Nov 23, 2010

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

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

RELEASE: 10-309

NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO SEND HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO STATION AND WATCH MESSAGE FROM SPACE

HOUSTON -- For many Americans, the Thanksgiving holiday is about journeys that bring families and friends together This Thanksgiving, half of the International Space Station crew will return home to Earth The crew has recorded a holiday greeting that is airing on NASA Television and available on the NASA website

The public also is invited to send holiday greetings to the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station via the NASA website To send a personalized message to the crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/externalflash/postcard

Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin are scheduled to leave the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Thursday, Nov 25, at about 8:22 p m EST and land in Kazakhstan at 11:46 p m Remaining aboard are Expedition 26 crew members Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka

For more information about the Expedition 25 and 26 mission and crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

Wheelock and Kelly both post updates about their missions to their Twitter pages at:

http://www twitter com/Astro_Wheels

http://www twitter com/StationCDRKelly

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