NASA Emergency Notice

From: Subject: NASA Emergency Notice - 02/01/2003 Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 09:03:37 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0052_01C2CA99.F8B0AB50"; type="text/html" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0052_01C2CA99.F8B0AB50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.nasa.gov/ NASA Emergency Notice - 02/01/2003

NASA PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 3 = P.M. EST=20 FEB. 1=20

A press conference by Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron = Dittemore=20 and Chief Flight Director Milt Heflin will take place from = NASA's=20 Johnson Space Center, Houston, beginning at 3 p.m. EST = today. The=20 briefing will be carried on NASA TV with two-way question = and answer=20 capability from other agency centers.=20

A Space Shuttle contingency was declared earlier this = morning in=20 Mission Control when communication was lost with the Space = Shuttle=20 Columbia during its return to Earth following a 16-day = mission.=20

Communication and tracking of the shuttle was lost at 9 = a.m. at=20 an altitude of about 203,000 feet above north central Texas = while=20 traveling approximately 12,500 miles per hour (Mach 18). No=20 communication and tracking information was received in = Mission=20 Control after that time.=20

Flight controllers in Mission Control immediately began = the=20 process of securing all information, notes and data = pertinent to=20 today's reentry and landing.=20

NASA TV is on AMC-2, Transponder 9C, vertical = polarization at 85=20 degrees West longitude, 3880 MHz, with audio at 6.8 MHz.=20

NOTE TO PERSONS IN THE AREA: Anyone who = believes=20 they have found debris related to Columbia should call the = Johnson=20 Space Center Emergency Operations Center, (281)-483-3388. Be aware that = hazardous=20 chemicals may be present; do not disturb or move any debris. =

All debris is United States Government property and is = critical=20 to the investigation of the shuttle accident. Any and = all=20 debris from the accident is to be left alone and reported to = Government authorities. Unauthorized persons found in=20 possession of accident debris will be prosecuted to the full = extent=20 of the law.=20

NASA Home = Page=20

STS-107 = Overview=20 =

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