NASA managers meeting today at Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be wrapping up the Flight Readiness Review for space shuttle Discovery and setting the official launch date for the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station.
The review will be followed by a news conference, now set to start no earlier than 5:30 p.m. EDT. The briefing will be carried live on NASA TV and streamed online at www.nasa.gov/ntv. Participants will be: Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, John Shannon, Space Shuttle Program manager, and Pete Nickolenko, STS-131 launch director.