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1. Next Space Station Crew to Participate in NASA TV Briefing, Media Interviews

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:08:03 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Next Space Station Crew to Participate in NASA TV Briefing, Media Interviews

July 9, 2014

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #MEDIA ADVISORY M14-110

Next Space Station Crew to Participate in NASA TV Briefing, Media Interviews

The next crew to launch to the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronaut Barry �Butch� Wilmore, will participate in a NASA Television news conference and media interviews Wednesday, July 16, at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston

Wilmore, and cosmonauts Elena Serova and Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), will launch to the space station Sept 25 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft

The news conference with the crew members will air live on NASA TV at 2 p m EDT, July 16 B-roll video of the crew�s training will air at 1:30 p m Reporters who wish to participate by telephone must call Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p m Those following the briefing on social media may ask questions using the hashtag #askNASA

After the news conference, interview opportunities with individual crew members will be available for media participating in person, by phone or online To request credentials to attend in person, or to reserve an interview opportunity, media must contact Johnson's newsroom by 5 p m Monday, July 14

Wilmore, Serova and Samokutyaev will serve as flight engineers for ISS Expedition 41 until November, at which time Wilmore will assume command of Expedition 42 The trio is scheduled to return to Earth in March 2015

A captain in the U S Navy, Wilmore grew up in Mt Juliet, Tennessee He is a graduate of Tennessee Technological University and the University of Tennessee During his tenure as a fleet naval officer and pilot, Wilmore completed four operational deployments, flying the A-7E and FA 18 aircraft He has accumulated almost 7,000 flight hours and more than 600 carrier landings

Wilmore joined NASA in 2000 and flew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis for STS-129 in November 2009 The mission delivered two Express Logistics Carriers and about 30,000 pounds of replacement parts to the space station To date, Wilmore has 10 days, 19 hours and 16 minutes of spaceflight to his credit

Expedition 41 crew members will share their flight experiences on Instagram Those interested can follow along at:

http://instagram com/iss

For Wilmore's full biography, visit:

http://go nasa gov/tdaz79

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

http://www nasa gov/nasatv

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

http://www nasa gov/station

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