June 09, 2011

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael curie@nasa gov

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 nicole cloutier-1@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-117

THREE MEMBERS OF NASA'S FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE CREW AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS

HOUSTON -- Three NASA astronauts who will fly aboard the last space shuttle mission in July are available for live satellite interviews next week STS-135 mission Commander Chris Ferguson is available from 3 - 4:50 p m CDT on Wednesday, June 15 Pilot Doug Hurley is available from 10 - 11:50 a m and Mission Specialist Rex Walheim from 1 - 2:45 p m on Tuesday, June 14

Shuttle Atlantis is targeted for launch July 8 with Ferguson, Hurley, Walheim, and Mission Specialist Sandra Magnus to deliver supplies and spare equipment to the International Space Station

This will be Ferguson's third shuttle flight and his second as commander He is a native of Philadelphia and earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in 1984 and a Master of Science in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1991

A colonel in the Marine Corps, Hurley will make his second trip to space In July 2009, he completed his first spaceflight as pilot on STS-127 Born in Endicott, N Y , Hurley considers Apalachin, N Y , his hometown He earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Tulane University

STS-135 will be Walheim's third trip to space He previously served as a mission specialist and spacewalker on STS-110 in April 2002 and STS-122 in 2008 Born in Redwood City, Calif , Walheim considers San Carlos, Calif , his hometown He is a retired Air Force colonel and received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984, and a master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Houston in 1989

To arrange an interview with Ferguson, news media representatives must contact Stephanie Stoll by sending an email to stephanie r stoll@nasa gov, no later than 3 p m on June 14 To arrange an interview with Hurley or Walheim, news media representatives must contact Stoll no later than 3 p m on Monday, June 13

Participating media must tune into NASA Television'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 NASA TV will air the interviews live Video b-roll of STS-135 flight preparations will air at 9:30 a m and 12:30 p m on June 14 and at 2:30 p m on June 15 For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For complete biographies of Ferguson, Hurley and Walheim, visit:

http://www11 jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/ferguson html

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/hurley-dg html

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

To follow Ferguson, Hurley and Walheim on Twitter, visit:

http://www twitter com/Astro_Ferg

http://www twitter com/Astro_Doug

http://www twitter com/Astro_Rex

For more information about the STS-135 mission and crew, visit:

http://go nasa gov/STS-135

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