Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs<br />Headquarters, Washington Feb. 11, 2003<br />(Phone: 202/358-1600)<br /><br /><br />RELEASE: 03-065<br /><br /><br />COLUMBIA ACCIDENT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING <br />CARRIED ON NASA TELEVISION<br /><br /><br /> A joint congressional hearing into the Space Shuttle <br />Columbia accident will be carried live on NASA Television <br />tomorrow, Feb. 12, beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST. The hearing is <br />in the Russell Caucus Room (SR-325), Russell Senate Office <br />Building, Washington.<br /><br /><br />NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, Deputy Administrator <br />Frederick Gregory, and Associate Administrator of Space <br />Flight William Readdy will provide testimony about the <br />accident and the investigation being carried out by the Space <br />Shuttle Accident Investigation Board.<br /><br /><br />The joint hearing will be co-chaired by U.S. Senator John <br />McCain, who is a ranking member of the Senate Committee on <br />Commerce, Science and Transportation and U.S. Representative <br />Sherwood Boehlert, who chairs the House Science Subcommittee <br />on Space and Aeronautics.<br /><br /><br />NASA Television is broadcast on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-<br />Band, located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is <br />3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at <br />6.8 MHz<br /><br /><br />Additional information about NASA and the accident is <br />available on the Internet at: <br /><br /><br />www.nasa.gov<br /><br /><br />-end-<br /><br /><br /> * * *