Live footage shows Ron Dittemore, the Shuttle Program Manager from Johnson Space Center (JSC), participating in a Launch Postponement Press Conference disclosing the status of the STS-99 flight. He addresses the weather condition which caused the postponement and the erroneous response from one of the Master Events Controllers (MEC). The moderator of this conference is Bruce Buckingham from NASA's Public Affairs Office. Ron answers questions from the audience about the MEC responsible for sending commands for launch, and the implications that it might have on the launch schedule.


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    Title :

    STS-99 / Endeavour: Launch Postponement Press Conference


    Publication date :

    2000-01-31


    Type of media :

    Audio-visual


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English