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Launch Guest Briefing

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Launch Guest Briefers

KSC Wildlife, Shuttle & Mission Briefing for:

Mission STS-101

Launch Guest Introduction
(Updated through launch)

Alligators & Rocket Ships

Mission & Crew Briefing

Mission Poster

Crew Poster


The civil service and contractor employees of the Kennedy Space Center are -- like many of you -- engineers, technicians, accountants, doctors, administrative professionals and secretaries who perform their day-to-day functions with little fanfare outside of their own work areas. As launch time approaches, however, many of our employees "put on other hats" as they become NASA spokespersons and goodwill ambassadors to the general public, the media, U.S. and foreign dignitaries and others whom they welcome, tour, escort, entertain, inform and educate.

One such activity that few people are aware of is the pre-launch mission briefings that are provided to a limited number of VIPs who have been invited by NASA to attend the launch. These extremely informative briefings, commonly known as the L-1 briefings (launch minus one day), are normally given the day before a Shuttle launch. These briefings contain a wealth of information about KSC and how the Shuttle is prepared for launch and recovered after a mission. Also included are insider insights relative to the crew, science and payloads of the impending mission.

This page is designed to bring this information to you, our cyberspace public, as well as introduce those KSC professionals who prepare and deliver these briefings. The actual script -- including photos, video and animations are all included. This is your chance to learn about and be a participant in the science and excitement of America's space program as NASA, KSC and its international partners build and launch the International Space Station and continue their quest to the planets, stars and beyond!