July 21, 2006

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111X

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-119

NASA ANNOUNCES STATION SPACEWALK BRIEFING AND TV COVERAGE

NASA will preview the next spacewalk conducted at the International Space Station during a briefing at 2 p m EDT, Thursday, July 27 The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston It will be carried live on NASA TV with questions taken from media at participating NASA centers

Expedition 13 crew members Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter are scheduled to begin the six-hour spacewalk at 9:55 a m EDT, Aug 3 NASA TV's coverage of the event will start at 9 a m EDT

Beginning from the station's Quest airlock, the spacewalk will include get-ahead tasks and maintenance work on the station's truss structure to prepare for upcoming shuttle missions

Briefing participants:

-- Kirk Shireman, deputy station program manager -- Dana Weigel, extravehicular activity flight director -- Paul Boehm, Expedition 13 extravehicular activity officer

For NASA TV schedules, downlink information and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For information about the station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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