NASA Sets Shuttle Endeavour Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours
for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set
for the upcoming launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
The shuttle's STS-130 mission to the International Space Station is
scheduled to lift off at 4:39 a.m. EST on Sunday, Feb. 7. STS-130 is
the final scheduled shuttle night launch.
Detailed 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_
A NASA blog will provide countdown updates beginning at 11:30 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 6. 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 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
The NASA News Twitter feed will be updated during the launch
countdown, mission and landing. To follow, visit:
http://www.twitter.com/NASA
STS-130 astronaut Nicholas Patrick will be tweeting about his
pre-launch preparations and providing updates to his Twitter account
during the shuttle mission. Follow Patrick at:
http://www.twitter.com/Astro_
For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Endeavour's flight begins the final year of shuttle operations. Five
missions are planned in 2010, with the final flight targeted for
launch in September.
Source: NASA
