followed, respectively, at:

http://www twitter com/Astro_Clay

and

http://www twitter com/Astro_Naoko

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

-end-

To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters nasa gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters nasa gov

The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription:

You are subscribed to the following list: [list_name]

using the following email: example@example.com

You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL:

https://aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/mail cgi/u/STS_ISS_STATUS/example/example com/

If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism

You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen:

<[program_url]/list/[list]>

If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at:

<mailto:[list_owner_email]>

The following physical address is associated with this mailing list:

[physical_address]