March 5, 2008

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

Jeanne Ryba Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 jeanne m ryba@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-054

NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE PRE-LAUNCH AND MISSION WEB COVERAGE

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - A pre-launch webcast, live blogs, podcasts, pictures and videos will highlight NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission to the International Space Station NASA will provide continuous online updates at:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

A live webcast featuring Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette will start the in-depth online coverage of the mission at 11:30 a m EDT on March 10 Payette, who flew on STS-96, is scheduled to fly on the STS-127 mission in 2009

A blog will update the countdown beginning about six hours before Endeavour is scheduled to lift off on March 11 at 2:28 a m Originating from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the blog is the definitive Internet source for information leading up to launch

The 16-day mission will allow Endeavour's crew to add science capabilities to the space station plus deliver equipment to aid in future maintenance operations Astronauts will install the first section of Kibo, a Japanese-built laboratory, and the Canadian-made robotics system known as Dextre STS-123 is the longest shuttle flight to the station so far and will feature five spacewalks

Visitors to NASA's shuttle Web site can read about the crew's progress and watch the spacewalks live As Endeavour's flight wraps up, NASA will offer a blog detailing the spacecraft's return to Earth

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