Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                   
January 31, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1780)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N94-10

STS-60 BRIEFING SCHEDULE

LAUNCH - 2 DAYS - Tuesday, February 1, 1994
9:00 a.m.    Countdown Status
Moderator: KSC PIO
Briefers:     Al Sofge, Shuttle Test Director
                  Roelof Schuiling, KSC STS-60 Payload Manager
                  Ed Priselac, Shuttle Launch Weather Officer

LAUNCH - 1 DAY - Wednesday, February 2, 1994
9:00 a.m.   Countdown Status
Moderator: KSC PIO
Briefers:     Bill Dowdell, NASA Test Director
                  Roelof Schuiling, KSC STS-60 Payload Manager

9:30 a.m.     Spacehab-2 Experiments Briefing
Moderator:  Charles Redmond
Briefers:      Richard Ott, Chief, Space Processing Div., Advanced 
Concepts & Technology
                  Andy Dougherty, Spacehab Prog. Mgr., Advanced 
Concepts & Technology
                  Al Reecer, President, Spacehab Inc.
                  Marvin Luttges, Director, Bioserve CCDS
                  TBD, Chiron Co. Representative.

10:30 a.m.  Pre-Launch Press Conference
Moderator: Dick Young
Briefers:     Jeremiah Pearson, Associate Administrator for Space 
Flight
                  Greg Reck, Associate Administrator, Advanced 
Concepts & Technology
                  Dr. Arnauld Nicogossian, Deputy Assoc. Admin., 
Life & Microgravity Sciences & Applications
                 Jim Harrington, Director, Shuttle Operations, KSC
                 Capt. Tyree Wilde, Air Force Staff Meteorologist

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11:45 a.m.  Wake Shield Facility Briefing
Moderator: Charles Redmond
Briefers:     Alex Ignatiev, Director, Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center 
CCDS


1:00 p.m.    Get Away Special Payloads Briefing
Moderator: Tammy Jones
Briefers:      Chris Dunker,  COB/GBA Mission Manager and BREMSAT 
Mission 
                  Manager, GSFC
                  Dan Butler, CAPL Experimenter, GSFC
                  Tom Dixon, ODERACS Mission Manager, GSFC
                  George Levin, ODERACS Program Manager, NASA HQ
                  Holger Oelze, BREMSAT Experimenter, University of 
Bremen
                  Clarke Prouty, GAS Mission Manager, GSFC
                  Gil Moore, GAS supporter, Utah State University
                  Andrew Sexton, Sytems Engineer, ADF Inc., LeRC
                  Wolfgang S. Supper, Technical Directorate, ESA

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LAUNCH DAY - Thursday, February 3, 1994
2:30 a.m.     Begin NASA Select coverage/commentary for STS-60 
mission

L+60 min.   NASA/Russia News Conference
                  Moderator: Jeff Vincent
                  Briefers:     Daniel Goldin, NASA Administrator
                                    Yuri Koptev, Director General, 
Russian Space Agency

L+90 min.  Post Launch News Conference
                 Moderator:  Dick Young
                 Briefers:      Robert Sieck, KSC Launch Director

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All times listed are EST
All events will be carried on NASA Select TV

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