| KSC Wildlife, Shuttle & Mission Briefing for:
- Mission STS-103, 19 Dec. 1999
- (Updated 12/18/99)
- (Updated through L-1 Day)
Alligators & Rocket Ships
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- 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!
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Cowart, Jon N.
Frostrom, Debra
Rainer, David
Schaible, Dawn
Armstrong, Dennis W.
Hagood,
Kathy
White, Gary
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