NASA News <br />National Aeronautics and<br />Space Administration<br /><br /><br />John F. Kennedy Space Center<br />Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899<br />AC 321-867-2468<br />____________________________________________________________________________<br />_______________________________<br />For Release: Jan. 9, 2003<br /><br /><br />Dennis Armstrong <br />Kennedy Space Center, Fla.<br />(Phone: 321/867-2468)<br /><br /><br />KSC Release No. 4-03<br /><br /><br />NOTICE TO EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:<br />MISSION STS-107 WEB COVERAGE EVENTS SET<br /><br /><br />Kennedy Space Center's web coverage events have been set for the launch of<br />Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107, scheduled for launch Thursday,<br />Jan. 16.<br /><br /><br />Cris Guidi will serve as host for all three of KSC Direct's STS-107<br />programs. Programming begins on Tuesday, Jan. 14 with Shuttle processing<br />specialist John Guidi and SPACEHAB specialist Mike Kinslow. NASA astronaut<br />Janice Voss, a veteran of five Shuttle flights, will join KSC Direct for<br />Thursday's launch day program.<br /><br /><br />Viewers will see informative programming highlighting the objectives of<br />mission STS-107, as well as the crew and payloads. During the program,<br />featured guests will answer questions submitted to the KSC Direct Question<br />Boards from space enthusiasts around the world. The KSC Direct! home page<br />and Question Boards are now available at<br />http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/KSCDirect/event2.htm.<br /><br /><br />In addition to KSC Direct, KSC's Live Launch Countdown site located at<br />http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/sts107/index.htm features<br />real-time updating as milestones occur during the countdown, keeping site<br />visitors informed with the very latest news. The Live Launch Countdown site<br />will also provide downloadable video clips of prelaunch and launch day<br />events. Videos will be available in RealMedia format in two sizes for users<br />with 56K modems or Cable/broadband connections. <br /><br /><br />Those who would like to test their knowledge of the STS-107 mission, crew<br />and payloads are invited to take the STS-107 Mission Quiz. The first 50<br />players to achieve a perfect score will receive an official VIP visitor<br />packet that includes a crew photo and mission patch.<br /><br /><br />-- end of general release --<br /><br /><br />STS-107 WEB COVERAGE SCHEDULE (all times are EST)<br /><br /><br />L-3 Days - Monday, Jan. 13<br />8:00 a.m. Live Countdown Coverage site is activated<br /> <br />http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/sts107/index.htm<br /><br /><br />9:00 a.m. STS-107 Mission Quiz starts<br /> http://pao.ksc.nasa.gov/ksctrivia/index.cfm<br /> <br />L-2 Days - Tuesday, Jan. 14<br />10:00 a.m. KSC Direct program: Space Shuttle Processing and Q & A<br /> http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/KSCDirect/day1.htm<br /><br /><br />2:00 p.m. KSC Direct program: SPACEHAB and Q & A<br /> http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/KSCDirect/day1.htm<br /><br /><br />L-0 Days - Launch Day, Thursday, Jan. 16<br />Approx. 3 hours prior to launch - Live Countdown Coverage begins<br />Approx. 1 hour prior to launch - KSC Direct live webcast begins<br /> http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/KSCDirect/day3.htm<br /><br /><br />All webcasts will be available at<br />http://webcast.ksc.nasa.gov/code/kscdirect_launch.ram. For the exact time of<br />the start of KSC Direct programming, please check the KSC Direct webcast<br />page above on launch day.<br /><br /><br />Although coverage events for this mission do not begin until three days<br />prior to launch, the Shuttle Countdown Online page<br />(http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown) was activated shortly after<br />the landing of STS-113 and always serves as a starting point for KSC's<br />mission coverage.<br /><br /><br />-- end release --