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National Aeronautics and
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John F. Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
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KSC Contact: Bruce Buckingham			For Release: Jan. 26, 2000
	
KSC Release No. 12 - 00

NOTICE TO EDITORS/ NEWS DIRECTORS: 
MISSION STS-99 EVENTS, KSC NEWS CENTER OPERATING HOURS SET

	News conferences, events and operating hours for KSC's News Center
have been set for the Jan. 31 launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on
Mission STS-99, the 97th launch in the Shuttle program. Launch on Jan. 31
is set for 12:47 p.m. at the opening of a 2-hour, 2-minute window. The
conferences and events will be carried live on NASA Television unless
otherwise noted, and originate from the KSC Press Site. 

	The six-member STS-99 crew is scheduled to arrive at KSC on
Thursday, Jan. 27 at about 12 noon EST.  News media representatives
planning to cover the event must be at the News Center by 11 a.m. (in the
event of a possible early crew arrival) for transportation to the Shuttle
Landing Facility. 

	News media representatives with proper authorization may obtain
STS-99 mission credentials at the Pass and Identification Building on
State Road 3 (south of KSC) on Merritt Island during published times.
(Credential and badging hours are listed below.)

	In addition to daily 9 a.m. countdown status briefings, the
pre-launch press conference will be held two days before launch and a
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) science briefing will be held the
day prior to liftoff. 



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