May 6, 2011

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-089

SIX NASA ASTRONAUTS - INCLUDING D C NATIVE - AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS

WASHINGTON -- The astronauts who flew aboard space shuttle Discovery's last flight will visit NASA Headquarters in Washington on Tuesday, May 10 They will give a presentation about their 13-day mission at 11 a m EDT and will be available for media interviews from 2 p m to 4 p m

The STS-133 crew consists of Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe, mission specialists Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott, Steve Bowen and Michael Barratt Drew was born in the District of Columbia and graduated from the city's Gonzaga College High School

The crew will share mission highlights with agency employees, their families and reporters in the NASA Headquarters' James E Webb Auditorium, located at 300 E Street SW The presentation will air live on NASA Television Reporters must call 202-358-1100 to attend the presentation or to schedule an interview

STS-133 was the last mission for the longest-serving veteran of NASA's space shuttle fleet Since 1984, Discovery flew 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited Earth 5,830 times and traveled 148,221,675 miles

Discovery and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Permanent Multipurpose Module, or PMM, which was converted from the multipurpose logistics module Leonardo The PMM can host experiments in fluid physics, materials science, biology, biotechnology and other areas

STS-133 also brought critical spare components and the Express Logistics Carrier 4 to the International Space Station Robonaut 2, or R2, became the first human-like robot in space and a permanent resident of the station The mission's two spacewalks assisted in outfitting the station and completed a variety of other tasks designed to upgrade station systems

For more information about the STS-133 crew members and their mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/main

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

For NASA TV schedule information and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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