March 20, 2009

Candrea Thomas Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 candrea k thomas@nasa gov

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james a hartsfield@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-041

SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE FROM SPACE

HOUSTON -- The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 1:08 p m EDT on Tuesday, March 24

U S reporters may ask questions in person from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Headquarters in Washington Questions also will be taken from Russian reporters at Mission Control, Moscow, and Japanese reporters at Johnson

To participate in the news conference, U S journalists must call the public affairs office at their preferred NASA center by 2 p m Monday Media must be in place at participating locations at least 20 minutes prior to the start of the news conference

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

During Discovery's STS-119 mission, the crews are installing the final set of solar arrays to fully power science experiments and support the station's expanded crew of six in May

For more information about the STS-119 mission and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the space station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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