Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov

Jeanne Ryba
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
jeanne.m.ryba@nasa.gov

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NASA ANNOUNCES WEB COVERAGE OF NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcasts,
pictures and videos highlight NASA's Internet coverage of space
shuttle Discovery's STS-120 mission to the International Space
Station. Discovery is scheduled to lift off on Oct. 23 at 11:38 a.m.
EDT. NASA will provide continuous online updates at:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

A live webcast featuring STS-112 astronaut Sandra Magnus will start
the in-depth coverage of the mission at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct.
22.

A blog will update the countdown beginning about six hours before
Discovery's launch. Originating from NASA's Kennedy Space Center,
Fla., the blog is the definitive Internet source for prelaunch
information.

During the 14-day mission, Discovery's seven astronauts will add a
module called Harmony to the International Space Station. The
Italian-built segment will become a connecting point for future
laboratories built by the European and Japanese space agencies.
Discovery's crew includes astronaut Daniel Tani, who will move into
the orbiting laboratory as part of the Expedition 16 crew. He will
replace Clayton Anderson, who launched to the station in June and
will return to Earth aboard Discovery. Tani will live and work on the
station until returning to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the
STS-122 mission, targeted to launch Dec. 6. Visitors to NASA's
shuttle Web site can read about the crew's progress and watch the
spacewalks live from the space station.

As Discovery's flight concludes, the NASA blog will detail the
spacecraft's return to Earth.