SPACE.Com Chairman and CEO Lou Dobbs to Conduct Exclusive Live Web Interview With Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew; SPACE.com To Cover NASA's International Space Station Mission Live

Business Wire, May 17, 2000

News/Science/Entertainment Editors and Aerospace/Aviation Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2000

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; 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 the astronauts' 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 Tuesday, May 23 at 11:45 p.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 Friday, May 19 at 6:12 a.m. EDT and land at 1:19 a.m. EDT on May 29. 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.

-- Multimedia Vault - includes a virtual tour of the International Space
Station, an animated spacewalk and video clips of Atlantis crew members
discussing various mission aspects.

-- 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.

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