Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations, and Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon will hold a news conference on NASA TV at 3 p.m. EST today from NASA’s Johnson Space Center to provide a status about the next space shuttle mission, STS-133, and the progress of repairs since Discovery’s launch was delayed Nov. 5.
The news conference follows today’s Space Shuttle Program Requirements Control Board, during which program officials reviewed repairs and ongoing engineering evaluations associated with cracks on two 21-foot-long, U-shaped aluminum brackets, called "stringers," on the shuttle’s external tank. The news conference will air live on NASA TV and at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv