Sept 20, 2006

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-150

SPACE STATION CREWS BRIEF MEDIA ON NASA TV

The NASA astronauts, Russian cosmonauts and spaceflight participant aboard the International Space Station will participate in a news conference at 9:25 a m EDT Friday, Sept 22 The event will be broadcast live on NASA TV

Reporters may ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston; Kennedy Space Center, Fla ; and NASA Headquarters in Washington during the 20-minute conference Media interested in participating should contact their preferred NASA location by 5 p m EDT Thursday

Members of the 14th crew of the station, Expedition 14 Commander and NASA astronaut Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, docked their Soyuz spacecraft at the station early Wednesday With them is Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari, a U S businesswoman visiting the complex for eight days under a commercial agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency

The new arrivals were greeted by the 13th station crew, Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov, Flight Engineer Jeff Williams and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter Vinogradov and Williams have been on the station since March Reiter joined them in July, arriving on the Space Shuttle Discovery Vinogradov, Williams and Ansari will undock from the station and land Sept 28 Reiter will remain aboard, joining Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin for Expedition 14

The station news conference may be rescheduled if the shuttle Atlantis' Thursday landing is delayed until Friday For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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