NASA Announces Sts-134 Prelaunch Events And Countdown Details

April 19, 2011

Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov

Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-082

NASA ANNOUNCES STS-134 PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- News conferences, events and operating hours
for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are set for
the final scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour. Lift off is
targeted for 3:47 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 29, to begin the STS-134
mission to the International Space Station.

Endeavour's crew members are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H.
Johnson and NASA Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel and
Greg Chamitoff and European Space Agency Mission Specialist Roberto
Vittori.

A NASA blog will provide countdown updates beginning at 10:30 a.m.
April 29. Originating from Kennedy's Launch Control Center, the blog
is the definitive Internet source for information leading up to lift
off.

During the mission, visitors to NASA's shuttle website can read about
the crew's progress and watch the mission's four spacewalks live. As
Endeavour's flight concludes, the NASA blog will detail the
spacecraft's return to Earth. For NASA's launch blog and continuous
mission updates, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

Detailed lists of countdown milestones, news briefing times and
participants, and hours of operation for Kennedy's news center and
media credentialing office are available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news

The NASA News Twitter feed will be updated throughout the shuttle
launch countdown, mission and landing. Four of Endeavour's crew
members -- Johnson, Chamitoff, Fincke and Kelly -- may post updates
from the mission to their Twitter accounts. To follow, visit:

http://www.twitter.com/nasa

http://www.twitter.com/Astro_Box

http://www.twitter.com/Astro_Taz

http://www.twitter.com/AstroIronMike

http://www.twitter.com/ShuttleCDRKelly

Free wireless Internet access is provided at the Kennedy Press Site
news center and annex. Instructions for wireless access will be
available at the news center. Since accessibility may be limited
because of the number of users, reporters should bring a backup.
For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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