A pre-launch webcast, live blogs, podcasts, pictures and videos will highlight
NASA's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission to the
International Space Station. NASA will provide continuous online updates at:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
A live webcast featuring Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette will
start the in-depth online coverage of the mission at 11:30 a.m. EDT on March
10. Payette, who flew on STS-96, is scheduled to fly on the STS-127 mission in
2009.
A blog will update the countdown beginning about six hours before Endeavour is
scheduled to lift off on March 11 at 2:28 a.m. Originating from NASA's Kennedy
Space Center, the blog is the definitive Internet source for information
leading up to launch.
The 16-day mission will allow Endeavour's crew to add science capabilities to
the space station plus deliver equipment to aid in future maintenance
operations. Astronauts will install the first section of Kibo, a
Japanese-built laboratory, and the Canadian-made robotics system known as
Dextre. STS-123 is the longest shuttle flight to the station so far and will
feature five spacewalks.
Visitors to NASA's shuttle Web site can read about the crew's progress and
watch the spacewalks live. As Endeavour's flight wraps up, NASA will offer a
blog detailing the spacecraft's return to Earth.
CONTACT: Katherine Trinidad of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-3749,
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov; or Jeanne Ryba of NASA Kennedy Space Center,
Fla., +1-321-867-2468, jeanne.m.ryba@nasa.gov
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- March 5/
SOURCE NASA
