STS-127 BRIEFING AND EVENTS SCHEDULE
(All times are Eastern)
July 15, 2009
All briefings are held inside the Kennedy News Center auditorium and will be carried live on NASA Television unless otherwise noted.
Launch + 1 hour - Post-Launch News Conference
- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations
- Steve MacLean, Canadian Space Agency president
- Kuniaki Shiraki, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency executive director of Human Space Systems and Utilization
- Mike Moses, shuttle launch integration manager
- Pete Nickolenko, STS-127 shuttle launch director
Launch + 2 hours - JAXA Post-launch News Conference (local only, not on NASA TV)
Kennedy News Center Office Hours for STS-127
Times may be adjusted in real time depending on mission events and timelines.
Wednesday, July 15 --- (Launch) Flight day 1 --- 8 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
July 16 – July 30 --- Flight days 2 - 16 --- 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (except weekends)
Friday, July 31 --- (Landing) Flight day 17 --- TBD
Media Badging Schedule
News media may obtain STS-127 mission credentials from the Kennedy Space Center Pass and Identification Office on State Road 3. Office hours of operation are listed below.
Tuesday, July 7 ----- 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 8 ----- 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Thursday, July 9 ----- 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday, July 10 ----- 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 11 ----- 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 12 ----- 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Monday, July 13 ----- 10:a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 14 ----- closed
Wednesday, July 15 ----- 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.
News media are required to be escorted by NASA Public Affairs at all times while at Kennedy Space Center, except when at the news center or the Complex 39 cafeteria. No photography is allowed anywhere other than the press site unless prior permission is granted by NASA Public Affairs. News media are allowed at the press site only when public affairs personnel are on duty and the NASA News Center is open.
STS-127 Crew
Commander: Mark Polansky
Pilot: Doug Hurley
Mission Specialist: Christopher Cassidy
Mission Specialist: Julie Payette
Mission Specialist: Tom Marshburn
Mission Specialist: Dave Wolf
Mission Specialist: Tim Kopra
For the latest information on the STS-127 crew and mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
