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STS-90 Press Briefings Set for April 2

Jennifer McCarter 
Headquarters, Washington, DC                       March 27, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1639)

Eileen M. Hawley
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 
(Phone:  281/483-5111) 

NOTE TO EDITORS :  N98-24

STS-90 PRESS BRIEFINGS SET FOR APRIL 2

A series of background press briefings on the upcoming STS-90 
mission are scheduled beginning at 9 a.m. EST April 2 on NASA TV, 
originating from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.  The 
16-day Shuttle mission is dedicated to the study of the human 
nervous system, the most complex and least understood part of the 
body.

The principal objectives of the STS-90 mission are to expand 
our understanding of how the nervous system develops and functions 
in space, but the research also will provide unique contributions 
to the study and treatment of neurological disorders on Earth.  

The launch window opens at 2:19 p.m. EDT on April 16, and 
lasts 2 hours.  Following a nominal flight duration of 15 days, 21 
hours, 50 minutes, Space Shuttle Columbia is scheduled to land at 
the Kennedy Space Center, FL, on May 2 about 12:09 p.m. EDT.

Following the STS-90 mission briefings, round-robin 
interviews with the crew members will be held for reporters at the 
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, and for those reporters who 
make advance arrangements to conduct the interviews by phone.  
Media interested in the round robin interviews should fax their 
request to Eileen Hawley in Johnson Public Affairs by close of 
business March 31.  The round-robin interviews will not be seen on 
NASA TV.  NASA TV is available on GE-2, Transponder 9C at 85 
degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 
3880 Mhz, and audio of 6.8 Mhz.

STS-90 will be Columbia's 25th mission into space and the 
90th Shuttle flight in the program's history.

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                 STS-90 PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFINGS
                  Thursday, April 2, 1998
                  (all times shown are EST)

9 a.m.     Mission Overview
           Al Pennington, STS-90 lead flight director
               
9:30 a.m.  Neurolab Overview
           Dr. Mary Anne Frey, program scientist, NASA Headquarters
           James McGuire, program manager, NASA Headquarters

10:30 a.m. Neurolab science briefing
           Dr. Jerry Homick, Neurolab mission scientist
           Dr. Mel Buderer, JSC payload project scientist
           Dr. Louis Ostrach, ARC payload project scientist

12 p.m.    NASA TV Videofile

2:30 p.m.  STS-90 Crew Press Conference
           Rick Searfoss, Commander
           Scott Altman, Pilot
           Rick Linnehan, Payload Commander, MS1
           Kay Hire, MS2
           Dave Williams, MS3
           Jay Buckey, PS1
           Jim Pawelczyk, PS2

4 p.m.     STS-90 Crew Round Robins
           Note:  The round robin interview event with the STS-90    
           crew is a local JSC event only and will not be carried 
           on NASA TV.