Date: October 23rd 2010

Oct 21, 2010

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-149

NASA TO MARK 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIFE ON SPACE STATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA will commemorate the 10th anniversary of human life, work and research on the International Space Station (ISS) with an Oct 27 series of roundtable discussions The events at three NASA centers and headquarters in Washington will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website www nasa gov/ntv

News media are invited to join NASA employees at participating centers to ask questions

The events will feature former space station residents, key leaders and team members who have guided the station through its first 10 years Panelists at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida; Johnson Space Center in Houston; Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala ; and NASA Headquarters in Washington will discuss the challenges and accomplishments of the station's first decade of assembly and research and consider the promise of the upcoming decade of microgravity research

On Nov 2, 2000, Expedition 1 Commander Bill Shepherd and Flight Engineers Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko became the first residents of the space station Since then, 200 explorers have visited the orbiting complex, 15 nations have contributed modules and hardware, and more than 600 experiments have been conducted aboard the station

The all-day discussions will begin with a 9 a m a storytelling event featuring veteran Skylab astronaut Joe Kerwin That event was recorded on Wednesday, Oct 20 at Johnson The Oct 27 schedule and list of participants are below All times are Eastern

Kennedy Space Center
11:30 a m - 12:30 p m

Participants: - Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center - Josie Burnett, director, ISS and spacecraft processing - Bill Dowdell, deputy director, ISS and spacecraft processing - David Bethay, director, program management development, The Boeing Company

New international media accreditation for this event is closed U S reporters without long-term Kennedy credentials must apply for accreditation by noon, Oct 26 Badges for this specific event may be picked up Oct 27 starting at 6 a m at the Kennedy Space Center Badging Office on State Road 405 STS-133 mission badges also will be honored for this event Media may pick up their STS-133 mission credentials from the Kennedy Space Center Pass and Identification Office on State Road 3 on Oct 27 from 9 - 11:30 a m Reporters requesting accreditation must apply online at: https://media ksc nasa gov

Johnson Space Center
1 - 2 p m

Participants: - Mike Suffredini, ISS program manager - Peggy Whitson, NASA chief astronaut, Expedition 5 flight engineer and Expedition 16 commander - Mike Lopez-Alegria, NASA astronaut and Expedition 14 commander - Clay Anderson, NASA astronaut and Expedition15 and 16 flight engineer - John McCullough, chief, Flight Director Office - John Vollmer, director of avionics and software for Boeing, NASA's prime contractor for the station

U S media interested in participating in Texas should contact the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 4 p m Oct 26

Marshall Space Flight Center
2 - 3 p m

Participants: - Lybrease Woodard, manager, Marshall Operations Directors Office - Annette Sledd, manager, Marshall Space Station Payloads Office - Bob Bagdigian, manager, Environmental Control and Life Support Development - Shawn Reagan, manager, Multipurpose Logistics Modules

Media interested in participating in Alabama should contact the Marshall Public and Employee Communications Office at 256-544-0034 no later than noon Friday, Oct 22 Media must report to the Redstone Visitor Center at Gate 9, Interstate 565 interchange at Rideout Road/Research Park Boulevard Vehicles are subject to a security search at the gate News media will need two photo identifications and proof of car insurance

NASA Headquarters
3 - 4 p m

Participants: - Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate - Lynn Cline, deputy associate administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate - Mark Uhran, assistant associate administrator for International Space Station - Mike Hawes, associate administrator for Independent Program and Cost Evaluation and former deputy associate administrator for International Space Station

Media interested in participating in Washington should contact call 202-358-1100 no later than 5 p m Oct 26

For more information on the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

-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:

https://aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/mail cgi/u/NASA_REPORTS/example/example com/

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: