Jan 12, 2010

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-005

MEET THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW: NASA HOLDS BRIEFING AND ONE-ON-ONE MEDIA INTERVIEWS ON JAN 21

HOUSTON -- NASA will hold a briefing for journalists with the next set of residents of the International Space Station at 1 p m CST Thursday, Jan 21, from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston The briefings will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site Questions also will be taken from participating NASA locations

The briefing participants are: - Expedition 23 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson - Expedition 23 Flight Engineer and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov - Expedition 23 Flight Engineer and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko

Following the briefing, the crew members will be available for individual round-robin interviews, in person or by phone There also will be a photo opportunity To participate in the interviews, reporters should contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111, by 4 p m CST, Wednesday, Jan 20 U S and foreign nationals planning to attend the news briefing must contact the Johnson newsroom by 4 p m Thursday, Jan 14, to arrange credentials

On April 2, Skvortsov, Kornienko, and Caldwell Dyson will launch to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft They will dock to the space station on April 4, joining Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA astronaut T J Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who arrived on the station in December as part of Expedition 22

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For the latest information about Expedition 23 and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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