July 30, 2007

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole cloutier-1@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 07-096

FEMALE SPACE COMMANDERS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON - The first female NASA astronauts to lead missions at the same time will be together for satellite interviews from 6 to 8 a m CDT on Thursday, Aug 2 This fall, Peggy Whitson will command the International Space Station's Expedition 16 crew and Pam Melroy will command the space shuttle Discovery's STS-120 mission

To participate in the interviews, media should contact Tim Hinson at 281-483-5111 by noon on Aug 1

Whitson will lift off in October aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for her second long-duration space mission She will return to Earth in April 2008 after six months aboard the station

Melroy is targeted to launch Oct 20 on her third spaceflight, a 13-day shuttle mission to install Node 2, a pressurized module that is a connecting port and passageway to science labs and cargo spacecraft on the complex She served as pilot on two prior shuttle flights

For Whitson and Melroy's biographical information, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios

The interviews will be conducted live via the NASA Television analog satellite The NASA TV analog satellite is AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude; transponder 5C, 3800 MHz, vertical with audio at 6 8 MHz

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/

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