Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center will be opened to journalists to allow viewing of a site damaged during the May 31 launch of space shuttle Discovery. Reporters will have the opportunity to ask questions about ongoing repair work. The media tour will take place Monday, June 16, at 10 a.m. EDT.

The damage occurred to an area of the pad known as the flame trench. Based on analysis to date, repairs are expected to be completed in time for the next shuttle launch. Atlantis' STS-125 mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is targeted for Oct. 8.

During Monday's event, Ed Mango, deputy director of the shuttle program's launch vehicle processing, and Perry Becker, who is leading the launch pad engineering investigation team, will be available for interviews.

With the successful Saturday return of the space shuttle Discovery, the stage is set for NASA's next flight: the final visit to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Discovery's seven-astronaut crew landed at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT) here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after a successful two-week mission that delivered Japan's billion-dollar Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station (ISS).

"It's great to be here on the runway in sunny Florida," Discovery commander Mark Kelly said after the smooth landing. "The vehicle's in good shape, which we always like to see it that way."

Discovery's return to Earth clears the way for the planned Oct. 8 launch of its sister ship Atlantis, which is set to fly one last mission to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope before NASA turns its full attention to completing the space station by 2010 and retiring its three-orbiter fleet.

The jubilant crew of NASA's shuttle Discovery is readjusting to life back on Earth, but glad to be home all the same after a successful flight to the International Space Station (ISS).

Discovery landed here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT) to end a 14-day trek that delivered Japan's $1 billion Kibo laboratory and a new crewmember to the space station.

"It's been a long day for us, a great day," said shuttle commander Mark Kelly after the flight. "I think I have the best space shuttle crew of all time."

The mission, Kelly said, was as much a lesson in international cooperation as it was in orbital construction.

Topics in this report 1. Upcoming School Contact 2. ARRL PR Campaign Includes ARISS 3. ARISS Face to Face Meeting 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled with Robinson Elementary School in Robinson, Texas on Wednesday, June 25 at 15:45 UTC, via telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. This is the first ARISS contact to be held with astronaut Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ. Approximately 300 second and third graders are enrolled at the school. 2. ARRL PR Campaign Includes ARISS On June 10, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article about its new PR campaign called "We Do That." A portion of a new brochure and accompanying Web material cover Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). There is also an audio sample of an ARISS contact on the Web site. For more information, go to: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/10/10151/?nc=1