NASA Telecon at 4:30 EST Today Re Crew Change for STS-133 (Discovery)
NASA is replacing astronaut Tim Kopra with Steve Bowen for the STS-133 (Discovery) mission scheduled for launch next month. As reported earlier, Kopra was injured in a bicycle accident last weekend. NASA will hold a media teleconference today (Wednesday) at 4:30 pm EST to discuss the crew change.
NASA’s Associate Administrator for Space Operations, Bill Gerstenmaier, and Peggy Whitson, Chief of the Astronaut Office, will participate in the teleconference. Audio will be streamed at http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio.
Kopra was going to be the lead spacewalker for the STS-133 mission. A NASA press release quoted Whitson as saying that Kopra is doing fine and expects a full recovery, but not in time for a February launch.
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