Date: February 7th 2007

Feb 7, 2007

Dwayne Brown/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/0668

Susan Hendrix/Ed Campion Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md 301-286-7745/0697

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-019

HUBBLE MISSION ASTRONAUTS MEDIA AVAILABILITY FEB 13

GREENBELT, Md - The space shuttle crew for a mission to extend and improve the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope will be at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md , Feb 12-14 This is the first visit by the astronauts to Goddard as part of their formal mission preparation activities The mission is targeted to launch in 2008

On Tuesday, Feb 13, media will have the opportunity to talk with the astronauts from 5:15 - 5:45 p m EST Media representatives wishing to attend the availability must contact Susan Hendrix at 301-286-7745 or Ed Campion at 301-286-0697 to arrange access

Veteran astronaut Scott Altman will command the final shuttle mission to Hubble Navy Reserve Capt Gregory C Johnson will serve as pilot The mission specialists are veteran spacewalkers John Grunsfeld and Mike Massimino and first-time space fliers Andrew Feustel, Air Force Col Michael Good and flight engineer and robotic arm operator Megan McArthur

Goddard is responsible for Hubble program management, including development of new science instruments, replacement hardware, tools and procedures that allow Hubble to stay on the cutting edge of technology

The NASA Video File feed on Feb 13-14 will feature footage of the astronauts' visit to Goddard Also airing will be new Hubble animation and footage of recent spacewalk training activities in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory pool at the Johnson Space Center, Houston For NASA Television downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the space shuttle Hubble servicing mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/hubble

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