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STS-75 press kit

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This is NASA's press kit for Space Shuttle mission STS-75, dated February 1996 and later edited by Richard W. Orloff. It covers Columbia's planned 13-day flight carrying the Italian Tethered Satellite System reflight (TSS-1R) and the third United States Microgravity Payload. The kit sets out launch and landing plans, abort modes, the timeline, payload weights, crew duties, the tether's science objectives and investigators, and crew biographies. It does not mention any unidentified objects.

  • p. 2 …The NASA insignia design for space shuttle flights is reserved for use by the astronauts and…
  • p. 3 …Ed Campion Policy/Management 202/358-1778 NASA Headquarters Washington, DC Rob Navias Johnson Space Center…
  • p. 5 …96-27 REFLIGHT OF TETHERED SATELLITE HIGHLIGHTS STS-75 NASA's second Shuttle mission of the…
  • p. 6 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 6 MEDIA SERVICES INFORMATION NASA Television Transmission NASA television is available through…
  • p. 15 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 15 TETHERED SATELLITE SYSTEM REFLIGHT (TSS-1R) NASA and ASI long have…
  • p. 16 …Scientific Investigations Of the TSS-1R mission's 12 scientific investigations, NASA will provide six, ASI…
  • p. 18 …Manager Mike Calabrese, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Responsible for project management at…
  • p. 22 …Fripp, NASA Langley Research Center, Langley, VA Objective. The speed and the amount of information that…
  • p. 24 …The investigation known as MEPHISTO is a cooperative program between NASA, the French Space Agency and…
  • p. 25 …Richard DeLombard, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH Objective. When the Space Shuttle is in orbit…
  • p. 26 …Sacksteder, NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH Objective. On Earth, gravity causes air motion known as…
  • p. 27 …which was formed in 1985 as a NASA Center for the Commercial Development of Space. The…
  • p. 30 …It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any…
  • p. 31 …Allen (Lieutenant Colonel, USMC) NASA Astronaut BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born August 4, 1955, in Philadelphia, PA…
  • p. 32 …Selected by NASA in March 1992, Scott reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992…
  • p. 33 …Hoffman was awarded NASA Space Flight Medals in 1985, 1991, 1992 and 1994, NASA Exceptional Service…
  • p. 34 …Satellite System (TSS), a joint project between NASA and the Italian Space Agency. Dr. Hoffman had…
  • p. 35 …Lieutenant Colonel in the Italian Air Force. NASA EXPERIENCE: Cheli reported to the Johnson Space Center…
  • p. 36 …Under agreement between ESA and NASA he joined the NASA astronaut candidates selected in May 1980…
  • p. 37 …Chang-Diaz (Ph.D.) NASA Astronaut BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born April 5, 1950, in San Jose…
  • p. 38 …Orloff, 01/2001/Page 38 NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in May 1980, Dr. Chang- Diaz…
  • p. 39 …In 1991 he was relocated to the NASA Johnson Space Center to follow the training for…
Edited by Richard W. Orloff, 01/2001/Page 6
MEDIA SERVICES INFORMATION
NASA Television Transmission
NASA television is available through the Spacenet-2 satellite system. Spacenet-2 is located on
Transponder 5, at 69 degrees West longitude, frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz.
The schedule for television transmissions from the orbiter and for mission briefings will be available
during the mission at Kennedy Space Center, FL; Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; Dryden
Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX; and NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC. The television schedule will be updated to reflect changes dictated by mission
operations.
Television schedules also may be obtained by calling COMSTOR at 713/483-5817. COMSTOR is a
computer data base service requiring the use of a telephone modem. A voice update of the television
schedule is provided daily at noon Eastern time.
Status Reports
Status reports on countdown and mission progress, on- orbit activities and landing operations will be
produced by the appropriate NASA newscenter.
Briefings
A mission press briefing schedule will be issued prior to launch. During the mission, status briefings by a
flight director or mission operations representative and when appropriate, representatives from the payload
team, will occur at least once each day. The updated NASA television schedule will indicate when mission
briefings are planned.
Internet Information
The NASA Headquarters Public Affairs Internet Home Page provides access to the STS-75 mission press
kit and status reports. The address for the Headquarters Public Affairs Home Page is:
http://www.nasa.gov/hqpao/hqpao_home.html
Informational materials, such as status reports and TV schedules, also are available from an anonymous
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server at ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao. Users should log on with the user name
"anonymous" (no quotes), then enter their E-mail address as the password. Within the /pub/pao directory
there will be a "readme.txt" file explaining the directory structure.
Pre-launch status reports from KSC are found under ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/statrpt/ksc, and mission
status reports can be found under ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/statrpt/jsc. Daily TV schedules can be found
under ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/statrpt/jsc/tvsked.
Access by CompuServe
Users with CompuServe accounts can access NASA press releases by typing "GO NASA" (no quotes) and
making a selection from the categories offered.

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