April 19, 2011

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

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-082

NASA ANNOUNCES STS-134 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 final scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour Liftoff is targeted for 3:47 p m EDT on Friday, April 29, to begin the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station

Endeavour's crew members are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H Johnson and NASA Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel and Greg Chamitoff and European Space Agency Mission Specialist Roberto Vittori

A NASA blog will provide countdown updates beginning at 10:30 a m April 29 Originating from Kennedy's Launch Control Center, the blog is the definitive Internet source for information leading up to liftoff

During the mission, visitors to NASA's shuttle website can read about the crew's progress and watch the mission's four spacewalks live As Endeavour'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

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

The NASA News Twitter feed will be updated throughout the shuttle launch countdown, mission and landing Four of Endeavour's crew members -- Johnson, Chamitoff, Fincke and Kelly -- may post updates from the mission to their Twitter accounts To follow, visit:

http://www twitter com/NASA

http://www twitter com/Astro_Box

http://www twitter com/Astro_Taz

http://www twitter com/AstroIronMike

http://www twitter com/ShuttleCDRKelly

Free wireless Internet access is provided at the Kennedy Press Site news center and annex Instructions for wireless access will be available at the news center Since accessibility may be limited because of the number of users, reporters should bring a backup For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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