May 27, 2011

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-105

NASA ASTRONAUT CADY COLEMAN AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS ON EVE OF SHUTTLE LANDING

HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, back on Earth after working last week in orbit with the space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station crews, will be available for live satellite interviews from 6 - 8 a m CDT on Tuesday, May 31 This is one day before Endeavour's final landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, scheduled for 1:35 a m June 1

On May 23, Coleman completed 159 days in space as a member of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews This was the first time a station crew returned to Earth while a shuttle was docked to the complex

Coleman's interviews will air live on NASA Television To arrange an interview, news media representatives must contact the Johnson Space Center newsroom at 281-483-5111 or send an e-mail to stephanie l luna@nasa gov no later than 2 p m on Sunday, May 29 The e-mail must include contact information and technical points of contact to allow a NASA producer to finalize the interview arrangements during the Memorial Day holiday weekend

Coleman and her crewmates, Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, landed at 9:27 p m May 23 in Kazakhstan During their mission, they worked on more than 150 microgravity experiments in human research, biology and biotechnology, physical and materials sciences, technology development and Earth and space sciences

Coleman is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts Before her flight on Expedition 27, Coleman flew on two shuttle missions, STS-73 in 1995 and STS-93 in 1999

The interviews will air on NASA TV's Live Interview Media Outlet channel The channel is a digital satellite C-band downlink by uplink provider Americom It is on satellite AMC 3, transponder 9C, located at 87 degrees west, downlink frequency 3865 5 MHz based on a standard C-band, horizontal downlink polarity FEC is 3/4, data rate is 6 0 Mbps, symbol rate is 4 3404 Msps, transmission DVB-S, 4:2:0

Video b-roll from Coleman's mission will air May 30 from 5:30 to 6 a m CDT For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For Coleman's complete biography, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/coleman html

For more information about the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

For more information about the shuttle mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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