Date: December 13th 2008

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SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGES SEASONS GREETINGS WITH EARTH
NASA TV TO AIR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BRIEFING AND SPACEWALK

Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:21:17 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGES SEASONS GREETINGS WITH EARTH

December 12, 2008

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M08-258

SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGES SEASONS GREETINGS WITH EARTH

HOUSTON -- Soaring high above the Earth, the crew of the International Space Station has beamed down season's greetings that will air on NASA Television starting Friday, Dec 12 The public can return the extraterrestrial good will and send greetings to the crew by visiting:

http://www nasa gov/externalflash/postcard

The e-mailed greetings can be sent through Jan 5, 2009 Last year, thousands of messages were sent to the Expedition 16 crew from throughout the world

The current station crew, Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineers Sandra Magnus and Yury Lonchakov, will celebrate this holiday season 220 miles above Earth Fincke and Lonchakov have been on the station since Oct 14, and Magnus joined the crew Nov 16 The main focus of their mission is to prepare the station to house six crew members for long-duration missions beginning in May 2009

The station crew's greetings will air on NASA TV as part of the daily Video File, beginning at 11 a m CST, Friday, Dec 12 The video also will be broadcast in high definition on the NASA TV HD channel on Dec 15-17 at 10 a m , 12 p m and 3 p m

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the space station and the Expedition 18 mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:27:14 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA TV TO AIR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BRIEFING AND SPACEWALK

December 12, 2008

Rob Navias Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M08-257

NASA TV TO AIR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BRIEFING AND SPACEWALK

HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing Dec 18 to discuss an upcoming International Space Station spacewalk NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Dec 22 spacewalk of Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov

The briefing from NASA's Johnson Space Center will air live on NASA TV Dec 18 at 1 p m CST Questions will be taken from journalists at participating NASA locations The briefers are: - Kirk Shireman, International Space Station deputy program manager - David Korth, Expedition 18 spacewalk flight director

During the spacewalk, Fincke and Lonchakov will deploy and retrieve several Russian experiments on the station's exterior They also will install a device to measure electromagnetic forces imparted on station hardware as the complex moves through low Earth orbit Russian specialists believe electromagnetic interference may have contributed to past problems on the Soyuz spacecraft's pyrotechnic bolts, which allow sections of the vehicle to separate properly during its return to Earth

NASA TV coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5:30 p m on Dec 22 The spacewalk will start at approximately 6:15 p m and last six hours It will be the fifth spacewalk of Fincke's career and the first for Lonchakov Expedition 18 Flight Engineer Sandy Magnus will monitor the spacewalk from inside the station

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the space station and the Expedition 18 crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 11 Dec 2008 to 13 Dec 2008 (#2008-139)

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