Sept 18, 2009

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kylie s clem@nasa gov

RELEASE: 09-218

NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR FINAL SCHEDULED SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, targeted to launch in September 2010 The flight to the International Space Station will carry a pressurized logistics module to the station

Veteran shuttle commander and retired Air Force Col Steven W Lindsey will command the eight-day mission, designated STS-133 Air Force Col Eric A Boe will serve as the pilot; it will be his second flight as a shuttle pilot Mission Specialists are shuttle mission veteran Air Force Col Benjamin Alvin Drew, Jr , and long-duration spaceflight veterans Michael R Barratt, Army Col Timothy L Kopra and Nicole P Stott

Lindsey will be making his fifth shuttle flight He served as the pilot of STS-87 in 1997 and STS-95 in 1998, and commanded STS-104 in 2001 and STS-121 in 2006 Lindsey was born in Arcadia, Calif , and considers Temple City, Calif , to be his hometown He has a bachelor's degree from the U S Air Force Academy and a master's degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology

Lindsey currently is chief of the Astronaut Office Long-duration spaceflight veteran and former space station commander Peggy A Whitson has been named his successor when Lindsey transitions in October to training for his spaceflight Whitson was a flight engineer aboard the station during Expedition 5 in 2002 and the commander of Expedition 16 in 2007 to 2008

Boe will be making his second shuttle flight He was the pilot of STS-126 in 2008 He was born in Miami and grew up in Atlanta Boe has a bachelor's degree from the U S Air Force Academy and a master's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology

Drew flew as a mission specialist on STS-118 in 2007 and is currently the director of Operations at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia He was born in Washington, D C Drew has two bachelor's degrees and a master's degree from the U S Air Force Academy and a master's degree from Embry Riddle University

Barratt, a medical doctor, currently is on his first mission, aboard the space station as a flight engineer for Expeditions 19 and 20 He launched to the station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft March 26 and is due to return to Earth on the same Soyuz Oct 11 Barratt was born in Vancouver, Wash , and considers Camas, Wash , his hometown He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington, a master's degree from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and a doctorate of medicine from Northwestern University

Kopra just completed his first spaceflight, as a flight engineer aboard the space station for Expedition 20 He launched July 15 on shuttle mission STS-127 and landed aboard shuttle mission STS-128 on Sept 11 Kopra was born in Austin, Texas He has a bachelor's degree from the U S Military Academy, and master's degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the U S Army War College

Stott is in the midst of her first mission as a flight engineer aboard the station with Barratt for Expeditions 20 and 21 She launched aboard STS-128 on Aug 28 and is due to return at the end of STS-129, targeted for launch Nov 12 She was born in Albany, N Y , and considers Clearwater, Fla , her hometown She has a bachelor's degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a master's degree from the University of Central Florida

For complete astronaut biographical information, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios

Video of the STS-133 crew members will air on NASA Television's Video File For downlink and scheduling information and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's Space Shuttle Program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

-end-

To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@mediaservices nasa gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@mediaservices nasa gov

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/mail cgi/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]