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8/8/94: STS-64 LITE MISSION PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFINGS SET FOR AUGUST 16
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. August 8, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1778)
Steve Nesbitt
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 713/483-5111)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N94-59
Briefings to the news media on the experiments and activities
associated with the September launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-64
mission will be conducted at 9:00 a. m. EDT on Tues., August 16, 1994.
Briefings will take place from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston and
the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Md. The briefings will be
carried live on NASA Television.
The primary payload for the STS-64 mission is the Lidar In-Space
Technology Experiment (LITE), a technology demonstration payload which will
beam narrow pulses of laser light through the atmosphere. LITE will use a
telescope to measure the laser's light as it is reflected from clouds, from
suspended particles in the air and from the Earth's surface. This is the first
time this type of laser system has flown in space for atmospheric studies.
NASA Television can be accessed on Spacenet-2, Transponder 5, located
at 69 degrees west longitude; frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz. There will
be two-way Q&A capability for all briefings from NASA Headquarters and NASA
field centers.
Attached is a list of the times and topics that will be covered during
the briefings.
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Time (EDT) Subject of Briefing Location of Briefing
9:00 a.m. STS-64 Mission Overview JSC
10:00 a.m. Lidar In-Space Technology JSC
Experiment (LITE)
11:00 a.m. Robot Operated Materials GSFC
Processing System (ROMPS)
11:30 a.m. Shuttle Pointed Autonomous GSFC
Research Tool for Astronomy
(SPARTAN-201)
Noon Get Away Special (GAS) GSFC
1:30 p.m. Shuttle Plume Impingement JSC
Flight Experiment (SPIFEX)
2:00 p.m. Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue JSC
(SAFER)
3:00 p.m. STS-64 Crew Pre-Flight JSC
Press Conference
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