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1. Media Invited to Meet Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Next Station

Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:16:47 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Media Invited to Meet Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Next Station

August 12, 2013

Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M13-130

Media Invited to Meet Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Next Station

NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio and two crewmates who are scheduled to travel to the International Space Station in November will conduct a news conference and be available for news interviews and social media opportunities Wednesday, Aug 28, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

Mastracchio, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and veteran cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency, make up space station Expedition 38

Their crew news conference will air live on NASA Television at 2 p m EDT (1 p m CDT) Journalists attending in person will receive priority Those wishing to participate by telephone should call Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p m Questions by phone and social media will be taken as time permits

Following the interactive news conference, interview opportunities are available in person, by phone or through the Internet To reserve an interview opportunity, news media representatives must contact Johnson's newsroom by 6 p m Monday, Aug 26

Media interested in attending these activities in person must request credentials by 6 p m Monday, Aug 26 The deadline for international journalists is 6 p m Monday, Aug 19

Mastracchio grew up in Waterbury, Conn , and graduated from the University of Connecticut He holds master's degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Houston-Clear Lake Mastracchio worked as an engineer in the space industry before joining NASA in 1990 as an engineer in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate Selected as an astronaut in 1996, he is a veteran of three spaceflights

This will be Wakata's fourth flight into space and second long-duration mission on the station In March 2014, he will become the first Japanese commander of the space station The mission marks Tyurin's third long-duration stay on the space station

Mastracchio has been sharing his mission training and preparations via Twitter He's encouraged followers to join his training via the "Ride with Rick" monthly trivia question series Winners will have their photos sent to space and photographed in orbit with Mastracchio The trio will launch in their Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov 6 They are scheduled to return to Earth in May 2014

For Mastracchio's full biography, visit:

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

To see training and mission posts from Mastracchio on Twitter, follow:

@AstroRM

For more information regarding "Ride with Rick" Twitter trivia program, visit:

http://go nasa gov/XWoP2c

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station and its crews, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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