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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058 AC 713 483-5111

Rh Steve Nesbitt NASA Johnson Space Center (713) 483-5111

Release No. 90-043

A series of preflight briefings for Space Shuttle mission STS-41, the deployment of the Ulysses spacecraft, will be held Wednesday and Thursday at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Lead Flight Director Milt Heflin will present an overview of the mission beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

The astronaut crew of STS-41 will hold a press conference beginning at 10 a.m., Followed in the afternoon by round robin interviews. Media representatives wishing to participate in the interviews should notify the JSC Newsroom by Tuesday afternoon.

Thursday's briefings begin at noon with the Ulysses spacecraft and science objectives, followed by briefings on other payloads and mission objectives. All events originate in Houston except the Ulysses briefing which originates at HASA Headquarters. All times are Central Daylight Time.

All briefings will be carried on NASA Select Television. Two-way audio for Q&A will be available at other NASA manned flight centers including Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.

NASA Select programming is carried on RCA Satcom F2R, transponder 13, located at 72 degrees west longitude.