Today space shuttle Discovery's crew of seven astronauts and NASA managers will participate in a day of media briefings on the next shuttle mission, targeted for launch Feb. 12 from Kennedy Space Center. You can watch the briefings live here on The Flame Trench starting at 9 a.m. Just click on the image at left to launch a NASA TV viewer.
The STS-119 mission will install the final piece of the International Space Station's skeletal backbone, a 31,000 pound girder that holds a final set of American solar wings.
Click "Read more" to see a full schedule of briefings, which will be hosted at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
8 a.m. - STS-119 Video B-Roll Feed
9 a.m. - STS-119 Program Overview Briefing
10:30 a.m. - STS-119 Mission Overview Briefing
12:30 p.m. - STS-119 Spacewalk Overview Briefing
2 p.m. - STS-119 Crew News Conference
Discovery's crew is led by mission commander Lee Archambault, who is making his second flight in less than two years after piloting Atlantis on STS-117 in June 2007.
Joining Archambault are pilot Tony Antonelli and mission specialists Richard Arnold, Joseph Acaba, John Phillips, Steve Swanson and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Wakata, the first Japanese astronaut to make an extended visit to the space station, will replace Sandra Magnus as a member of the outpost's Expedition 18 crew. Magnus will return home on Discovery.
Four spacewalks are planned during the 14-day mission.
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