There is 1 message totalling 51 lines in this issue

Topics of the day:

1. NASA OFFERS MEDIA LIVE TV INTERVIEWS WITH STS-119 FLIGHT DIRECTOR

Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:22:11 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA OFFERS MEDIA LIVE TV INTERVIEWS WITH STS-119 FLIGHT DIRECTOR

February 2, 2009

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

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M09-023

NASA OFFERS MEDIA LIVE TV INTERVIEWS WITH STS-119 FLIGHT DIRECTOR

HOUSTON -- NASA flight director Kwatsi Alibaruho, who will lead Mission Control for the upcoming space shuttle mission, will be available for satellite interviews from 6 to 8 a m CST, Friday, Feb 6 Alibaruho will discuss the challenges of the upcoming flight that will deliver, install and deploy the final set of solar arrays for the International Space Station

The STS-119 flight, targeted to launch Feb 12 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will deliver a new crew member to the station as well as the fourth set of arrays, which will provide electricity to support six-person crews later in 2009 During the first of four spacewalks, Discovery's crew will install and deploy the arrays, part of the final major U S segment of the orbiting laboratory's backbone The crew also will continue work on the station's new water recycling system

Alibaruho has been a flight director since 2005 and is a veteran leader of teams that manage shuttle flights and station expeditions He grew up in Atlanta and earned a bachelor's degree in avionics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

To participate in the interviews, reporters should contact D J Jones at 281-483-8631 or 832-971-1154 before 3 p m , Thursday, Feb 5

The NASA 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, FEC 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 Television For streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

For more information about the space shuttle, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

#

NASA Johnson Space Center Mission Status Reports and other information are available automatically by sending an Internet electronic mail message to listserv@listserver jsc nasa gov In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type "subscribe hsfnews" (no quotes) This will add the e-mail address that sent the subscribe message to the news release distribution list The system will reply with a confirmation via e-mail of each subscription Once you have subscribed you will receive future news releases via e-mail To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to listserv@listserver jsc nasa gov with the following command in the body of your e-mail message: "unsubscribe hsfnews" (no quotes) or from another account, besides the account used to subscribe: "unsubscribe hsfnews youremail@yourdomain com" (no quotes)

End of HSFNEWS Digest - 31 Jan 2009 to 3 Feb 2009 (#2009-8)

The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription:

You are subscribed to the following list: [list_name]

using the following email: example@example.com

You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL:

http://www aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/plugins/dada_bridge pl/u/[list]/

If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism

You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen:

<[program_url]/list/[list]>

If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at:

<mailto:[list_owner_email]>

The following physical address is associated with this mailing list:

[physical_address]