SPACE.com Chairman and CEO Lou Dobbs to Conduct Exclusive Live Web Interview With Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew

Business Wire, April 20, 2000

News/Science & Entertainment Editors and Aerospace/Aviation Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2000

SPACE.com To Cover NASA International Space Station Mission Live

SPACE.com Chairman and CEO Lou Dobbs will interview the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew, while the shuttle is docked with the International Space Station, (ISS) during NASA's STS-101 ISS Mission. SPACE.com's comprehensive mission coverage will include live video Webcasts of launch and landing; live countdown and launch reports; live chats; audio and video reports; breaking news stories and daily feature articles.

"I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with the Atlantis crew while they are docked with the International Space Station," said Dobbs. "I am looking forward to sharing their experiences, as they prepare the ISS for its first group of inhabitants, with SPACE.com visitors and NASA-TV viewers around the world."

Dobbs is scheduled to conduct a live interview with Atlantis' crew on Saturday, April 29 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The interview will be broadcast live at www.space.com and on NASA-TV.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center on Monday, April 24 at 4:15 p.m. EDT and land at 12:42 a.m. EDT on May 4. During the 10-day mission, Atlantis' international crew -- which includes Commander Jim Halsell; Pilot Scott Horowitz; and Mission Specialists Susan Helms, cosmonaut Yuri Usachev, Jim Voss, Mary Ellen Weber, and Jeff Williams -- is scheduled to boost the International Space Station to a higher altitude, deliver supplies to be used by future crews and replace faulty equipment via a spacewalk.

SPACE.com Mission Control Center STS-101 highlights:

- Multimedia Center - features live video of shuttle and mission

control activities.

- Live Chats - with space industry experts including Alden

Richards, President and CEO of Space Machine Advisors, Inc., a

firm that insures satellites and analyzes business plans for

space-related ventures. Richards will discuss why he doesn't

support the ISS or NASA's attempts to commercialize it on

Tuesday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m.

- Multimedia Vault - includes a virtual tour of the International

Space Station, an animated spacewalk, video clips of Atlantis

crew members discussing various mission aspects, as well as video

of NASA Administrator Dan Goldin's recent appearance before

Congress.

- Complete Mission Coverage - mission status updates throughout the

day, background on the crew, mission fact sheet and more.

- Skywatchers' Guide - provides information on where to see the

shuttle in the night sky.

SPACE.com

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