The two landing opportunities at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are at 9:56 p.m. and 11:31 p.m. tonight Pacific time. If weather conditions prohibit a landing in Florida, two opportunities to land at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., are at 1:01 a.m. and 2:38 a.m. Wednesday, both Pacific time.

In the event of a landing at Dryden, facilities will be available to accredited news media representatives. For safety reasons in darkness in the desert, there will not be a media convoy to the media viewing site near the runway for the landing. News media will be allowed at the Dryden public affairs office, which will be open to support news media coverage by 9 p.m. NASA TV will carry the landing. NASA TV can be accessed on the GE-2 satellite, transponder 9C, located at 85 degrees west longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 3880 MHz and audio at 6.8 MHz.

Media representatives planning to cover the landing on-site should fax a request for accreditation to (661) 276-3566 or phone the Dryden Public Affairs Office at (661) 276-3449 no later than 3 p.m. today.

Broadcast crews desiring to make live transmission must contact NASA Dryden public affairs not later than 3 p.m., for frequency check scheduling. Broadcast crews must have a copy of their transmitter license with their equipment. There will be a mandatory full-up frequency test approximately two hours prior to any planned live broadcast to avoid interference with frequencies used by NASA or the Air Force. For further information, please contact the Dryden frequency management office at (661) 276-2717.

For the latest update on the shuttle landing schedule, call (661) 276-2564.

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