DETROIT ? For space fans, SBC Communications and Yahoo! will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the scheduled 10:39 EDT launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
Coverage begins at 10:15 a.m. with a Space Center Houston Mission Briefing Officer who will narrate the events leading up to the launch and through the post launch flight.
What?s more, SBC Yahoo! DSL subscribers will gain VIP viewing privileges to behind-the-scenes video footage of astronaut training sessions, a Discovery mission overview, and a tour of the International Space Station. Following liftoff, subscribers can continue following Discovery?s mission through ground tracking cameras that will capture an on-orbit inspection of the Orbiter thermal protection system and other on-orbit repairs.
?This is an exciting and long anticipated launch, and we?re thrilled with the chance to provide our subscribers with exclusive footage, content and narrations they won?t be able to access anywhere else,? said Michael Grasso, executive director, SBC Marketing. ?We?re always exploring opportunities to provide the most innovative broadband experience to our users and a content relationship with Space Center Houston meets this goal.?
To view this video, click on DSL.SBC.Yahoo.Com
