Date: May 21st 2008

May 20, 2008

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james a hartsfield@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-102

FLIGHT DIRECTOR SET FOR INTERVIEWS AS SHUTTLE COUNTDOWN STARTS

HOUSTON -- As the next space shuttle launch countdown begins, International Space Station Flight Director Annette Hasbrook will be available for satellite interviews from 6 a m to 8 a m CDT, Wednesday, May 28

Hasbrook will lead NASA's Mission Control during shuttle Discovery's upcoming flight to the station A 1985 University of Notre Dame graduate, she worked for several years with space shuttle payloads and space station assembly and checkout operations before her selection as a flight director in 2000

Discovery is targeted to launch at 4:02 p m CDT, Saturday, May 31, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla The 14-day mission is the second of three flights to launch components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory

To participate in the interviews, media should contact Michael Hare at 281-483-8631 before 2 p m , Tuesday, May 27 B-roll of preparations for the mission will be broadcast starting at 5:30 a m , immediately prior to the interviews

The NASA Television Live Interview Media Outlet channel will be used for the interviews The channel is a digital satellite C-band downlink by uplink provider Americom It is on satellite AMC 6, transponder 5C, located at 72 degrees west, downlink frequency 3785 5 Mhz based on a standard C-band 5150 Mhz L O , vertical polarity, FEO is 3/4, data rate is 6 00 Mhz, symbol rate is 4 3404 Mbaud, transmission DVB, minimum Eb/N0 is 6 0 dB The interviews also will be broadcast live on NASA TV For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For STS-124 crew and mission information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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